GE DDE7900G, DDG7980G Use and Care Manual

Contents

Dryer

Appliance Registration Automatic Drying

Care and Cleaning Consumer Services

Controls Setting Guide 6,7 Dryer Exhaust

End-of-Cycle Signal Energy-Saving Tips

Extra Care Cycle Knits Drvin~

Light Bulb Replacement

Lint Filter Loading

Model and Serial Numbers Operating the Dryer

Perm. Press Drying Tips 5-7, 11, 12

Models

TiDs

DDE7900G

2 5

13 15

5 9

5-7, 11

4,9, 13

4,9

4,5

DDG7980G

Problem Solver Safety Instructions

Sorting Storing Dryer

Timed Drying User Maintenance Instructions 13

Warranty

GEAmwer CenteP 80fi62E2000

10-12

3,4 4,8

Back Cover

GEApphances

Help us help you...

If You Need Service

Before using your dryer, read this book carefully.

It is intended to help you operate and maintain your new dryer properly.

Keep it handy for answers to your questions.

If you don’t understand something or need more help, write (include your phone number):

Consumer Affairs GE Appliances Appliance Park Louisville,

KY40225

If you received a damaged dryer...

Immediately contact the dealer (or builder) that sold you the dryer.

Save time and money.

Before you request service...

check the Problem Solver on pages 10-12. It lists causes of minor operating problems that you can correct yourself.

To obtain a Spanish language version of this book, call GE Answer

800.626.2000 consumer information service.

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servicio para el te16fono

FOR YOUR

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manual,

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consumidor,

800.626.2000.

SA~W

If you smell gas:

1. Open windows.

2. Don’t touch electrical

switches:

3. Extinguish any open flame.

4. Immediately call your gas supplier.

To obtain service, see the Consumer Services page in the back of this book.

We’re proud of our service and want you to be pleased. If for some reason you are not happy with the service you receive, here are three steps to follow for further help.

FIRST, contact the people who serviced your appliance. Explain why you are not pleased. In most cases, this will solve the problem.

NEXT, if you are still not pleased, write all the details-including your phone number—to:

Manager, Consumer Relations GE Appliances Appliance Park Louisville, Kentucky 40225

FINALLY, if your problem is still not resolved, write:

Major Appliance Consumer Action Panel 20 North Chicago, Illinois 60606

Wacker

Drive

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:

‘Don’t turn electric switches

on or off because sparks may

ignite the gas.

FOR

YOURSA=W

not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity

Model Number

Serial Number

Use these numbers in any correspondence or service calls concerning your dryer.

All drying instruction terms in this book conform to the Care Labeling Rule established by the Federal Trade Commission, January 1984.

of this or any other appliance.

IMPORT~T

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, birth defects or other reproductive harm and requires businesses to

warn customers of potential

exposure to such substances. Gas appliances can cause minor

exposure to four of these substances, namely benzene, carbon monoxide,

formaldehyde and soot, caused primarily by the incomplete combustion of natural gas or

fuels. Properly adjusted dryers will minimize incomplete combustion. Exposure to these substances can be minimized further by properly venting the dryers to the outdoors.

WARNING-To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons when using your

apphc% foflow

basic

including the following:

●

Use this appliance only for its

intended purpose

this Use and Care Book.

●

This dryer must be properly

as described in

instilled and located in accordance with the Instillation

Instructions before it is used.

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

Insbllation

Instructions.

—Locate where the temperature is above

50°F. (lO°C.)

for

satisfactory operation of the

dryer control system. Do not

instill 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

p-utions,

to prevent large amounts of moisture and lint from being blown into the room. Carefully follow the Exhausting 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

Detis

in the

bstiation

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

of a fire

h=rd.

Wssibtiity

. Do not use heat to dry articles

containing rubber, plastic, or

simtiar materiah

(such as padded bras, tennis shoes, galoshes, bath mats, rugs, bibs, baby pants,

p~c

bags, etc.) as these materials may melt or burn. Also, some rubber

ma@riak,

when h=ted, m under

certain circumstances produce

fire by spontaneous combustion.

● Garments labeled “Dry Away

From Heat” (such

containing Kapok) must not be put

in your dryer.

●

Do not wash or dry articles

life jackets

that have been cleaned in, washed in, soaked in, or spotted with

combustible or

~losive

substances (such as wax, paint, gasoline,

degreasers,

dry-cleaning

solvents, kerosene, etc.) which

may ignite or explode. Do not use or store such substances on/or around your washer and/or dryer during operation.

