Fire Hazard - Kenmore 41798022000 Installation Instructions Manual

Installation Requirements
Exhaust system requirements, continued
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FIRE H AZARD .....
A clothes dryer must be exhausted outdoors. Do not
exhaust dryer into a chimney, a wail, a ceiling, an attic,
a crawl space or any concealed space of a building. A
clothes dryer produces combustible lint. If the dryer is
not exhausted outdoors, some fine lint will be expelled
into the laundry area. An accumulation of lint in any
area of the home can create a health and fire hazard.
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The dryer must be connected to an exhaust outdoors.
Regularly inspect the outdoor exhaust opening and remove
any accumulation of lint around the outdoor exhaust
opening and in the surrounding area.
FIRE HAZARD
* Do not allow combustible materials (for example:
clothing, draperies/curtains, paper) to come in
contact with exhaust system. The dryer MUST NOT
be exhausted into a chimney, a wall, a ceiling, or any
concealed space of a building which can accumulate
: lint, resulting in a fire hazard.
* Do not screen the exhaust ends of the vent system, or
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use any screws, rivets or other fasteners that extend
ii
into the duct to assemble the exhaust system. Lint can
: become caught in the screen, on the screws or rivets,
clogging the duct work and creating a fire hazard
: as weii as increasing drying times. Use an approved
vent hood to terminate the duct outdoors, and seal
ii
aii joints with metal foil duct tape. Aii male duct pipe
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fittings MUST be installed downstream with the flow
of air.
RNING .........................................................................................
FIRE H AZARD .....
Exceeding the length of duct pipe or number of elbows
allowed in the "MAXIMUM LENGTH" charts can cause
an accumulation of lint in the exhaust system. Plugging
the system could create a fire hazard, as well as
MAXIMUM LENGTH
of 4" (102 ram) Rigid Metal Duct
Z
VENT HOOD TYPE
(Preferred)
0-
/0
0
4 _
(10.2cm)
Iouvered
0 64 ft. (19.5 m)
1 52 ft. (15.9 m)
2 44 ft. (13.5 m)
3 32 ft. (9.8 m)
4 28 ft. (9.5 m)
2.5"
(6.35cm)
48 ft. (14.6 m)
40 ft. (12.2 m)
32 ft. (9.8 m)
24 ft. (7.3 m)
16 ft. (4.9 m)
WA.N NG ...............
FIRE HAZARD
* Do not install flexible plastic or flexible foil venting
material.
* If installing semi-rigid venting, do not exceed 8 ft.
Exhaust direction
Directional exhausting can be accomplished by installing
a quick-turn 90 ° dryer vent elbow directly to the exhaust
outlet of dryer. Dryer vent elbows are available through
your local parts distributor or hardware store.
See also Clearance Requirements on the next page.
...... _-_ NOTE ......................
Use of 90 ° quick-turn elbow
is required to meet minimum
installation depth of free-
standing dryer.