Exhaust System Requirements; Maximum Length - Frigidaire FFLG2022MW3 Installation Manual

Exhaust system requirements, continued
FIRE HAZARD FIRE HAZARD
A clothes dryer must be exhausted outdoors• Do not Exceeding the length of duct pipe or number of elbows
exhaust dryer into a chimney, a wall, a ceiling, an attic, allowed in the "MAXIMUM LENGTH" charts can cause
a crawl space or any concealed space of a building• A an accumulation of lint in the exhaust system• Plugging
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 tint in any
area of the home can create a health and fire hazard.
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 use any screws, rivets or other fasteners that
extend into the duct to assemble the exhaust
system. Lint can become caught in the screen, on
the system could create a fire hazard, as welt as
increase drying times.
MAXIMUM LENGTH
of #' (102 mm) Rigid
MetalDuct
3 VENT HOOD TYPE
(Preferred)
A
4" 2,5"
(10.2 cm) Iouvered (6,35 cm)
0 56 ft. (17 m) 42 ft. (13 m)
1 48 ft. (14.5 m) 34 ft. (10.5 m)
2 40 ft. (12 m) 26 ft. (8 m)
3 32 ft, (9.5 m) 18 ft. (5.5 m)
, Do not install flexible plastic or flexible foil venting
the screws or rivets, clogging the duct work and material.
creattng a fire hazard as welt as increasing drying
..... • If nsta ngsem-rgdventng do not exceed8ft
t mes Use an approved vent hood to term nate the "2 4 m" duct len th
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duct outdoors, and seal all ]olnts with metal foil duct .....
tape, All male duct pipe fittings MUST be installed
downstream with the flow of air.