Whirlpool EASY CLEAN 100 Use And Care Manual page 8

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PERATING
To get the best dryer results possible, you must use your dryer correctly. This section tells you how
to use your dryer properly and efficiently.
S
TARTING YOUR DRYER
wWARNING
Explosion Hazard
Never place items in the dryer that are
dampened with gasoline or other
flammable fluids.
No washer can completely remove oil.
Do not dry anything that has ever had any
type of oil on it (including cooking oils).
Doing so can result in death, explosion,
or fire.
Before using your dryer, wipe the dryer drum with a
damp cloth to remove dust from storing and shipping.
If your dryer has a Features Guide, remove it and
place it with this Use and Care Guide.
1.
Load clothes loosely into the dryer and close the
2.
Make sure the lint collector basket lid is securely
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OUR RYER
door. Do not pack the
dryer; allow space for
clothes to tumble freely.
closed, and that the lint
indicator window is not
full. (See the "Using and
maintaining the EASY
CLEAN 100 ™ lint
feature" section.)
3.
Turn the Cycle Control Knob to the recommended
4.
Set the Temperature selector to the recommended
5.
(OPTIONAL STEP) Some dryers have an On/Off
FINISH GUARD ® selector. The FINISH GUARD
feature protects your clothes from wrinkling when
you do not remove them from the dryer as soon
as it stops.
•
Set the FINISH GUARD selector to On to
tumble the load without heat every few minutes
up to 45 minutes after the drying cycle ends.
•
A signal will sound every few minutes while
FINISH GUARD is running if the Cycle Signal
(End of Cycle Signal) feature is set to On. On
some models, this signal is fixed and cannot be
turned off. The signal and cycle end when you
open the dryer door.
•
Set the FINISH GUARD selector to Off if you do
not want to run this feature.
NOTE: Some dryers have a fixed FINISH GUARD
feature that cannot be turned off.
cycle for the type of load
being dried, as described
in the "Cycle descrip-
tions" section.
•
Use the Energy Pre-
ferred Automatic Setting
( * ) to dry most loads.
setting for the type of
fabric being dried. The
cycle descriptions on the
following pages include
temperature setting
suggestions.