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Important Safety Instructions - Kenmore 41791100002 Installation Instructions Manual

Front load dryer

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important
Safety instructions
For your safety
the information
in this manual
must be followed
to minimize
the risk of fire or explosion
or to prevent
property
damage,
personal
injury or loss of life. Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable
vapors and liquids in
the vicinity
of this or any other appliance.
A WARNING-
RiSK OF FiRE
Read all of the following
instructions
before installing
and using this appliance:
° Destroy the carton
and plastic
bags after the dryer is unpacked.
Children
might use them for play. Cartons covered
with rugs, bedspreads,
or plastic sheets can become
airtight
chambers
causing
suffocation.
Place all materials
in a
garbage
container
or make materials
inaccessible
to children.
° Clothes dryer installation
and service must be performed
by a qualified
installer, service agency
or the gas supplier.
° Install the clothes
dryer according
to the manufacturer's
instructions
and local codes.
° The electrical
service to the dryer must conform
with local codes and ordinances
and the latest edition
of the Nation-
ai Electrical
Code, ANSI/NFPA
70, or in Canada,
the Canadian
electrical
code C22.1 part 1.
° The gas service to the dryer must conform
with local codes and ordinances
and the latest edition
of the National
Fuel
Gas Code ANSI Z223.1, or in Canada,
CAN/ACG
B149.1-2000.
° The dryer is designed
under ANSI Z 21.5.1 or ANSI/UL
2158 - CAN/CSA
C22.2 No. 112 (latest editions)
for HOME
USE only. This dryer is not recommended
for commercial
applications
such as restaurants,
beauty
salons, etc.
° Do not install a clothes dryer with flexible
plastic or flexible
foil venting
material.
Flexible
venting
materials
are
known to collapse,
be easily crushed and trap lint. These conditions
wiii obstruct
clothes dryer airflow
and increase
the risk of fire.
° Do not stack a dryer on top of washer already
installed
on pedestal.
Do not stack dryer on top of another
dryer.
Do
not stack washer on top of dryer. Do not stack washer on top of another washer.
° The instructions
in this manual
and aii other literature
included
with this dryer are not meant to cover every possible
condition
and situation
that may occur. Good
safe practice
and caution
MUST be applied
when installing,
operating
and maintaining
any appliance.
WHAT
TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS:
° Do not try to light any appliance.
° Do not touch any electrical
switch;
do not use any phone in your building.
° Clear the room, building
or area of aii occupants.
° Immediately
caii your gas supplier
from a neighbor's
phone.
Follow the gas suppiier's
instructions.
° If you cannot reach your gas supplier,
caii the fire department.
Save
these instructions for future reference.
Pre--Insfallation
Requirements
Tools and materials
needed for installation:
Adjustable
Phillips, straight, &
Adjustable
pliers
square bit screwdrivers
wrench
4 inch, rigid metal or
semi-rigid metal exhaust duct work
Universal wrench
Pipe wrench
supplied with
for gas
matching washer
supply
or 4-wire
4 in.
240 volt cord kit
(10.2 cm)
(electric
dryer)
clamp
or
or
LP-resJstant
Carpenter's
level
External
thread tape
vent hood
(for natural gas
or LP supply)
_-
1/2" NPT union flare
gas line
adapters
(x2) and
shutoff valve
flexible
gas supply
line
Metal foil tape
(gas dryer)
(gas dryer)
(not duct tape)

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