GE DDG6688L, DDE6608L Use and Care Manual
Contents
Dryer
Appliance Registration
Automatic Drying
C;are
and
(;leaning
Controls Setting
Dryer Exhaust
End-of’-C;ycle
Energy-Saving Tips
Knits Drying Tips
Lint Filter
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Model and Serial Numbers
operating the Dryer 4,5
Perm Press Drying Tips 5-7, 11, 12
Problem Solver
Models
DDE6608L
Cruide
Signal
6,7
5-7, 11
4,9, 13
4,9
10-12
DDG6688L
2
5 Safety Instructions
13
13
5
9
2
Repair Service
Sorting
Storing Dryer
‘1’imed
Drying
User Maintenance Instructions
Warranty
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Before using your dryer,
read this book carefully.
It is intended to help you operate
maintain your new dryer properly.
Keep it handy
questions.
If you don’t understand something
or need more help, write (include
your phone number):
Consumer Affairs
GE Appliances
Appliance Park
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for
answers to your
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If you received a
damaged dryer...
Immediately contact the dealer
(or builder) that sold you the
dryer.
Save time and money.
Before
check the Problem
pages 10-12. It lists causes of
minor operating problems that
you can correct yourself.
you
request service . . .
Solver
on
Write down the model
and serial numbers.
You’ll find them on a label on the
front of the dryer behind the door.
These numbers are also on the
Consumer Product Ownership
Registration Card that came with
your dryer. Before sending in this
card, please write these numbers
here:
Model Number
Serial Number
Use these numbers in any
correspondence or service calls
concerning your dryer.
and
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version of this book, call
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consumer information service.
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If you smell gas:
1,
Open windows,
2,
Don’t touch
electrical switches;
3.
Extinguish any
open flame.
4. Immediately call
your gas supplier,
*Don’t turn electric switches
on or off because sparks may
ignite the gas.
FOR YOUR SAFETY
Do not store or use
gasoline or other
flammable vapors and
liquids in the vicinity
of this or any other
appliance.
IMPORTANT
SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS
Read all instructions
before using this
appliance.
IMPORTANT
SAFETY NOTICE
The California Safe Drinking
Water and Toxic Enforcement Act
requires the Governor of California
to publish a list of substances
known to the state to cause cancer
and requires businesses to warn
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customers of potential exposure
to such substances.
Gas appliances can cause minor
exposure to three of these substances,
namely benzene, formaldehyde and
soot, caused primarily by the
incomplete combustion of natural
gas or LP fuels. Properly adjusted
dryers will minimize incomplete
combustion. Exposure to these
substances can be minimized
further by properly venting the
dryers to the outdoors.
WAmING—TO reduce the risk
of fire, electric shock, or injury
to persons when using your
apptiance, fo~ow
including the following:
●
Use this appliance only for its
intended purpose
this Use and Care Book.
. This dryer must be properly
installed and located in
accordance with the Installation
Instructions before it is used. If
you did not receive an Installation
Instructions sheet with your dryer,
you can obtain one by contacting
the service location nearest you.
—Properly ground to conform
with
all
governing codes and
ordinances. Follow details in
Installation Instructions.
basic precautions,
as described in
All drying instruction terms in this book conform to the Care Labeling
Rule established by the Federal Trade Commission, January
1984.
—hcate
is above
where the temperature
50°F. (lO°C.)
for
satisfactory operation of the dryer
control system. Do not install or
store the dryer where it
will
be
exposed to the weather.
–Connect to a properly rated,
protected and sized power-supply
circuit to avoid electrical overload.
—Exhausting to the outside is
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
to prevent large amounts of
moisture and lint from being blown
into the room. Carefully follow the
Exhausting Details in the Instigation
Instructions.
●
When disconnecting this
appliance pull by the plug rather
than the cord to avoid damage to the
cord or junction of cord and plug.
Make sure that the cord is located so
that it will not be stepped on,
tripped over or otherwise subjected
to damage or stress.
●
Do not repair or replace any
part of the appliance or attempt
any servicing unless specifically
recommended in this Use and
Care Book or in published
user-
repair instructions that you
understand and have the skills to
carry out.
To minimize the possibility
fire
of a
●
Do not use heat to dry articles
containing rubber, plastic, or
similar materials (such as padded
bras, tennis shoes, galoshes, bath
mats, rugs, bibs, baby pants, plastic
bags, etc.) as these materials may
melt or burn. Also, some rubber
materials, when heated, can under
certain circumstances produce
fire by spontaneous combustion.
●
Garments labeled “Dry Away
From Heat” (such as life jackets
containing Kapok) must not be put
in your dryer.
hazard.
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Do not wash or dry articles
that have been cleaned in, washed
in, soaked in, or spotted with
combustible or explosive substances
(such as gasoline, degreasers,
drycleaningsolvents,
kerosene, etc.)
which may give off vapors that
codd
ignite or explode. Do not use
or store such substances on/or
around your washer
andlor dryer
during operation.
Q
Any article on which you have
used a cleaning solvent, or which
contains flammable materials
(such as cleaning cloths, mops,
towels used in beauty salons,
restaurants or barbershops, etc.)
must not be placed in or near the
dryer until all traces of these
flammable liquids or solids and
their fumes have been removed.
There are many highly flammable
items used in homes such as:
acetone, denatured alcohol,
gasoline, kerosene, some household
cleaners, some spot removers,
tu~entines,
waxes, wax removers
and products containing petroleum
distillates.
●
Clean the lint filter before each
load to prevent lint accumulation
inside the dryer or in the room.
DO NOT OPERATE THE
DRYER WITHOUT THE LINT
FILTER IN PLACE.
Q
Keep area around and
underneath your appliance free
from the accumulation of
combustible materials, such as
lint, paper, rags, chemicals, etc.
