Kenmore 41791122310 Installation Instructions Manual page 7

Installation Requirements
Exhaust system requirements, continued
A clothes dryer must be exhausted outdoors. Do not
exhaust dryer into a chimney, a wail, a ceiling, an attic,
a crawl space or any concealed space of a building. A
clothes dryer produces combustible lint.if the dryer is
notexhausted outdoors, some finelintwUl b eexpelled
into the laundry area. An accumulation of lint in any
area of the home can create a health and fire hazard.
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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
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use any screws, rivets or other fasteners that extend
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into the duct to assemble the exhaust system. Lint can
become caught in the screen, on the screws or rivets,
clogging the duct work and creating a fire hazard
as well as increasing drying times. Use an approved
vent hood to terminate the duct outdoors, and seal
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all joints with metal foil duct tape. All male duct pipe
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fittings MUST be installed downstream with the flow
of air.
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WARNING .....................................................
FIRE HAZARD
Exceeding the length of duct pipe or number of elbows
allowed in the "MAXIMUM LENGTH" charts can cause
an accumulation of lint in the exhaust system. Plugging
the system could create a fire hazard, as well as
..... !ncrease drying times. .......................................................................................
MAXIMUM LENGTH
of 4" (102 ram) Rigid Metal Duct
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VENT HOOD TYPE
(Preferred)
4 _
(10.2 crn) Iouvered
0 64 ft. (19.5 m)
1 52 ft. (15.9 m)
2 44 ft. (13.5 m)
3 36 ft.
(11 m)
24 ft.
(7.3 m)
4 28 ft.
(9.5 m)
16 ft.
(4.9 m)
2.5"
(6.35cm)
48 ft. (14.6 m)
40 ft. (12.2 m)
32 ft. (9.8 m)
WARNING
FIRE HAZARD
* Do not install flexible plastic or flexible foil venting
material.
If installing semi-rigid venting, do not exceed 8 ft.
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