Whirlpool WED5500S Installation Instructions Manual page 12

Vent system chart
NOTE: Side and bottom exhaust installations have a 90 ° turn
inside the dryer. To determine maximum exhaust length, add one
90 ° turn to the chart.
Number of Type of Box or Angled
90 ° turns vent Iouvered hoods
or elbows hoods
0 Rigid metal 64 ft (20 m) 58 ft (17.7 m)
Flexible metal 36 ft (11 m) 28 ft (8.5 m)
1 Rigid metal 54 ft (16.5 m) 48 ft (14.6 m)
Flexible metal 31 ft (9.4 m) 23 ft (7 m)
2 Rigid metal 44 ft (13.4 m) 38 ft (11.6 m)
Flexible metal 27 ft (8.2 m) 19 ft (5.8 m)
3 Rigid metal 35 ft (10.7 m) 29 ft (8.8 m)
Flexible metal 25 ft (7.6 m) 17 ft (5.2 m)
4 Rigid metal 27 ft (8.2 m) 21 ft (6.4 m)
Flexible metal 23 ft (7 m) 15 ft (4.6 m)
Place a carton corner post from dryer packaging under each
of the 2 dryer back corners. Stand the dryer up. Slide the
dryer on the corner posts until it is close to its final location.
Leave enough room to connect the exhaust vent.
1. Using a 4" (10.2 cm) clamp, connect vent to exhaust outlet in
dryer. If connecting to existing vent, make sure the vent is
clean. The dryer vent must fit over the dryer exhaust outlet
and inside the exhaust hood. Make sure the vent is secured to
exhaust hood with a 4" (10.2 cm) clamp.
2. Move dryer into its final position. Do not crush or kink vent.
3. (On gas models) Check to be sure there are no kinks in the
flexible gas line.
4. Once the exhaust vent connection is made, remove the corner
posts and cardboard.
Check the levelness of the dryer. Check levelness first
side to side, then front to back.
1. Install exhaust hood. Use caulking compound to seal exterior
wall opening around exhaust hood.
2. Connect vent to exhaust hood. Vent must fit inside exhaust
hood. Secure vent to exhaust hood with 4" (10.2 cm) clamp.
3. Run vent to dryer location. Use the straightest path possible.
See "Determine vent path" in "Plan Vent System." Avoid 90°
turns. Use clamps to seal all joints. Do not use duct tape,
screws or other fastening devices that extend into the interior
of the vent to secure vent.
Excessive Weight Hazard
Use two or more people to move and install dryer.
Failure to do so can result in back or other injury.
1. To protect the floor, use a large, flat piece of cardboard from
the dryer carton. Place cardboard under the entire back side
of the dryer.
2. Firmly grasp the body of the dryer (not the top or console
panel). Gently lay the dryer on the cardboard. See illustration.
3. Examine the leveling legs. Find the diamond marking.
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4. Screw the legs into the leg holes by hand. Use a wrench to
finish turning the legs until the diamond marking is no longer
visible.
If the dryer is not level, prop up the dryer using a wood block. Use
a wrench to adjust the legs up or down and check again for
levelness.
You can change your door swing from a right-side opening to a
left-side opening, if desired.
Reversible Large Side-Swing Door
C
1. Place towel (A) on top of dryer to protect surface.
2. Open dryer door. Remove bottom screws from cabinet side of
hinges (C). Loosen (do not remove) top screws from cabinet
side of hinges.
3. Lift door until top screws in cabinet are in large part of hinge
slot. Pull door forward off screws. Set door on top of dryer.
Remove top screws from cabinet.
4. Use a small, flat-blade screwdriver to gently remove
4 hinge hole plugs (D) on left side of cabinet. Insert plugs into
hinge holes on right side of cabinet.
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