GE DDE8000M, DDG8080M Use and Care Manual

Contents

Dryer

Appliance Registration
Automatic Drying

Care and Cleaning
Consumer Services

Controls Setting Guide

Dryer Exhaust
End-of-Cycle Signal

Energy-Saving Tips
Knits Drying Tips

Lint Filter
Loading

Model and Serial Numbers

Operating Instructions

Perm. Press Drying Tips

Problem Solver
Safety Instructions

Sorting
Storing Dryer

Timed Drying
User Maintenance Instructions 13

Warranty

Back Cover

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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
Louisville,

Park

KY40225

If you rweived 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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obtener la version en

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para el consumidor,
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FOR YOUR SAFETY
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 YOUR SAFETY

I

Do not store or use
gasoline or
flammable vapors and

other

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.

2

~PO~~T

SMETY

INSTRUCTIONS

- Readallinstructions before

­~PORTANT

SMETY

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

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 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. FO11
Installation Instructions.

—Locate where the temperature
is above
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.

NOTICE

basic precautions,

as described in

OW

details in

50°F. (lO°C.)

for

LP

usi~thkappliance.

—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
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
repair instructions that you
understand and have the
carry out.

To minimize the possibility
of a fire

●

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

If

materials, when
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.

●

Do not wash or dry articles
that have been cleaned in, washed
in, soaked in, or spotted with
combustible or explosive substances
(such as wax, paint, gasoline,

degreasers,
solvenfi,

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

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user-

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phtic

hated,

can under

dry-cleaning

kerosene, etc.) which

andlor

dryer

to

●

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

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Clean the lint

fiiter

before each
load to prevent lint accumulation
inside the dryer or in the room.
DO N~ OPERATE THE
DRYER WITHOUT THE

L~T

FILTER IN PLACE.

●

Keep area around and
underneath your appliance free
from the accumulation of
combustible

materiak,

lint, paper, rags,

●

Do not store items that may burn
or melt (such as clothing,
material, plastics or plastic
containers, etc.) on top of the dryer
during operation.

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The interior of the machine

such as

chemicak,

paper

etc.

and the exhaust duct connection
inside the dryer should be

cleaned periodically by a
qualified individual.

●

Exhaust duct (see instigation

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

outiide.

3

Important

Safety

Imtructiom

(continu~)

To

minimbe

of

iq”ury.

●

Never reach into the dryer while

the drum is

the possibility

motig.

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

appbces

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.

Q

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
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.

●

If yours is a gas dryer, it is
equipped with an automatic electric
ignition and does not have a pilot
light. DO NOT
LIGHT WITH A
may result from having your hand
in the vicinity of the burner when
the automatic ignition may turn on.

ATTEM~ ~

MA~H.

N~E:

N~

Burns

Dryer-applied fabric

softiners 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

~cle,

according to the manufacturer’s
instructions for those products, or
try a dryer-added product for
which the manufacturer gives
written assurance on the

packge

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.

SAW

T~SE

-

~STRUCTIONS

4

How to

opemte

your dryer

WmING—TO

—

reduce the risk of fire,

eleetric

shock, or injury to persons,

read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS before operating the appliance.

Five

Cvcie

Automatic

Dqer

~

Fabric

had

Your Dryer Properly

● 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.

c

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

Push a button to select the proper heat for your load.

Fabric Care
Selections

Cottons
High Heat

Perm Press
Medium Heat

Delicate#Knits
Low Heat

Fluff
No Heat

Care Selections

Should be used with cycles indicated ●

Automatic

Regular Cycle

●

lighter-weight fabrics and remove

w;en

dry. Reset controls for the

remaining heavier fabrics. )

@

Turn Cycle Selector to desired
cycle setting. The selector may be
turned in either direction.

Set the

Controk

See the Controls Setting Guide
on pages 6 and 7.

Automatic,

Perm Press and

Knits Cycle

@

Press PUSH

●

●

~STARTbutton

Timed

Cycle

●

●

●

●

to start dryer. (Opening the door
during operation stops the dryer.
Tore-start, close the door and
press the

START

button.)

,’

,9 ;

,

,’

End-of-Cycle Signal

(O~wates automatically with all

cycles. }
The

the

endof

signal’will

sound just before

the

~le

to remind you
to remove the clothe~ To stop

sigtil

while sounding,

ad~ance

Cycle Selector to OFF.

Polyester Knits &
Permanent Press
drying tips

● DO

N~

OVERLOAD-Garments
being dried or dewrinkled should
tumble freely.

●

REMOVE CLOTHES
—To help prevent
from the dryer promptly at the end
of the drying cycles.

PROM~LY

wrirdding,

remove

c

PLACE ON

HANGERS—

Permanent Press and Polyester
Knit garments look best if placed
on hangers after drying.

What is the difference
between Automatic &

~med

Automatic Drying

When using the
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

drying?

AU~MATIC

Automatic Dry Control

continually senses the

5

fabric, load

six,

and Cycle Selector
setting). The Cycle Selector
advances (when the heat is of~ until
it automatically turns off dryer.

Timed Drying

When using the TIMED

~CLE,

you select the number of minutes
you wish the dryer to run and it

turns off at the end of this time
period.

TURN THE

for Controls Set