Mobile Home Installation - GE DCXH46 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions

MOBILE HOME INSTALLATION

1. Dryer MUST be exhausted outside (outdoors, not
beneath the mobile home) using metal ducting that will
not support combustion. Metal ducting must be 4"
(10.16 cm) in diameter with no obstructions. Rigid metal
duct is preferred.
2. If the dryer is exhausted through the floor, the exhaust
system MUST NOT terminate beneath the mobile
home. Termination MUST be securely fastened to the
mobile home structure.
3. When installing a gas dryer into a mobile home, a
provision must be made for outside make-up air. This
provision is to be not less than twice the area of the dryer
exhaust outlet.
4. Gas dryers MUST be fastened to the floor using Mobile
Home Installation Kit Pub. No. 14–D346–33.
5. See the Exhaust System Requirements section for other
important venting information.
6. Installation MUST conform to current Manufactured
Home Construction & Safety Standard (which is a
Federal Regulation Title 24 CFR—Part 32–80) or,
when such standard is not applicable, with American
National Standard for Mobile Homes, ANSI/NFPA No.
501B. In Canada, the CSA Z240 is applicable.
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The dryer is designed under ANSI Z 21.5.1.
Installation Instructions
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ROUGH-IN DIMENSIONS
26 7/8"
(68.3 cm)
Electrical connection
13 9/16"
(34.5 cm)
3/16" (0.48 cm) Dia.
gas pipe
3 3/4"
(9.5 cm)
REAR VIEW
3/4"
(1.9 cm)
Door open
90˚
SIDE VIEW
SERVICING – Consideration must be given to provide
adequate clearances for installation and servicing.
15
Under
counter
34 5/8"
(87.9 cm)
2 9/16"
(6.5 cm)
1" (2.54 cm)
47 1/2"
(120.7 cm)
4 3/8"
(11.1 cm)
Optional
vent knockout
25 3/4"
(65.4 cm)
3 3/4"
(9.5 cm)
36"
(91.5 cm)