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Using Your Dryer
1.
Put the sorted load in the dryer
and close the door tightly.
2. Turn the Cycle Control Knob to
the cycle you want.
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Use the Automatic Cycles for most
loads. Start with the pointer at the
middle of on Automatic Cycle. See
page 6 for more information.
NOTE: In the Automatic Cycles, the
Cycle Control Knob does not keep
movrng. It starts and stops, depend-
ing on the heat and the dryness of
the load.
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Use TIMED DRYING for drying a certarn
number of minutes, or for damp drying.
fluffing, or tumbling Items without air.
3. Set TEMPERATURE SELECTOR.
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Turn the TEMPERATURE SELECTOR to
the drying temperature needed for the
load. See page 5 for suggested
settings.
4. Push the Start Button.
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Make sure the door IS closed and the
Cycle Control is set. If the door is
opened during the cycle, the dryer will
stop. To restart the dryer, close the
door and push the Start Button.
5. To stop the dryer:
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Open the door.
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Or, turn the Cycle Control Knob to one
of the OFF positions.
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To change the setting while the
dryer is running, turn the Cycle Control
Knob, either way.
so it points to the set-
IMPORTANT: To help reduce wrin-
kling, take the load from the dryer OS
soon as tumbling stops. This is very
important for permanent press, knits
and other synthetic fabrics.
Setting Drying
Times
Modern dryers ore designed with
drying temperatures needed to safely
handle modern fabrics. Cool-down
times hove been added to heat set-
tings. You might notice slightly longer
dryrng times.
The time It takes to dry a load
depends on
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The kind of fobnc, ifs weight, and the
sue of the load.
A large load of jeans
WIII take a lot longer to dry than a small
load of light synthetics.
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The omount of modure in the load.
Towels hold CI lot of moisture; synthetics
don’t. Synthetics dry foster.
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Temperature of the rinse water
Cold
rinses help save on energy and wrinkles,
but a cold load will take slightly longer
to dry than a worm one.
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Amount of lint on the screen.
A full lint
screen slows the air flow and con make
drying trme longer.
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Room temperature.
The dryer heats
room air. If the room air temperature
is not above 45-F (7.2-C). the automatic
cycle will not advance the timer and
shut off the dryer. Use Timed Drying as a
temporary way of dryrng a load. Drying
times will be longer due to the cold air.
Removal of wrinkles may be poor.
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Proper insfa//otion and exhausf sys-
tems
For the fastest possible drying
tirne, installing and exhausting your
dryer properly is important See installa-
tion instructions.
Be careful not to overdry. Overdry-
ing can cause shrinkage, damage
to some fabrics and static cling.