Installation
Instructions
REQUIREMENTS FOR ALCOVE OR
CLOSET INSTALLATION
• Your dryer is approved
for installation
in
an alcove or closet, as stated on a label on
the dryer back.
• The dryer MUST be vented to the outdoors.
See
the EXHAUSTING THE DRYERsection.
• Minimum
clearance
between dryer cabinet and
adjacent walls or other surfaces is:
0" either side
3" front and rear
• Minimum vertical
space from floor to overhead
shelves, cabinets, ceilings, etc., is 52".
• Closet doors must be Iouvered or otherwise
ventilated
and have at least 60 square inches
of open area equally distributed.
If the closet
contains both a washer and a dryer, doors must
contain a minimum
of 120 square inches of open
area equally distributed.
• The closet should be vented to the outdoors
to prevent gas pocketing
in case of gas in the
supply line.
• No other fuel-burning
appliance
shall be
installed in the same closet with the dryer
(gas models only).
NOTE: WHEN THE EXHAUST DUCT IS LOCATED AT
THE REAR OF THE DRYER, MINIMUM CLEARANCE
FROM THE WALL IS 5.5 INCHES.
BATHROOM OR BEDROOM
INSTALLATION
• The dryer MUST be vented to the outdoors.
See
EXHAUSTING THE DRYER.
• The installation
must conform
with local codes or,
in the absence of local codes, with the NATIONAL
ELECTRICAL CODE, ANSI/NFPA NO. 70 (for electric
dryers) or NATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, ANSI Z223
(for gas dryers).
MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED
HOME
INSTALLATION
• The installation
must conform
to the
MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION & SAFETY
STANDARD, TITLE 24, PART 32-80 or, when such
standard
is not applicable,
with AMERICAN
NATIONAL STANDARD FOR MOBILE HOME,
NO. 501B.
• The dryer MUST be vented to the outdoors
with
the termination
securely fastened to the mobile
home structure.
(See EXHAUSTING THE DRYER.)
• The vent MUST NOT be terminated
beneath a
mobile or manufactured
home.
• The vent duct material
MUST BE METAL.
• FOR GAS MODELS ONLY: KIT 14-D346-33
MUST be
used to attach the dryer securely to the structure.
• FOR GAS MODELS ONLY: The vent MUST NOT be
connected
to any other duct, vent or chimney.
• Do not use sheet metal screws or other
refastening
devices which extend into the interior
of the exhaust vent.
• Provide an opening with a free area of at least
25 sq. in. for introduction
of outside air into the
dryer room.
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