Care In Cold Climates - LG DVH5-10G Owner's Manual

Care in Cold Climates

If the ambient temperature is too low, the
condensed water inside the appliance may be
frozen and affect the appliance operation. When
the condensed water freezes thawing your
appliance is necessary by referring to the following
instructions.
NOTE
• message or E icon appears on the display
OE
when the condensed water inside the appliance
is frozen.
Thawing out the Accessories
In case of optional drain hose
• Wrapping the optional drain hose with a towel
soaked in hot water at 60 ℃.
In case of water collection tank
• Immerse the water collection tank in hot water
at 60 ℃.
Thawing out the Appliance
Running thawing mode
1
Turn on the appliance and press the Less Time
button for 3 seconds.
• When thawing mode is activated, estimated
thawing time (3 hours) appears on the
display.
NOTE
• Only Less Time button on the control panel is
pressed to activate the thawing mode.
• Only Power and Start/Pause buttons work
when the thawing mode is activated.
• It does not allow you to change the thawing time
manually.
• To deactivate the thawing mode, turn off the
appliance.
2
Press the Start/Pause button to start the
thawing mode.
• Actual thawing time varies depending on the
installation environment such as installation
location and ambient temperatures of the
appliance.
3
Dry the clothes as usual.
Thawing out the appliance manually
1
Open the dryer's door and pull out both inner
and outer filter.
2
Pour 1.5 litres of hot water at 60 ℃ into the lint
filter compartment and then reinsert the both
lint filters.
CAUTION
• Pouring more that 1.5 liters of water into the
compartment will cause water to leak back out.
• Pouring hot water over 60 ℃ will cause
malfunctions to the appliance or burn.
3
Turn on the appliance and operate the Cotton
programme about 30 seconds. Then wait
about 30 minutes.
4
Operate the Cotton programme again. Check if
the message will appear or
OE
within 10 minutes after operating the appliance.
• When the message or
OE
to step 2 and repeat procedure.
• Nothing appears on the display when the
thawing is done.
5
Dry the clothes as usual.
MAINTENANCE
E will light up
E icon appears go
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