Important Safety Instructions - Maytag pye4557ayw User Manual

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MPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING
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 sup-
plier, call the fire department.
Installation and service must be per-
formed by a qualified installer, service
agency or the gas supplier.
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To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock or injury to persons when using your appli-
ance, follow basic precautions, including the following:
1. Read all instructions before using the
appliance.
2. To avoid the possibility of fire or explosion:
a. Do not dry items that have been pre-
viously cleaned in, washed in,
soaked in, or spotted with gasoline,
dry-cleaning solvents, other flamma-
ble or explosive substances as they
give off vapors that could ignite or
explode. Any material on which you
have used a cleaning solvent, or
which is saturated with flammable liq-
uids or solids, should not be placed in
the dryer, until all traces of these
flammable liquids or solids and their
fumes have been removed. There are
many highly flammable items used in
homes, such as: acetone, denatured
alcohol, gasoline, kerosene, some
liquid household cleaners, some spot
removers, turpentine, waxes and wax
removers.
b. Items containing foam rubber (may
be labeled latex foam) or similarly
textured rubber-like materials must
not be dried on a heat setting. Foam
rubber materials when heated, can
under certain circumstances produce
fire by spontaneous combustion.
3. Do not allow children to play on or in the
appliance. Close supervision of children
is necessary when the appliance is used
near children. When children are mature
enough, instruct them in the safe, cor-
rect use of the dryer. Destroy the carton
and plastic bags after unpacking the
dryer.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
WARNING
4. Before the appliance is removed from
service or discarded, remove the door to
the drying compartment.
5. Do not reach into the appliance if the
drum is moving.
6. Do not install or store this appliance
where it will be exposed to the weather.
7. Do not tamper with controls.
8. Do not repair or replace any part of the
appliance or attempt any servicing
unless specifically recommended in
published user-repair instructions that
you understand and have the skills to
carry out.
9. Do not use fabric softeners or products
to eliminate static unless recommended
for dryer use by the manufacturer of the
fabric softener or product.
10. Clean the lint screen before or after
each load.
11. Keep the area around the exhaust open-
ing and surrounding areas free from lint
accumulation, dust and dirt.
12. The interior of the dryer and exhaust
duct should be cleaned periodically by
qualified service personnel.
13. This appliance must be properly ground-
ed. Never plug the appliance cord into a
receptacle which is not grounded ade-
quately and in accordance with local
and national codes. See installation
instructions for grounding this appliance.
14. Do not sit on top of the clothes dryer.
15. Lifetime lubrication is done at the facto-
ry, so the dryer never needs to be oiled
or greased.