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Installation Instructions
GAS REQUIREMENTS
WARNING
• Installation must conform to local codes
and ordinances, or in their absence, the
NATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, ANSI Z223.
• This gas dryer is equipped with a Valve and
Burner Assembly for use only with natural
gas. Using conversion kit WE25X10014,
your local service organization can convert
this dryer for use with propane (LP) gas.
ALL CONVERSIONS MUST BE MADE
BY PROPERLY TRAINED AND QUALIFIED
PERSONNEL AND IN ACCORDANCE
WITH LOCAL CODES AND ORDINANCE
REQUIREMENTS.
• The dryer must be disconnected from
the gas supply piping system during any
pressure testing of that system at a test
pressure in excess of 0.5 PSI (3.4 KPa).
• The dryer must be isolated from the
gas supply piping system by closing the
equipment shut-off valve during any
pressure testing of the gas supply piping
of test pressure equal to or less than
0.5 PSI (3.4KPa).
DRYER GAS SUPPLY CONNECTION
3/8” NPT MALE THREAD GAS SUPPLY
NOTE: Add to vertical
dimension the distance
between cabinet bottom
to floor.
GAS SUPPLY
• A 1/8” National Pipe Taper thread plugged
tapping, accessible for test gauge
connection, must be installed immediately
upstream of the gas supply connection to
the dryer. Contact your local gas utility
should you have questions on the
installation of the plugged tapping.
• Supply line is to be 1/2” rigid pipe and
equipped with an accessible shut-off within
6 feet of, and in the same room with, the
dryer.
• Use pipe compound appropriate for natural
or LP gas or use Teflon
®
tape.
• Connect flexible metal connector to dryer
and gas supply.
IN THE COMMONWEALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTS
• This product must be installed by a licensed
plumber or gas fitter.
• When using ball-type gas shut-off valves,
they shall be the T-handle type.
• A flexible gas connector, when used, must
not exceed 3 feet.
CONNECTING A GAS DRYER (cont.)
2
3
⁄8” (6 cm)
3
1
⁄4”
(8.2 cm)
ADJUSTING FOR ELEVATION
• Gas clothes dryers input ratings are based
on sea level operation and need not be
adjusted for operation at or below 2000 ft.
elevation. For operation at elevations above
2000 ft., input ratings should be reduced at
a rate of 4 percent for each 1000 ft. above
sea level.
• Installation must conform to local codes
and ordinances or, in their absence, the
NATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, ANSI Z223.