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IMPORTANT
SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS
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For your safety, the information in this
manual must be followed to minimize
the risk of fire or explosion or to pre-
vent property damage, personal injury
or death.
-Do not store or use gasoline or other
flammable vapors and liquids in the
vicinity of this or any other appliance.
-WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
Do not try to light any appliance.
Do not touch any electrical switch.
Do not use any phone in your
building.
Clear the room, building or area of
all occupants.
Immediately call your gas supplier
from a neighbor's phone.
Follow
the gas supplier's instructions.
If you cannot reach your gas suppli-
er, call the fire department.
Installation and service must be per-
formed by a qualified installer, service
agency or the gas supplier.
WARNING -- To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock or injury to persons
when using your appliance, follow basic precautions, including the following:
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,
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Read all instructionsbefore using the
appliance.
To avoid the possibility of fire or
explosion:
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,
a. Do not dry items that have been
previously cleaned in, washed in,
6.
soaked in, or spotted with gaso-
line, dry-cleaning solvents, other
flammable
or explosive
sub-
7.
stances as they give off vapors
that could ignite or explode. Any
8.
material on which you have used
a cleaning solvent, or which is sat-
urated with flammable liquids or
solids, should not be placed in the
dryer, until all traces of these
flammable liquids or solids and
9.
their fumes have been removed.
There are many highly flammable
items used in homes, such as:
acetone,denatured alcohol, gaso-
line, kerosene, some liquid house-
hold
cleaners,
some
spot
10.
removers, turpentine, waxes and
wax removers.
11.
Items containing foam rubber
(may be labeled latex foam) or
similarly
textured
rubber-like
12.
materials must not be dried on a
heat setting. Foam rubber materi-
als when heated, can under cer-
13.
tain circumstances producefire by
spontaneous combustion.
b,
Do not allow children to play on or in
the appliance. Close supervision of
children is necessary when the appli-
ance is used near children.
Beforethe appliance is removedfrom
service or discarded, remove the
door to the drying compartment.
Do not reach into the appliance if the
drum is moving.
Do not install or store this appliance
where it will be exposed to the
weather.
Do not tamper with controls.
Do not repair or replace any part of
the appliance or attempt any servic-
ing unless specifically recommended
in published user-repair instructions
that you understand and have the
skills to carry out.
Do not use fabric softeners or prod-
ucts to eliminate static unless recom-
mended for dryer use by the manu-
facturer of the fabric softener or prod-
uct.
Clean the lint screen before or after
each load.
Keep the area around the exhaust
opening and surrounding areas free
from lint accumulation, dust and dirt.
The interior of the dryer and exhaust
duct should be cleaned periodically
by qualified service personnel.
This appliance must be properly
grounded. Never plug the appliance
cord into a receptacle which is not
grounded adequately and in accor-
dance with local and national codes.
See
installation
instructions
for
grounding this appliance.
14. Do not sit on top of the clothes dryer.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE

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