GE Profile UPSE810 Use And Installation Manual page 17

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 make connection with the above
recommendations, then UL-listed clothes dryer transition
duct may be used as transition venting between the dryer
and wall connection only. The use of this ducting 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.
• 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.
DO
ELBOW HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
ELBOW HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
DONT
DO NOT USE
EXCESSIVE
EXHAUST
LENGTH
ALCOVE OR CLOSET INSTALLATION
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• 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 sections.
• 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.
• The closet should be vented to the outdoors to prevent
gas pocketing in case of a gas leak in the supply line.
• No other fuel-burning appliance shall be installed in the
same closet with the dryer.
BATHROOM OR BEDROOM
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INSTALLATION
• The dryer MUST be vented to the outdoors. See
EXHAUST INFORMATION section 17.
• The installation must conform with local codes or, in the
absence of local codes, with the NATIONAL FUEL GAS
CODE, ANSI Z223.
MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED
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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,
NO. 501B.
• The dryer MUST be vented to the outdoors with the
termination securely fastened to the mobile home
structure. (See EXHAUST INFORMATION section 17.)
• The vent MUST NOT be terminated beneath a mobile or
manufactured home.
DO NOT
SIT DRYER • The vent duct material MUST BE METAL.
ON FLEXIBLE
• KIT 14-D3A6-33 MUST be used to attach the dryer
EXHAUST.
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 free area of at least 25 sq. in.
DO NOT
for introduction of outside air into the dryer room.
CRUSH
FLEXIBLE
EXHAUST
AGAINST
WALL.
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