Maytag Epic Z Manual De Uso Y Cuidado página 19

Vent system chart
NOTE: Side and bottom exhaust installations have a 90 ° turn inside the dryer. To determine
maximum exhaust length, add one 90 ° turn to the chart.
Number of 90 ° Type of Box or Iouvered Angled
turns or elbows vent hoods hoods
0 Rigid metal 64 ft (20 m) 58 ft (17.7 m)
Flexible metal 36 ft (11 m) 28 ft (8.5 m/
1 Rigid metal 54 ft (16.5 m) 48 ft (14.6 m)
Flexible metal 31 ft (9.4 m) 23 ft (7 m)
2 Rigid metal 44 ft (13.4 m) 38 ft (11.6 m)
Flexible metal 27 ft (8.2 m) 19 ff (5.8 m)
3 Rigid metal 35 ft (10.7 m) 29 ft (8.8 m)
Flexible metal 25 ft (7.6 m) 17 ff (5.2 m)
4 Rigid metal 27 ft (8.2 m) 21 ff (6.4 m)
Flexible metal 23 ft (7 m) 15 ff (4.6 m)
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Install exhaust hood. Use caulking compound to seal exterior wall opening around
exhaust hood.
Connect vent to exhaust hood. Vent must fit inside exhaust hood. Secure vent to exhaust
hood with 4" (10.2 cm) clamp.
Run vent to dryer location. Use the straightest path possible. See "Determine vent path" in
"Plan Vent System." Avoid 90 '_ turns. Use clamps to seal all joints. Do not use duct tape,
screws or other fastening devices that extend into the interior of the vent to secure vent.
Excessive Weight Hazard
Use two or more people to move and install dryer.
Failure to do so can result in back or other injury.
lb protect the floor, use a large flat piece of cardboard from the dryer carton. Place
cardboard under the entire back edge of the dryer.
2. Firmly grasp the body of the dryer (not the console panel). Gently lay the dryer on the
cardboard. See illustration.
Examine the leveling legs. Find the diamond marking.
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4. Screw the legs into the leg holes by hand. Use a wrench to finish turning the legs until the
diamond marking is no longer visible.
5. Place a carton corner post from dryer packaging under each of the 2 dryer back corners.
Stand the dryer up. Slide the dryer on the corner posts until it is close to its final location.
Leave enough room to connect the exhaust vent.
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clamp, connect
vent to exhaust outlet in dryer. If connecting to
existing vent, make sure the vent is clean. The dryer vent must fit over the dryer exhaust
outlet and inside the exhaust hood. Check that the vent is secured to exhaust hood with a
4" (10.2 cm) clamp.
2. Move dryer into its final location. Do not crush or kink vent.
3. (On gas models) Check that there are no kinks in the flexible gas line.
4. Once the exhaust vent connection is made, remove the corner posts and cardboard.
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Check the levelness of the dryer. Check levelness first side to side, then front to back.
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If the dryer is not level, prop up the dryer using a wood block. Use a wrench to adjust the legs
up or down and check again for levelness.