Maytag MAV5057 Washer User Manual


 
Important Safety Instructions ....................................
1. Read all instructions before using the appliance, on all hot water faucets and let the water flow
2. As with any equipment using electricity and having from each for several minutes. This will release
moving parts, there are potential hazards. To use any accumulated hydrogen gas. As the gas is
this appliance safely, the operator should become flammable, do not smoke or use an open flame
familiar with the instructions for operation of the during this time.
appliance and always exercise care when using it. 7. Do not reach into the appliance if the agitator is
3. Do not install or store this appliance where it will be moving.
exposed to the weather. 8. Do not allow children to play on or in the appliance.
Close supervision of children is necessary when the
4. Install and level washer on a floor that can support
the weight, appliance is used near children.
5. This appliance must be properly grounded. Never 9. Do not tamper with controls.
plug the appliance cord into a receptacle which is 10. Do not repair or replace any part of the appliance or
not grounded adequately and in accordance with attempt any servicing unless specifically recom-
local and national codes. See installation instruc- mended in published user-repair instructions that
tions for grounding this appliance, you understand and have the skills to carry out.
6. To avoid the possibility of fire or explosion: 11. Unplug power supply cord before attempting to ser-
a. Do not wash items that have been previously vice your washer.
cleaned in, washed in, soaked in, or spotted with 12. The agitator should not be removed. If the agitator
gasoline, dry-cleaning solvents, other flammable is removed, it must be replaced by pushing down
or explosive substances as they give off vapors completely and the locking screw tightened before
that could ignite or explode. Hand wash and line the washer is operated.
dry any items containing these substances. 13. Store laundry aids and other material in a cool, dry
Any material on which you have used a cleaning place where children cannot reach them.
solvent, or which is saturated with flammable liq- 14. Do not wash or dry items that are soiled with veg-
uids or solids, should not be placed in the washer etable or cooking oil. These items may contain some
until all traces of these liquids or solids and their oil after laundering. Due to the remaining oil, the
fumes have been removed, fabric may smoke or catch fire by itself.
These items include acetone, denatured alcohol, 15. Do not use chlorine bleach and ammonia or acids
gasoline, kerosene, some liquid household clean- (such as vinegar or rust remover) in the same wash.
ers, some spot removers, turpentine, waxes and Hazardous fumes can form.
wax removers.
16. Do not machine wash fiberglass materials. Small
b. Do not add gasoline, dry-cleaning solvents, or particles can stick to fabrics washed in following
other flammable or explosive substances to the loads and cause skin irritation.
wash water. These substances give off vapors
that could ignite or explode. 17. Before the appliance is removed from service or dis-
carded, remove the door to the washing compart-
c. Under certain conditions, hydrogen gas may be ment.
produced in a hot water system that has not been
used for 2 weeks or more. HYDROGEN GAS IS 18. Inlet hoses are subject to damage and deterioration
EXPLOSIVE. If the hot water system has not over time. Check the hoses periodically for bulges,
been used for such a period, before using a wash- kinks, cuts, wear or leaks and replace them every
ing machine or combination washer-dryer, turn five years.
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