GE DDE9200G, DDG9280G, DDE9300L, DDG9380L Use and Care Manual

Contents

Dryer

Appliance Registration

Automatic
(:are and (;leaning

(;onsumer Services
(:ontrols”

Dryer
kind-ol’-(:ycle Signal

EJrlcrgy

Knits

I.ight Bulb Replaccmcnt
lint

Filter

I.oading 4,9
Model and Serial

operating Instructions 4,5

i)rying

Setting

Flxhaust

-Saving Tips

Drying Tips

(;uidc

h’umbers

6,

5, 11

4,9, 13

Models DDE9200G

DDG9280G
DDE9300L
DDG9380L

13
15

7

13

13

2
5

5
9

2

Perm Press Drying Tips
Problem Solver

Safkty

Instructions

Sorting

Storing Dryer
Timed Drying

User Maintenance
Warranty

GEAnswer

Center

Instructic)ns 13

m

Back

5, 11, 12

10-12

3,4

4,8

13

5

Cover

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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 Center”

800.626.2000
consumer information service.

Para

obtener la version en

espanol

name a
GE Answer Center?

servicio
para el consumidor,
te16fono

de

este

manual,

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

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

Do 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.

2

IMPORT~T S~ETY ~STRUCTIONS

Read all instruction before

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,
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.

—

WWING—TO

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

apptiance, fouow bmic

including the following:

Q

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. Follow details in
Installation Instructions.

—Locate where the temperature
is above

50°F. (lO°C.)

satisfactory operation of the
dryer control system. Do not

inshil 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

reduce the risk

i~ury

precautions,

as described in

for

LP

usi~

this appliance.

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

hstilation

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
of a fire

●

Do not use heat to dry articles
containing rubber, plastic, or
similar materials (such
bras, tennis shoes, galoshes, bath
mats, rugs, bibs, baby pants, plastic
bags, etc.) as these materials may
melt or burn. Also, some rubber

materkds,

certain circumstances produce

If

fire by spontaneous combustion.

● Garments labeled “Dry Away

From Heat” (such as life jackets
containing
in your dryer.

●

Do not wash or dry articles

that have been cleaned in, washed

hmrd.

when

~pok)

as

padded

hwted, -n

must not be put

under

(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
petroleum distillates.

●

Clean the lint filter before each

produch

containing

load to prevent lint accumulation
inside the dryer or in the room.
DO NOT OPERATE THE
DRYER 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 burn
or melt (such as clothing, paper
material, plastics or plastic
containers, etc. ) on top of the dryer
during operation.

c

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

only

instructions). Use

metil
duct inside dryer or for
exhausting dryer to the outside.

in, soaked in, or spotted with
combustible or explosive

substancm

(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

3

To minimize the possibility
of injury.

●

Never reach into the dryer while

drum

the
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

is moving. Before loading,

-

Important Safety

Imtrudiom

(continu~)

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.

c

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
should be followed very carefully.

●

Never climb on or

instmctions

stand on the

dryer top or door.

● Do not-per with

●

To

minimize the possibility

controh.

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
LIGHT WITH A
may result from having your hand
in the

the

N~ ATTEM~ ~

MA~H.

vicinity of the burner when

automatii

ignition may turn on.

NOTE:

N~

Bums

Dryer-apptied

fabric

softinersor anti--tic

conditioned

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

caused by the use of these

or performance problems

producw

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

~STRUCTIONS

—

How to operate your dryer

WARNING—To reduce the risk of
read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS before

had

Your Dryer

● 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

~operly

fire. electric shock. or iniurv to

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. )

ofier~ting

4

uersons,

this appliance.

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 indicsted ●

Automatic,

Fabric Care
Selections

Cottons
High Heat

Perm

Press

Medium Heat

Knits/Delicates

Low Heat
Fluff

No Heat

~

Extra Care Cycle

(Ouerates
Pe;m Press

only

&-Knits

with Automatic

Cycle.)

Automatic

Regular Cycle

●

Turn to ON if desired. To minimize

writies

set in the clothes,

tie

Extra

Perm Press and

Knits Cycles

●

●

~

Select EndofCycle Signal, if

desired.

@

Turn Cycle Selector to desired
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 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

●

●

●

●

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 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 Cycle Selector will not advance
until clothes have reached a certain
degree of dryness.

Dryness selections guide for
the automatic cycles

continually senses the

End-of-Cycle Signal

(Operates with any cycle.)

I

The

anywh;re 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.

Var,ahle Signal

Signal

control can be set

Polyester

Knik

&
Permanent Press
drying tips

● DO

N~ OVERLOAD—

Garments being dried or

dewrinMed should tumble freely.

● REMOVE

PROMPTLY-To help prevent

wrintiing, 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

HANGERS—

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Setting

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ReQuler
cycle

● For most normal loads.

Set

A“tometic

Hegule,
cycle

● For loads that include heavy

weight fabrics.

● If you desire to remove more

moisture.

Set

A“r”me,,<,
Regular.
cycle

●

For lightweight fabric loads,

● If you desire to remove less

moisture.

● For very small loads.

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