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Installation
Instructions,
Indoor Exhausting
USING FLEXIBLE METAL DUCTS
If rigid all metal
duct cannot
be used,
then
flexible
all metal
ducting
can be used,
but it will reduce
the maximum
recommended
duct
length.
In special
installations
when
it is impossible
to use only
metal
ducting,
then ULqisted
clothes
dryer
flexible
metal
transition
duct may
be used as transition
venting
between
the dryer
and wall
connection
only.
The
use
of this
dncting
will
affect
dry
time.
If flexible transition duct is necessary, the following directions
must
be followed.
• Use the Shortest Length Possible.
• Stretch the Duct to Its Maximum
Length to avoid kinks.
• Do Not Crush or Collapse the Duct.
• Never Use Transition
Duct Inside the Wall or
Inside the Dryer.
• Avoid Resting the Duct on Sharp Objects.
• Venting
Must Conform
to Local Building
Codes.
ELBOW HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
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[] ALCOVE OR CLOSET INSTALLATION
• If your dryer is approved
for installation in an alcove oi'
closet, it will be stated on a label on the dryer back.
• The dryer MUST be vented to the outdoors. See the
EXHAUST
INFORMATION
sections 3 & 4.
• Minimum
clearance between dryer cabinet and adjacent
walls or other surfaces is:
0 in. either side
3 in. front and rear
• Minimum
vertical space from floor to overhead cabinets,
ceiling, etc. is 52 in.
• Closet doors must be louvered
or otherwise ventilated
and
must contain a minimum
of 60 sq. in. of open area equally
distributed.
If the closet contains both a washer and a
dryer, doors must contain a minimum
of 120 sq. in. of open
area equally distributed.
[] BATHROOM OR BEDROOM
INSTALLATION
• The dryer MUST be vented to tile outdoors. See
EXHAUST
INFORMATION
section 3 & 4.
• The installation must conform with local codes or, in tile
absence of local codes, with the NATIONAL
ELECTRI-
CAL CODE, ANSI/NFPA
NO. 70.
[] MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED
HOME INSTALLATION
• Installation
must conform to the MANUFACTURED
HOME
CONSTRUCTION
& SAFETY STANDARD,
TITLE 24, PART 32-80 or, when such standard is not
applicable,
with AMERICAN
NATIONAL
STANDARD
FOR MOBILE
HOME,
ANSI/NFPA
NO. 50lB.
• Tile dryer MUST be vented to the outdoors with tile
termination
securely fastened to tile mobile home
structure. (See EXHAUST
INFORMATION
section 3 & 4.)
• Tile vent MUST NOT be terminated
beneath a mobile or
manufactured
home.
• The vent duct material MUST BE METAL.
• Do not use sheet metal screws or other fastening devices
which extend into tile interior of the exhaust vent.
• See section 2 for electrical connection
information.
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