GE DDE0580G Use And Care Manual page 3

IMPORTANT S~ETY INSTRUCTIONS
Read all instructions before usi~ this appliance.
The California Safe Drinking
Water and Toxic Enforcement Act
requires the Governor of California
to publish a list of substances
known to the state to cause cancer,
birth defects or other reproductive
harm and requires businesses to
warn customers of potential
exposure to such substances.
Gas appliances can cause minor
exposure to four of these substances,
formaldehyde and soot, caused
primarily by the incomplete
combustion of natural gas or LP
fuels. ProperIy adjusted dryers will
minimize incomplete combustion.
Exposure to these substances can
be minimized further by properly
venting the dryers to the outdoors.
of fire, electric shock, or injury
to persons when using your
including the following:
intended purpose as described in
this Use and Care Book.
This dryer must be properly
installed and located in
accordance with the Ins@llation
Instructions before it is used. If
you did not receive an Installation
Instructions sheet with your dryer,
you can obtain one by contacting
the service location nearest you.
–Properly ground to conform
with all governing codes and
ordinances. Follow details in
Installation Instructions.
is above 50°F. (lO°C.) for
satisfactory operation of the
dryer control system. Do not
install or store the dryer where it
—
will be exposed to the weather.
–Connect to a properiy rated,
protected and sized power-supply
circuit to avoid electrical overload.
—Exhausting to the outside is
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
to prevent large amounts of
moisture and lint from being blown
into the room. Carefully follow the
Exhausting Detaiis in the hstaiiation
Instructions.
* When disconnecting this
appliance pull by the plug rather
than the cord to avoid damage to
the cord or junction of cord and
plug. Make sure that the cord is
located so that it will not be stepped
on, tripped over or otherwise
subjected to damage or stress.
part of the appliance or attempt
any servicing unless speeifidly
recommended in this Use and
Care Book or in published user-
repair instructions that you
understand and have the skills to
carry out.
To
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Do not use heat to dry articles
containing rubber, plastic, or
similar materiais (such as padded
bras, tennis shoes, galoshes, bath
bags, etc.) as these materials may
melt or burn. Also, some rubber
certain circumstances produce
fire by spontaneous combustion.
Garments labeled "Dry Away
From Heat" (such as life jackets
containing Kapok) must not be put
in your dryer.
that have been cleaned in, washed
in, soaked in, or spotted with
combustible or qlosive sux~
(such as wax, paint, gasotine,
may ignite or explode. Do not use
or store such substances on/or
around y5ur washer and/or dryer
during operation.
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Any article on which you have
used a cleaning solvent, or which
contains flammable materiais (such
as cleaning cloths, mops, ~
towels used in beauty salons,
dryer until ail traces of these
flammable liquids or solids and
their times have been removed.
There are many highly flammable
items used in homes such as:
acetone, denatured alcohol,
gasoline, kerosene, some
household cleaners, some spot
removers, turpentines, waxes, wax
removers and products containing
inside the dryer or in the room.
DO N~ OP~TE T~
underneath your appliance free
from the accumulation of
combustible materials, such as
lint, paper, rags, chemicals, etc.
or tielt (such as clothing, paper
containers, etc.) on top of the dryer
during operation.
and the exhaust duct connection
inside the dryer should be
cleaned periodically by a
Exhaust duct (see installation
instructions), Use only metal
duct inside dryer or for
exhausting dryer to the outside.
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