S
afety Instructions
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USE
WARNING
For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the
risk of fire or explosion, electric shock, or to prevent property damage, personal
injury, or loss of life.
Your Safety and the safety of others is very important.
We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey
all safety messages.
This is the safety alert symbol.
This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others.
All safety messages will follow the safety alert symbol and either the word DANGER or WARNING.
These words mean:
DANGER:
You can be killed or seriously injured if you don't immediately follow instructions.
WARNING:
You can be killed or seriously injured if you don't follow instructions.
All safety messages will tell you what the potential hazard is, tell you how to reduce the chance of injury, and tell
you what can happen if the instructions are not followed.
WARNING
To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons when using this
appliance, follow basic precautions, including the following:
• Do not install a clothes dryer with flexible
plastic venting materials. If flexible metal (foil
type) duct is installed, it must be of a specific
type identified by the appliance manufacturer as
suitable for use with clothes dryers. Flexible
venting materials are known to collapse, be
easily crushed, and trap lint. These conditions
will obstruct clothes dryer airflow and increase
the risk of fire.
• Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable
vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this
appliance or any other appliances.
GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS
This appliance must be grounded. In the event of
malfunction or breakdown, grounding will reduce the
risk of electric shock by providing a path of least
resistance for electric current. This appliance must be
equipped with a cord having an equipment-grounding
conductor and a grounding plug. The plug must be
plugged into an appropriate outlet that is properly
installed and grounded in accordance with all local
codes and ordinances.
BASIC SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
• Installation and service must be performed by a
qualified installer, service agency, or the gas
supplier.
• Install the clothes dryer according to the
manufacturer's instructions and local codes.
• Save these instructions.
• Certain internal parts are intentionally not grounded
and may present a risk of electronic shock only
during serving.
Service personnel - do not contact the following
parts while the appliance is energized: Motor
Do not modify the plug provided with the appliance. If it
will not fit the outlet, have a proper outlet installed by a
qualified electrician.
This appliance must be connected to a grounded metal,
permanent wiring system or an equipment-grounding
conductor must be run with the circuit conductors and
connected to the equipment-grounding terminal or lead
on the appliance. Electrical shock can result if the dryer
is not properly grounded.
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