●
Do not store items that may burn
or melt (such as clothing, paper
material, plastics or plastic
containers, etc. ) on top of the dryer
during operation.
●
The interior of the machine
and the exhaust duct connection
inside the dryer should be cleaned
periodically by a qualified
individual.
. Exhaust duct (see ins@llation
instructions). Use only metal duct
inside dryer or for exhausting
dryer to the outside.
To minimize the possibility
of injury.
●
Never reach into the dryer
the drum is moving. Before loading,
unloading or adding clothes, wait
until the drum has completely
stopped.
●
Close
supervision is necessary
if this appliance is used by or near
children. Do not
allow
play inside, on or with this
appliance or any discarded
appliance. Dispose of discarded
appliances and shipping or packing
materials properly. Before
discarding a dryer, or removing
from service, remove the door of
the drying compartment.
●
Keep all laundry aids (such
as detergents, bleaches, fabric
softeners, etc. ) out of the reach of
children, preferably in a locked
cabinet. Observe all warnings on
container labels to avoid personal
injury.
● Keep the floor around your
appliances clean and dry to reduce
the possibility of slipping.
● Do not dry fiberglass articles in
your dryer. Skin irritation could
result from the remaining glass
particles that may be picked up
by clothing during subsequent
dryer uses.
● The laundry process can reduce
the flame retardancy of fabrics. To
avoid such a result, the garment
manufacturer’s care instructions
should be followed very carefully.
●
Never climb on or stand on the
dryer top or door.
● Do not tamper with controls.
●
To minimize the possibility
of electric shock, unplug this
appliance from the power supply
before attempting any maintenance
or cleaning (except the removal and
cleaning of the lint filter).
Turning the
Cycle
Selector knob
to an OFF position does
disconnect the appliance from
while
children to
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Importint
Safety Imtructiom
(continued)
● Do not operate this appliance
if it is damaged, malfunctioning,
partially disassembled, or has
missing or broken parts, including
a damaged cord or plug.
●
If yours is a gas dryer, it is
equipped with an automatic electric
ignition and does not have a pilot
light. DO
LIGHT WITH A
may result from having your hand
in the vicinity of the burner when
the automatic ignition may turn on.
How to
WARNING-To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons,
read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS before operating the appliance.
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MA~H.
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TO
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your dryer
Dryer-applied fabric
softeners or
anti-shtic
conditioners
You may wish to soften your
laundered fabrics or reduce the
stitic
electricity in them. We
recommend you use either a
fabric softener in the wash cycle,
according to the manufacturer’s
instructions for those products,
or try a dryer-added product for
which the manufacturer gives
written assurance on the package
that their product can be safely
used in your dryer.
Service or performance problems
caused by the use of these products
are the responsibility of the
manufacturers of those products
and are not covered under the
warranty of this appliance.
SAVE THESE
~STRUCTIONS
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● Clean the lint filter each time the
dryer is used. Always be sure the
lint filter is in place. Don’t use the
dryer without it.
● Good sorting for the dryer begins
at the washer. Generally, if clothes
are sorted right for washing, they’re
sorted right for drying. See page 8
for sorting help. (If you do mix
various types of fabrics in your
load, set the controls for the
lighter-weight fabrics and remove
when dry. Reset controls for the
remaining heavier fabrics. )
Set the Controls
See the Controls Setting Guide
on pages 6 and 7.
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Fabric Care Selections
Push a button to select the proper heat for your load.
Should be used with cycles indicated ●
Automatic,
Fabric Care
Selections
-
Cottons
High
Heat
Perm Press
Medium
Heat
Delicates/Knits
Low Heat
Fluff
No Heat
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Select EndofCycleSignal,
if desired.
~
Turn Cycle Selector to desired
cycle setting. The selector may be
turned in either direction.
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Automatic
Regular Cycle
●
Perm Press and
Knits Cycle
●
●
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Press PUSH
to start dryer. (Opening the door
during operation stops the dryer.
Tore-start, close the door and
press the START button.)
Timed
Cycle
●
●
●
●
~STARTbutton
End-of-Cycle Signal
(Operates with any cycle.)
OPT
I”NAL, IGNAC
To
operate the End-of-Cycle signal,
turn the switch to ON. The signal
will
sound just before the end of the
cycle
to remind you to remove the
clothes.
To stop signal while sounding, turn
Signal switch to OFF or advance
Cycle Selector to OFF.
The Signal should always be used
when drying Polyester Knits or
Permanent Press items which
should be removed as soon as the
dryer stops to help prevent setting
of wrinkles.
The signal should also be used with
the Extra Care Cycle.
—.
Polyester Knits &
Permanent Press
drying tips
● DO
N~
OVERLOAD-Garments
being dried or dewrinkled should
tumble freely.
●
REMOVE
—To help prevent wrinkling, remove
from the dryer promptly at the end
of the drying cycles.
● PLACE ON
Permanent Press and Polyester
Knit garments look best if placed
on hangers after drying.
CL~HES PROM~LY
HANGERS—
What is the difference
between Automatic &
Timed drying?
Automatic Drying
When using the AUTOMATIC
cycles, the
system
temperature of the air in the dryer
drum. Wet laundry keeps this air
cool. When laundry is dry enough
(and the drum air warm enough)
the heat turns off. When the air
cools, the heat turns back on. This
off and on cycling may happen a
number of times (depending on the
fabric, load size, and Cycle Selector
setting). The Cycle Selector
advances (when the heat is
it automatically turns
Timed Drying
When using the TIMED CYCLE,
you select the number of minutes
you wish the dryer to run and it
turns off at the
period.
Automuti~>
Dry Control
continually senses the
offi
off dryer.
end
of this time
until
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