Personal Safety Instructions - Maytag D-8 User Manual

IMPORTANT PERSONAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Wamin_ _-o To _educe the risk of fire, enectric
shock or iniury to persons when using your
_ppMiance, follow basic precautions, including the
_oHowing:
1. Read all instructions before using the
appliance°
2. To avoid the possibility of fire or explosion:
a. Do not dry items that have been previously
cleaned in, washed in, soaked in, or
spotted with gasoline, dry-cleaning
solvents, other flammable or explosive
substances as they give off vapors that
could ignite or explode. Any material on
which you have used a cleaning solvent,
or which is saturated with flammable
liquids or solids, should not be placed in
the dryer, until all traces of these
flammable liquids or solids and their fumes
have been removed. There are many
highly flammable items used in homes,
such as: acetone, denatured alcohol,
gasoline, kerosene, some liquid household
cleaners, some spot removers, turpentine,
waxes and wax
removers.
b.
Items containing foam rubber (may be
labeled latex foam) or similarly textured
rubber-like materials must not be dried on
a heat setting. Foam rubber materials
when heated, can under certain
circumstance produce fire by spontaneous
combustion.
.
Do not allow children to play on or in the
appliance. Close supervision of children is
necessary when the appliance is used near
children.
4. Before the appliance is removed from service
or discarded, remove the door to the drying
compartment.
5. Do not reach into the appliance if the drum is
moving.
6. Do not install or store this appliance where it
will be exposed to the weather.
7. Do not tamper with controls.
8. Do not repair or replace any part of the
appliance or attempt any servicing unless
specifically recommended in published user-
repair instructions that you understand and
have the skills to carry out.
9. Do not use fabric softeners or products to
eliminate static unless recommended by the
manufacturer of the fabric softener or
product.
10. Clean the lint screen before or after each
load.
11.
12.
13.
Keep the area around the exhaust opening
and surrounding areas free from lint
accumulation, dust and dirt.
The interior of the dryer and exhaust duct
should be cleaned periodically by qualified
service personnel.
This appliance must be properly grounded.
Never plug the appliance cord into a
receptacle which is not grounded adequately
and in accordance with local and national
codes. See installation instructions for
grounding this appliance.
WARN_NC_
Do not pJace into your dryer items that have been
spotted or soaked with vegetabb oi! or cooking
oil Even after being washed, these items may
contain significant amounts of these oi_s.The
remaining olt can ignite spontaneousiyo The
potentiaJfor spontaneous ignition increases when
the itemscontaining vegetable oil or cooking oi!
are exposed to heat° Heat sources, such as your
clothes dryer; can warm these items, allowing an
oxidation reaction in the oil to accuroOxidation
creates heat° Hfthis heat cannot escape, the iter_as
can become hot enough to catch tire° Pilhsg,
stacking or storing these kinds of items may
prevent he_t from escaping and can _:reatea _ire
hazard°
Aft washed and unwashed fabrics that contain
vegetabb oi_ or cooking oiacan be dangerous°
Washing these items in hot water with e×tr_
detergent w_Hreduce, but will not eaiminate, the
hazard° Always use _he "_'od down" cycle br
these items to reduce the items' _emperatureo
Never remove these itemsfrom the clothes dryer
hot or ir_terrupt the drying cycle until the items
have run through the "cool down" cycle. Never
pib or sta_k these items when _hey a_ hot°
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