Safety Instructions For Use - LG F1480RD1 Owner's Manual

Important safety instructions
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Safety instructions for use

To minimize the risk of fire within the inner bowl, the following should be observed:
• 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
oxidation reaction in the oil. Oxidation
creates heat. If the heat cannot escape, the
items can become hot enough to catch fire.
Piling, 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' cycle of tumble dryers
should be used to reduce 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/gasoline,
kerosene, spot removers (some brands),
turpentine, waxes and wax removers.
• 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
rubber materials can, when heated, produce
fire by spontaneous combustion.
• Fabric softeners or similar products
should not be used during a drying cycle,
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
reinforcements should not be placed in a
tumble dryer.
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, rubber
boots and rubber-coated tennis shoes
should not be placed in a tumble dryer.
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