Install Vent System; Level Laundry Center; Make Gas Connection - Kenmore 24-inch wide (61 cm) laundry center washer-gas dryer Use And Care Manual

3. Determine the number of elbows you will need.
IMPORTANT: Do not use vent runs longer than those
specified in the Vent Length Chart.
The following Vent Length Chart helps you determine your
maximum vent length based on the number of 90 ° turns or
elbows you will need and the type of vent (rigid metal or
flexible metal) and hood that you will use.
Vent Length Chart
Number Type of Vent Box or Angled
of Louvered hoods
90 ° turns hoods
or elbows
0 Rigid metal 34 ft (12.2 m) 29 ft (10.7 m)
Flexible metal 21 ft (7.6 m) 16 ft (6.1 m)
1 Rigid metal 24 ft (9.7 m) 20 ft (8.2 m)
Flexible metal 15 ft (6.4 m) 10 ft (4.9 m)
2 Rigid metal 14 ft (7.3 m) 12 ft (5.8 m)
Flexible metal 7 ft (4.6 m) 2 ft (3.0 m)
NOTE: Side exhaust adds a 90 ° turn inside the laundry center. To
determine maximum exhaust length, add one 90 ° turn to the
chart.
1. (Optional) Put on safety glasses and gloves.
2. Install exhaust hood. Use caulking compound to seal exterior
wall opening around exhaust hood.
3. Connect vent to exhaust hood. Vent must fit inside exhaust
hood. Secure vent to exhaust hood with 4 in. (10.2 cm)
clamp.
4. Run vent to dryer location. Use the straightest path possible.
See "Determine Vent Length." Avoid 90 ° turns. Use clamps to
seal all joints. Do not use duct tape, screws or other fastening
devices that extend into the interior of the vent to secure
vent.
Properly leveling your laundry center prevents excessive noise
and vibration.
1. Check the levelness of the laundry center by placing a level
on the top edge of the washer, first side to side, then front to
back.
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Remove the red cap from the flexible gas connector.
Remove the 1/2in. NPT adapter from the flexible gas
connector (it will be necessary to use two adjustable
wrenches).
Install the adapter on the 1/2in. rigid gas supply pipe using
pipe-joint compound.
1. _2in. rigid gas supply pipe
2. Use pipe-joint compound
3. _2in. NPTadapter
4. Do not use pipe-joint compound
5. Flexible gas connector
NOTE: For L.R gas connections, you must use pipe joint
compound resistant to the action of L.R gas. Do not use
TEFLON _ tape.
Attach the flexible gas connector to the 1/=in. NPT adapter.
Do not use pipe-joint compound for this connection.
There should bea natural loop in the flexible gas connector.
The flexible gas connector must not be twisted, kinked or
attached with any sharp bends.
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5. All connections must be wrench tightened.
6. Open the shutoff valve in the supply. The valve is open when
the handle is parallel to the gas pipe.
1. Closed valve
2. Open valve
Test all connections by brushing on an approved
noncorrosive leak-detection solution. Bubbles will show a
leak. Correct any leak found.
If the laundry center is not level, prop up the front with a
wood block and adjust the feet up or down as necessary.
Remove wood block and lower laundry center. Repeat this
step until the laundry center is level.
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