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Installation
Instructions
USING FLEXNBLE METAL DUCTS
If rigid all-nletal duct cmmot be used, then flexible all-metal
venting cml be used, but it will reduce the maxinmm
rec(_mmended
duct length
In special installations
when it is
impossible to make connection
with the above recommendations,
then ULdisted
clothes dryer trmlsition duct may be used as
transition venting between the dryer mid wall connection
only. The
use of this ducting will affbct dry time.
If flexible transition
duct is necessary,
the fbllowing directions
must
be f_llowed
• Use the Shortest Length Possible.
• Stretch the Duct to Its Maximum
Length
• Do Not Crush or Collapse.
• Never Use Trmlsition Duct Inside the Wall or
Inside the Dryer.
• Avoid Resting the Duct on Sharp Objects.
• Venting Must Conf_rm
to Local Building Codes.
ELBOW HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
ELBOWS HIGHLY
DONOT USE
EXCESSIVE
EXHAUST
LENG
)(
6
[] ALCOVE OR CLOSET NSTALLATION
" If your dryer is approved
for installation in an alcove or
closet, it will be stated on a label on the dryer back.
. The dryer MUST be vented to the outdoors. See the
EXHAUST
INFORMATION
section.
" Minfinum
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 nmst 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 nmst contain a nfininmm
of 120 sq. in. of open
area equally distributed.
. The closet should be vented to the outdoors to prevent gas
pocketing
in case of a gas leak in the supply line.
. No other flleLburning
appliance
shMl be installed in the
same closet with the dryer.
[]
BATHROOM
OR BEDROOM
IN STALLATION
" The dryer MUST be vented to the outdoors. See
EXHAUST
INFORMATION
section l;.
" The installation
nmst confbrm with locM codes or, in the
absence of local codes, with the NATIONAL
FUEL GAS
CODE, ANSI Z223.
[]
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
SXANDARD
FOR MOBILE
HOME,
NO. 501B.
The dryer MUST be vented to the outdoors with the
termination
securely fastened to the mobile home
structure. (See EXHAUST
INFORMATION
section 6.)
° The vent MUST NOT be terminated
beneath a mobile or
nmnufhcmred
home.
The vent duct material MUST BE METAL.
KIT 14-D3All-33 MUST be used to attach the dryer
securely to the structure.
The vent MUST NOT be connected
to any other duct,
vent, or chimney.
" Do
not
use
sheet
metal screws
or other
refastening
devices which extend into the interior of the exhaust vent.
* Provide an opening with a fiee area of at least 25 sq in.
fbr introduction
of outside air into the dryer room.
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