Installation instructions, Standard rear exhaust – GE DCVH680EJBB User Manual

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Installation Instructions

4 EXHAUST CONNECTION

4

NOTE: ELBOWS WILL PREVENT DUCT

KINKING AND COLLAPSING.

5 LEVELING AND STABILIZING YOUR

DRYER

ELBOW HIGHLY

RECOMMENDED

ELBOW HIGHLY

RECOMMENDED

RECOMMENDED

CONFIGURATION

TO MINIMIZE

EXHAUST

BLOCKAGE.

LEVEL

SIDE-TO-SIDE

4 LEVELING

LEGS

LEVEL

FRONT-TO-BACK

Stand the dryer upright near the final location and adjust

the 4 leveling legs, at the corners, to ensure that the dryer

is level from side to side and front to rear.

WARNING - TO REDUCE THE RISK

OF FIRE OR PERSONAL INJURY:

This clothes dryer must be exhausted to the outdoors.

Use only 4” rigid metal ducting for the home exhaust duct.

Use only 4” rigid metal or UL-listed flexible metal (semi-rigid

or foil-type) duct to connect the dryer to the home exhaust

duct. It must be installed in accordance with the instructions

found in “Connecting The Dryer To House Vent” on page 5 of

this manual.

Do not terminate exhaust in a chimney, a wall, a ceiling, gas

vent, crawl space, attic, under an enclosed floor, or in any

other concealed space of a building. The accumulated lint

could create a fire hazard.

Never terminate the exhaust into a common duct with a

kitchen exhaust system. A combination of grease and lint

creates a potential fire hazard.

Do not use duct longer than specified in the exhaust length

table. Longer ducts can accumulate lint, creating a potential

fire hazard.

Never install a screen in or over the exhaust duct. This will

cause lint to accumulate, creating a potential fire hazard.

Do not assemble ductwork with any fasteners that extend

into the duct. These fasteners can accumulate lint, creating

a potential fire hazard.

Provide an access for inspection and cleaning of the exhaust

system, especially at turns and joints. Exhaust system shall

be inspected and cleaned at least once a year.

Do not obstruct incoming or exhausted air.

THIS DRYER COMES READY FOR REAR

EXHAUSTING. IF SPACE IS LIMITED, USE

THE INSTRUCTIONS IN SECTION 9 TO

EXHAUST DIRECTLY FROM THE SIDES OR

BOTTOM OF THE CABINET.

DUCT TAPE OR

DUCT CLAMP

DUCT TAPE OR

DUCT CLAMP

VENT PROTECTION

BRACKET

4" METAL DUCT CUT

TO PROPER LENGTH

EXTERNAL DUCT

OPENING

STANDARD REAR EXHAUST

(Vented at floor level)

STANDARD REAR EXHAUST

(Vented above floor level)

For straight line installation, connect

the dryer exhaust to the external

exhaust hood using duct tape or

clamp.

Pull the vent protection bracket out until

it stops, and let it rest on the floor. The

bracket prevents the unit from moving too

close to the wall and crushing the rear vent.
NOTE: WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND SOLID

METAL EXHAUST DUCTING. HOWEVER, IF

FLEXIBLE DUCTING IS USED IT MUST BE

UL-LISTED METAL NOT PLASTIC.

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