Recycling - Asko T712C Operating Instructions Manual

Safety instructions

Recycling

This machine is manufactured and labelled
for recycling. to prevent injuries, the machine
must be made unusable before disposing of
it.. Contact your local authority for information
about where and how your machine can be
recycled correctly.
• Items that have been spotted or soaked
with vegetable or cooking oil constitute a
fire hazard and should not be placed in a
tumble dryer. Oil-affected items can ignite
spontaneously, especially when exposed
to heat sources such as in a tumble dryer.
The items become warm, causing an oxi-
dation reaction in the oil. Oxidation creates
heat. If the heat cannot escape, the items
can become hot enough to catch fire. Pil-
ing, stacking or storing oil-affected items
can prevent heat from escaping and so
create a fire hazard. If it is unavoidable that
fabrics that contain vegetable or cooking
oil or have been contaminated by hair care
products be placed in a tumble dryer they
should first be washed in hot water with
extra detergent - this will reduce, but not
eliminate, the hazard. The 'cool down' cy-
cle of tumble dryers should be used to re-
duce the temperature of the items. They
should not be removed from the tumble
dryer or piled or stacked while hot.
• Items that have been previously cleaned
in, washed in, soaked in or spotted with
petrol/gasoline, dry-cleaning solvents or
other flammable or explosive substances
should not be placed in a tumble dryer.
Highly flammable substances commonly
used in domestic environments include
acetone, denatured alcohol, petrol/gaso-
line, kerosene, spot removers (some
brands), turpentine, waxes and wax re-
movers.
• Items containing foam rubber (also known
as latex foam) or similarly textured rubber-
like materials should not be dried in a
tumble dryer on a heat setting. Foam rub-
ber materials can, when heated, produce
fire by spontaneous combustion.
• Fabric softeners or similar products should
not be used in a tumble dryer to eliminate
the effects of static electricity unless this
practice is specifically recommended by
the manufacturer of the fabric softener or
product.
• Undergarments that contain metal reinforce-
ments should not be placed in a tumbledry-
er. Damage to the tumble dryer can result
if metal reinforcements come loose during
drying. When available a drying rack could
be used for such items.
• Plastic articles such as shower caps or
babies' waterproof napkin covers should
not be placed in a tumble dryer. Rubber-
backed articles, clothes fitted with foam
rubber pads, pillows, galoshes and rubber-
coated tennis shoes should not be placed
in a tumble dryer.
Vented dryers
• There has to be adequate ventilation to
avoid the back flow of gases into the room
from appliances burning other fuels, includ-
ing open fires, when operating the tumble
dryer
• The exhaust air must not be discharged
into a flue which is used for exhausting
fumes from appliances burning gas or
other fuels
Caution!
Air from the tumble dryer must not be fed
through ducts used for equipment that burns
gas or other fuels.
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