GE Profile DPGT750 Owner's Manual And Installation Instructions page 4

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.
A WARNING !
For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk offire or
explosion, electric shock, or to prevent property damage, personal injury, or loss of life.
WHEN USING YOUR DR YER
• Never reach into the dryer while the drum is
moving. Before loading, unloading, or adding
clothes, wait until the drum has completely
stopped.
• Clean the lint filter before each load to prevent
lint accumulation inside the dryer or in the
room. DO NOT OPERATE THE DRYER
WITHOUT THE IJNT FILTER IN PLACE.
• Do not wash or dry articles that have been
cleaned in, w-ashed in, soaked in or spotted
with combustible or explosive substances
(such at wax, oil, paint, gasoline, degreasers,
dry-cleaning mlvents, kerosene) 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 connibute to a chemical reaction that
could cause a clothes load to catch fire.
• Any article on which you have used a cleaning
solvent or that contains flammable materials
(such as cleaning cloths, mops, towels used
in beauty salons, restaurants or barber shops)
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, v,_x removers and
products containing petroleum distillates.
• The laundry process can reduce the flame
retardanc y of fabrics. To avoid such a result.
carefi.fily follow the ,garment manufacturer's
care instructions.
Do not dry articles containing rubber, plastic,
foam or similar materials such as padded bras,
galoshes, bath mats, rugs, bihs, baby pants,
plastic bags and pillows, 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 burn or melt on top of the dryer during
operation.
• Garments labeled Dry Away from Heat or
Do Not Tumble Dry (such as life jackets
containing kapok) must not be put in
your drym:
Do not dry fibe@ass articles in your dryer.
Skin irritation could result from the remaining
particles that may be picked up by clothing
during subsequent dryer uses.
• To minimize the possibility of electric shock,
unplug this appliance from the power supply
or disconnect the dryer at the building's
distribution panel by removing the fuse or
switching off the circuit breaker before
attempting any maintenance or cleaning
(except the removal and cleaning of the lint
filter). NOTE: Pressing STOP or POWER
does NOT disconnect the appliance from
the power supply.
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