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Important Safety Instructions

A HMftWMVG — To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock or injury to persons when using

your appliance, follow basic precautions, including the following:

1. Read all instructions before using the appliance.

2. To avoid the possibility of fire or explosion:

a. Do not dry items that have been previously

cleaned in, washed in, soaked in, or spotted with
gasoline, dry-cleaning solvents, other flammable
or explosive substances as they give off vapors

that could ignite or explode. Any material on
which you have used a cleaning solvent, or which
is saturated with flammable liquids or solids,
should not be placed in the dryer, until all traces
of these flammable liquids or solids and their
fumes have been removed. There are many high­
ly flammable items used in homes, such as: ace­
tone, denatured alcohol, gasoline, kerosene, some

liquid household cleaners, some spot removers,

turpentine, waxes and wax removers.

b. Items containing foam rubber (may be labeled

latex foam) or similarly textured rubber-like
materials must not be dried on a heat setting.
Foam rubber materials when heated, can under
certain circumstances produce lire by sponta­

neous combustion.

3. Do not allow children to play on or in the appliance.

Close supervision of children is necessary when the
appliance is used near children.

4. Before the appliance is removed from service or dis­

carded, remove the door to the drying compartment.

5. Do not reach into the appliance if the drum is mov­

ing.

6. Do not install or store this appliance where it will be

exposed to the weather.

7. Do not tamper with controls.

8. Do not repair or replace any part of the appliance or

attempt any servicing unless specifically recom­

mended in published user-repair instructions that

you understand and have the skills to carry out.

9. Do not use fabric softeners or products to eliminate

static unless recommended for dryer use by the
manufacturer of the fabric softener or product.

10. Clean the lint screen before or after each load.

11, Keep the area around the exhaust opening and sur­

rounding areas free from lint accumulation, dust and
dirt.

12. The interior of the dryer and exhaust duct should be

cleaned periodically by qualified service personnel.

13. This appliance must be properly grounded. Never

plug the appliance cord into a receptacle which is
not grounded adequately and in accordance with
local and national codes. See installation instruc­
tions for grounding this appliance.

14, Do not sit on top of the clothes dryer.

WARNtNG ~~

Do not place into your

dryer

items

that

have

been

spotted

or

soaked

with

vegetable

oil

or

cooking

oil.

Even after being washed, these items may

contain

significant

amounts

of

these

oils.

The

remaining

oil

can

ignite

spontaneously.

The

potential

for

spontaneous

ignition

increases

when

the

items

containing

veg­

etable

oil

or

cooking

oil

are

exposed

to

heat.

Heat

sources,

such

as

your

clothes

dryer,

can

warm

these

items,

allowing

an

oxidation

reaction

in

the

oil

to

occur.

Oxidation

creates

heat. If this heat

cannot

escape, the items can become hot enough

to

catch

fire.

Piling,

stacking

or

storing

these kinds of items may prevent heat from

escaping and can create a fire hazard.

All washed and unwashed fabrics that con­

tain vegetable oil or cooking oil can be dan­

gerous.

Washing

these

items

in

hot

water

with

extra

detergent

will

reduce,

but

will

not

eliminate,

the

hazard.

Always

use

the

"cool

down"

cycle

for

these

Items

to

reduce

the

Items'

temperature.

Never

remove these items from the clothes dryer

hot

or interrupt

the drying cycle until the

items

have

run

through

the

"cool

down"

cycle. Never pile or stack these items when

they are hot.

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