●

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 barber shops, 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, gasoline, kerosene, some household cleaners, some spot removers, turpentines, waxes, wax removers and products containing petroleum distillates.

●

Clean the lint filter before each

denaturd

alcohol,

load to prevent lint accumulation inside the dryer or in the room. DO NOT OPERATE THE

DR~R

WITHOUT THE LINT

FILTER IN PLACE. . 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 bum

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 installation instructions). Use only metal duct inside dryer or for exhausting dryer to the outside.

minitie

i~ury.

●

Never reach into the dryer

the

Wssibility

wtie

the drum is moving. Before loading, unloading or adding clothes, wait until the drum has completely stopped.

●

Close supervision is necessary

apptiance

if this children. Do not

is used by or near

aBow

children to

hpOfint

safety

Imtructiom

(continued)

play inside, on or with this appliance or any discarded appliance. Dispose of discarded

appkm

and shipping or packing materials properly. Before discarding a dryer, or removing from service, remove the door of the drying compartment.

● Keep

as detergents, bleaches, fabric softeners, etc.) out of the reach of children, preferably in a locked cabinet. Observe

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 retardaney of fabrics. To avoid such a result, the garment

laundry aids (such

warnings on

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

~rning

to an OFF position does NOT disconnect the appliance from the power supply.

● Do not operate this appliance

if it is damaged, malfunctioning,

partially disassembled, or has missing or broken parts, including a damaged cord or plug.

●

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

the Cycle Selector knob

If yours is a gas dryer, it is

automati~

lint

filter).

N~ ATTEM~ ~

MA~H.

ignition may turn on.

N~E:

Burns

Dryer-applied fabric softeners or anti-static conditioners

You may wish to soften your laundered fabrics or reduce the static electricity in them. We recommend you use either a fabric softener in the wash cycle, according to the manufacturer’s instructions for those

produck,

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 uroducts are the responsibility of manufacturers of those products and are not covered under the warranty of this appliance.

SAW

THESE

th;

INSTRUCTIONS

—

How to

W~G—TO

read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

opemte

your dryer

reduce the risk of fire, electric

shock, or iniury to

before operating this appliance.

Dersons.

—

bad

Your Dryer Properly

● Clean the lint filter each time the

dryer is used. Always be sure the for sorting help. (If you do mix lint filter is in place. Don’t use the various types of fabrics in your

dryer without it. load, set the controls for the

● 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

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.

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

Heat

Medium

Automatic

Regular Cycle

●

Knits/Delicates

Low Heat Fluff

No Heat

Extra Care Cycle (Operates only with Automatic, Perm Press& Knits Cycles.)

Turn to ON if desired. To minimize

wrirddes

set in the clothes, the Extra

Perm Press and

Knits Cycles

●

Select End of Cycle Signal, if

desired. (See below.)

~TurnCycleSelector

cycle setting. The selector may be turned in either direction.

Care cycle provides approximately

15 minutes of no-heat tumbling

after the clothes are dry. Use End-of-Cycle Signal. Signal

will sound at five-minute intervals to remind you to remove the clothes.

Press PUSH ~ START button to start dryer. (Opening the door during operation stops the dryer. To

re-start,

the START button. )

Timed Cycles

●

to desired

the door and press

mat

is the difference

between

wed

Automatic drying?

Timed Drying

When using the TIMED CYCLES, you select the number of minutes you wish the dryer to run and it turns off at the end of this time period.

Automatic Drying

When using the Automatic Cycles, the

Electronic Sensor Control

system

moisture in the tumbling clothes, determines when they are dried to your pre-selected setting, and

terminates the cycle automatically.

Refer to the CONTROLS SETTING GUIDE for recommended settings. The until

degree of dryness.

Dryness selections guide for the automatic

continually senses the

Cycle

Selector will not advance

ciothes have reached a certain

qcles

End-of-Cycle Signal

(Operates with any cycle.)

Variable Signal

The Signal control can be set anywhere between OFF and LOUD, depending on desired sound level. 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 control 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.

.@oD

Polyester Knik & Permanent Press drying tips

. DO

N~ OVERLOAD—

Garments being dried or

dewrin~ed

● REMOVE

PROM~LY—To help prevent wrin~ing, 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.

should tumble freely.

CL~HES

HANGERS—

Set to Middle Position

,,,s I

m. 0,,

●

For most normal loads.

Set toward MORE DRY

●

For loads that include heavy-

weight fabrics.

●

If you desire to remove more

moisture.

Set toward LESS DRY

,,$s

m“

O:F

●

For lightweight fabric loads.

●

If you desire to remove less

moisture.

. For very small loads.

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