Unpacking Your Dryer - GE Spacemaker DH43 Owner's Manual And Installation Instructions

TOOLS AND MATERIALS
YOU WILL NEED
• Phillips head screwdriver
• Channel-lock adjustable pliers (adjust
leveling legs)
• Carpenter's level
• Flat or straight blade screwdriver (may be needed
for cord strain relief)
• Duct tape
• Rigid or UL-listed flexible metal 4 (10.2 cm) duct
• Vent hood
• 1/4 nut driver (remove terminal block access cover
and install cord) (ELECTRIC DRYER)
• Pipe thread sealer (GAS DRYER)
• Plastic knife
• 1/2 open-end wrench (lock leveling legs)
• UL-listed strain relief (may be supplied
with cord)
• UL-listed 30A, 240V, 3-wire, #10 AWG minimum
conductor power cord (U.S. existing structure)
• UL-listed 30A, 240V, 4-wire, #10 AWG
minimum conductor power cord is required
(U.S. new construciton)
• Flexible stainless steel or plastic-coated brass
connnecting tube (if allowed by building code)
(GAS DRYER)
• Open-end wrenches for flexible tube and connector
(GAS DRYER)
Installation Instructions
10

UNPACKING YOUR DRYER

1. Place the four corner posts from the shipping
carton on the floor, parallel to each other, 2-3
apart. Carefully lay the dryer on its left side on
top of the corner posts. Remove the foam
shipping pad.
CAUTION:
not use the control panel as a means to pick up
or move the dryer.
Foam shipping pad
2. Return the dryer to an upright position.
To prevent damage, do
Back of
Dryer
Packing