GE Profile 405 Owner's Manual page 4

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION.
READ ALLINSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.
A WARNING!
YOUR LAUNDRY A REA
[] Keep the area underneath and around your
appliances free of combustible materials (lint,
paper, rags, etc,), gasoline, chemicals, and other
flanm_ble vapors and liquids,
m Keep all laundry aids (such as detergents,
bleaches, etc.) out of the reach ofchildren,
preferably in a locked cabinet. Observe all
warnings on container labels to avoid injury_
[] Keep the floor around your appliances clean and [] Never dimb on or stand on the dryer top.
dry to reduce the possibility of slippingo
[] Close supervision is necessary if this appliance is
used by or near children° Do not allow children to
play on, with, or inside this or any other appliance_
WHENUSING YOUR DRYER
[] Never reach into the dryer while the drum is
mo_,ng. Before loading, unloading or adding
clothes, _ait until the drum hascompletely
stopped_
[] The laundry process can reduce the flame
retardancy of fabrics° To avoid such a result,
carefully follow the garment manufacturer's
care instructions,
[] Clean the lint filter before each load to prevent
lint accumulation inside the dryer or in the room.
DONOT OPERATE THEDRYER WITHOUTTHELINT
FILTER IN PLACE.
[] Do not _zLsh or dry articles that have been
cleaned in, washed in, soaked in, or spotted
with combustible or explosive substances (such as
wax, oil, paint, gasoline, degreasers, dry-cleaning
solvents, kerosene, etc_) which may ignite or
explode. Do not add these substances to the
wash water. Do not use or place these substances
around your washer or dryer during operation..
[] Do not place items exposed to cooking oils in
your dryer, Items contaminated with cooking oils
may contribute to a chemical reaction that could
cause a dothes load to catch fire,
[] Any article on which you have used a deaning
solvent or that con_ins flammable materials
(such as cleaning cloths, mops, towels used in
beauty salons, restaurants, or barber shops, etc.)
must not be placed in or near the dryer until
solvents or flammable materials have been
removed. There are many
highly
flammable
items used in homes such as acetone, denatured
alcohol, gasoline, kerosene, some household
cleaners, some spot removers, turpentines,
waxes, _tx removers and products containing
petroleum distillates,
[] Do not dry articles containing rubber, plastic,
foam, or similar materials such as padded bins,
tennis shoes, galoshes, bath mats, rugs, bibs, baby
pants, plastic bags, pillows, etc. that may melt or
burn° Some rubber materials, when heated, can
under certain circumstances produce fire by
spontaneous combustion.
[] Do not store plastic, paper or clothing that may
bum or melt on top of the dryer during operation,
[] Garments labeled Ory Away from Heater Do
Not Tumble Dry (such as life jackets containing
Kapok) must not be put in your dryer,
[]Do not dry fiberglass articles in your dryen
Skin irritation could result from the remaining
particles that may be picked up by clothing
during subsequent dryer uses,
[] To minimize the possibility ofeleclxic shock,
lmplug this appliance from the power supply
or disconnect the dryer at the household
distribution panel by removing the fiase or
switching offthe circuk breaker before
attempting any maintenance or cleaning
(except the removal and cleaning of the lint
filter),/VOTE.'Tagning the Cycle Selector -knob
to an OFFposition does/VOTdisconnect the
appliance from the power supply,
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