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Warning-To reduce the risk of fire,
electric shock, or injury to persons when
using your appliance, follow
basic precautions, including the following:
. Use this appliance only for its intended
purpose
as described in this Use and Care Book.
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This appliance must be properly
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instafled
and located in accordance with
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the Installation Instructions before it is
used.
If you did not receive an Installation
Instructions sheet with your
appliance, you can obtain one by calling, toll
free, the GE Answer Center
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800.626.2000.
—Properly ground to conform with all governing
codes and ordinances. Follow
detis
in
Installation Instructions.
—Lo@te
where the temperature is above
50°F.
(lO°C.)
for satisfactory operation of the
app~ance
control system. Do not install or store
the appliance where it
wi~
be exposed to the
weather.
-Connect to a properly rated, protected
and sized power
supply
circuit
to avoid
electrical overload.
—Do not install against drapes or curtains.
Follow details in Installation Instructions.
—Exhausting to the outside is STRONGLY
~CO~ENDED
to prevent
large
amounts
of moisture and lint from being blown into the
room. Carefully follow the details in the
Installation
hstructions.
If your appliance is
not
vented to the outside, see special instructions in
Care and Cleaning section. If this appliance has a
gas dryer, it must be exhausted outside.
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Do not repair or replace any
part of the
appfiance
or attempt
any servicing unless
specificdy
recommended in this Use and Care Book or
in published user-repair instructions that you
understand and have the
SW
to carry out.
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Turn off water faucets when the washer is not
in use to relieve pressure on hoses and valves,
and to minimize leakage if a hose or valve should
break
or rupture.
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When disconnecting this
apptiance
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by the plug rather than the cord
to avoid damage to the cord or junction
of cord and plug. Make sure that the cord is located
so that it will not be stepped on, tripped over or
otherwise subjected to damage or stress.
To Minimize the Possibility
of a Fire Hazard
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Exhaust
Duct4ee
Installation
Instructions.
Use only metal duct inside for exhausting dryer
to the outside.
USE OF PLASTIC OR OTHER
COMBUS~LE
DUCTWORK CAN CAUSE A
~RE.
FO~
OR OTHER
EASLY
PUNCTURED
DUCTWORK CAN CAUSE A
F~
IF
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COLLAPSES OR BECOMES OTHERWISE
RESTNCTED
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USE OR DUR~G
INSTALLA~ON.
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Do not use heat to dry articles containing rubber,
plastic, or similar materials
(such as padded bras,
tennis shoes, galoshes, bath mats, rugs, bibs, baby
pants, plastic bags, etc.) as these materials may
melt or burn. Also, some rubber materials, when
heated, can under certain circumstances produce
fire by spontaneous combustion.
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Do not store items that may burn or melt
(such as clothing, paper material, plastics
or plastic containers, etc.) on top of the appliance
during the operation.
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Garments labeled
‘Wry
Away from Heat”
(such as life
jackeb
containing Kapok)
must not be put in your dryer.
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Any
article on which you have used a cleaning
solvent, or which contains flammable materials
(such as cleaning cloths, mops, towels used in
beauty salons, restaurants or barber shops, etc.)
must not be placed in or near the dryer until all
traces of these flammable liquids or solids and their
fumes have been removed. There are many highly
flammable items used in homes such as: acetone,
denatured alcohol, gasoline, kerosene, some
household cleaners, some spot removers,
turpentines, waxes, wax removers and products
containing petroleum distillates.
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