Plan Vent System; Connect Vent - Maytag MED9700S - Electric Dryer Use And Care Manual

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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.
lb protect
the floor,
use a large flat piece of cardboard
from the dryer carton.
Place
cardboard
under the entire
back edge of the dryer.
2.
Firmly grasp the body of the dryer (not the console
panel),
Gently
lay the dryer on the
cardboard.
See illustration.
Examine
the leveling
legs. Find the diamond
marking.
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.
5.
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. Check that the vent is secured to exhaust
hood with
a
4" (10.2 cm) clamp.
2.
Move dryer into its final location.
Do not crush or kink vent.
3.
(On gas models)
Check that 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.
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.
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