GE DDE8506M, DDG8586M, DDE8508M, DDG8588M 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

Extra Care Cycle Knits Drying Tips

Light Bulb Replacement Lint Filter

Loading Model and Serial Numbers

operating the Dryer

Perm.

Press Drying Tips 5-7, 11, 12

Models

DDE8506M DDG8586M DDE8508M DDG8588M

6,7 Timed Drying

5 9

5-7, 11

4,9,

4,9

Problem Solver Safety Instructions

Sorting 4,8 Storing Dryer

User Maintenance Instructions 13

Warranty

4,5

GEAmwer

80~6262000

Center

10-12

3,4

Back Cover

GEAppiances

Help us help you...

If You Need Service

Before using your dryer, read

thh

book carefully.

It is

intended to help you operate and

maintiin your new dryer properly.

Keep it questions.

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

Consumer Affairs GE Appliances Appliance Park Louisville,

handy for answers

phone

number):

KY40225

to your

If you received a damaged dryer...

Immediately contact the (or

buildeF)

dryer.

that sold you the

deder

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 Center”

800.626.2000

consumer information service,

Para obtener espafiol

name a GE Answer

servicio para el consumidor, te16fono

la version en

este

manual,

Center?

de information

800.626.2000.

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

●

Wri@

down

and serial

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:

the

model

numbem.

Don’t turn electric switches on or off because ignite the gas.

sparh

may

FOR YOUR SAFETY

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

Mdel

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.

WPO~~T

Readallinstructions

MPORT~T

S~TY N~ICE

The

Crdifornia

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.

W~NG—TO

of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons when using your

appkcq fouow

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.

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

all

with

governing codes and ordinances. Installation Instructions.

—hcate

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.

—Exhausting to the outside is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED

Safe Drinking

reduce the risk

basic precautions,

as described in

details in

where the temperature

50°F. (lO°C.)

S~ETY~STRUCTIONS

before

usiWthisappliance.

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

Detis in

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 repair instructions that you understand and have the carry out.

minimtie

of a fire

●

Do not use heat to dry articles

con@ining

similar

materi~s

the

h~rd.

rubber, plastic, or

(such as padded bras, tennis shoes, galoshes, bath mats, rugs, bibs, baby pants, bags, etc.) as

thae

melt or burn. Also, some rubber

materkds,

when heated,

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

explmivesubstances

(such as wax, paint, gasoline,

for

degreasers, dry<leaning

solvents, kerosene, etc.) which may ignite or explode. 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

the

hs~ation

pub~hed user-

skills

possibtiity

materials may

can

under

not

use

(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 dl traces of these flammable liquids or solids and their fumes have been removed, There are many highly flammable items

usd

in homes such as:

acetone,

denaturd rdcohol,

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

Clm

the

tint

fi]~r

~o~ ~~

load to prevent

Unt accumtiation

inside the dryer or in the room.

DO N~

OPERATE

~ DR~R WI~OUT ~ L~T ~TER ~

●

Keep area

PLACE.

around

and underneath your appliance free from the

accumtiation

of combustible materials, such as lint, paper, rags,

●

Do not store items that may burn

chemicrds,

etc.

or melt (such as clothing, paper material, plastics or plastic

etc.)

containers,

on top of the dryer

during operation.

●

The interior of the machine

and the

=haust

inside the dryer

duct connection

shodd

be cleaned periodically by a

quatified individd.

●

Exhaust duct (see

instructions). Use only

insta~ation

me~

duct inside dryer or for exhausting dryer to the outside.

minimh

the

possibfity

of i~ury.

●

Never reach into the dryer

the

drum

is moving.

Befwloading,

unloading or adding clothes, wait

untti

the drum has completely

stopped.

●

cl~e

supervision is n~essary

if this appliance is used by or near children. Do not allow children to

w~e

hportant

safety

Instructions

(continued)

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

apptiancm

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 particles that may be picked up by clothing during subsequent dryer uses.

. The laundry process can reduce the flame avoid such a result, the garment

and shipping or packing

glass

retardancy

of fabrics. To

manufacturer’s care instructions should be followed very carefully.

Never climb on or stand on the

dryer top or door. . Do not tamper with

●

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 N~ LIGHT WITH A may result from having your hand in the vicinity of the burner when the automatic ignition may turn on.

ATTEM~ ~

controb.

MAKH.

N~E:

Bums

Dryer-applied fabric

sotiners or anti-static

conditioned

You may wish to soften your laundered fabrics or reduce the static electricity in them. We

reeommend

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.

you use either a

SAW T~SE ~STRUCTIONS

How to

WA~ING—To

read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS before

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 various types of fabrics in your dryer without it.

●

Good sorting for the dryer begins at the washer. Generally, if clothes are sorted right for washing, they’re

opemte

reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or

your dryer

sorted right for drying. See page 8 for sorting help. (If you do mix

load, set the controls for the lighter-weight fabrics and remove when dry. Reset controls for the remaining heavier fabrics.)

iniurv

operkting

~ersons,

this appliance.

Set the

See the Controls Setting Guide on pages 6 and 7.

Controh

—

~Fabric

Care Selections

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

Should be used with cycles indicated ●

Fabric Care Selections

Cottons High

Heat

Perm

Press

Medium Heat

Knit#Delicates

Low Heat Fluff

No Heat

Extra Care Cycle

Automatic

Regular Cycle

●

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

Turn to ON if desired. To minimize

wrin~es

Care

set in the clothes, the Extra

cycle

provides approximately

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.

Automatic,

Perm Press and

Knits Cycles

●

Select

EndofCycle

desired. (See below.)

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

Press PUSH TO START button;)} to start dryer. (Opening the door during operation stops the dryer. To

re-start,

close the door and press

the START button. )

Timed

Cycles

●

Signal, if

~ ~ti

.+~~ ~.~ tinss.

~W ,$~-lected

todesired’’L(P.\ t~.

~~’ ~A~’Refer

~~, w

GUIDE for recommended settings.

I- jdj

The Cycle Selector will not advance

What is the difference between

~med

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 Dryin$,.

When using the

the~tomatlc

.~continually

~&,k’fi;~$,(vol.

senses the

tumbling clothes,

when.they

are dried to

setting, and

the cycle

tie CONTROLS

automatically.

until clothes have reached a certain degree of dryness.

Dryness selections guide for the automatic cycles

~.i.

Cycles,

SETTING

End-of-Cycle Signal

(Operates with any cycle.)

MED

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.

Polyester

~ib

& Permanent Press drying tips

● DO

N~ OVERLOAD—

Garments being dried or

dewrintied

●

REMOVE CLOTHES

PROM~LY—To wrin~ing,

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.

help prevent

remove from the dryer

HANGERS—

Set to Middle Position

● 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

● For lightweight fabric loads.

● If you desire to remove less

moisture.

. For very small loads.

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MOR< OR”

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