GE DDE9500M, DDG9580M, DDE9600M, DDG9680M Use and Care Manual
Contents
Dryer
Appliance Registration
Automatic Drying
(;are
and
(lleaning
(lonsurner
(:ontrols
L)rver
F:nd-of~C1ycle
E:nergy-Saving Tips
Knits Drying Tips
I.ight
I.int F’ilter
loading
Model and Serial
operating Instructions
Models
Services
Setting
E;xhaust
Bulb Replacement
(;uide
Signal
N’umbers
DDE9500M
DDG9580M
DDE9600M
DDG9680M
1:3
15
6, 7
13
5, 11
13
4,9, 13
4,9
4,5
2
5
5
9
2
I’erm Press Drying Tips
Problem Solver
Safety Instructions 3,4
Sorting
Storing Dryer
Timed DrvinR
User Maintenance Instructions 13
Warranty
GEAnswer CenteP
5,11, 12
10-12
4,8
13
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Back Cover
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GEAppiances
Help m help you...
If You Need Service
Before
usi~
your dryer,
read this book carefully.
It is intended to help you operate and
maintain
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,
your new dryer properly.
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 Center”
800.626.2000
consumer information service.
Para obtener la version en
espafiol
name a
GE Answer
servicio
para el
te16fono
de
este
manual,
Center?
de
informaci6n
consumidor,
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,
serviced your appliance. Explain
why you are not pleased. In most
cases, this will
NEXT, if you are still not pleased,
write all the details-including
your phone number—to:
FINALLY, if your problem is still
not resolved, write:
contict
Manager, Consumer Relations
GE Appliances
Appliance Park
Louisville, Kentucky 40225
Major Appliance
Consumer Action Panel
20 North
Chicago, Illinois 60606
the people who
solve
the problem.
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
ignite the gas.
sparb
may
FOR YOUR SAFETY
I
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
MPOm~T
SMETY ~STRUCTIONS
Read all
itiructions
before
usiW
this appliance.
I
MPO~ANT
SAFETY
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.
—
WNING—TO
of fire, electric shock, or injury
to persons when using your
apptiance, foflow
including the following:
●
Use this appliance only for its
intended purpose
this Use and Care Book.
Q
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
with all governing codes and
ordinances. Follow details in
Installation Instructions.
—Locate where the temperature
is above
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
N~ICE
reduce the risk
basic
as described in
50°F. (lO°C.)
p-utions,
for
LP
If
to prevent large amounts of
moisture and lint from being blown
into the room. Carefully follow the
Exhausting Details in the
Instructions.
c
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
kstilation
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 hazard.
c
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
materi~,
certain circumstances produce
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
in, soaked in, or spotted with
combustible or explosive
(such as wax, paint, gasoline,
degreasers,
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
when heated, an under
Wpok)
must not be put
claned
in, washed
substancm
dry-cleaning
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(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.
●
Clean the lint filter 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
apptiance
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 installation
instructions). Use only metal
duct inside dryer or for
exhausting dryer to the outside.
To minimize the possibility
of injury.
Q
Never rwch into the dryer while
the drum is moving. Before loading,
unloading or adding cloth=, wait
until the drum has completely
stopped.
●
Close supervision is necessary
if this
children. Do not
apphance
is used by or
-
allow
children to
n-
ImporWnt
safety
Imtructiom
(continued)
play inside, on or with this
appliance or any discarded
app~ance,
apptiancm
Dispose of discarded
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
hmper
●
To minimize the possibility
with controls.
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).
N~E:
Turning the Cycle Selector knob
to an OFF position does
N~
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 ATTEMPT TO
LIGHT WITH A
MA~H.
Burns
may result from having your hand
in the vicinity of the burner when
the
automati~
ignition may turn on.
Dryer-applied fabric
softeners or
anti-stitic
conditioners
You may wish to soften your
laundered fabrics or reduce the
static electricity in them. We
r~ommend 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.
SAW THESE
—
INSTRUCTIONS
How to operate your dryer
WARNING-To reduce
read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS before
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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.
● Good sorting for the dryer begins
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the risk of fire. electric shock. or iniurv to ~ersons.
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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.
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Set the Controls
See the Controls Setting Guide
on pages 6 and 7.
T;med
C“CI*S
~ Fabric
Care Selections
Push a button to select the proper heat for your load.
Should be used with cvcles indicated .
Automatic,
Perm
Press and
Knits Cycles
●
●
Fluff
No Heat
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Extra Care 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
15 minutes of no-heat tumbling
after the clothes are
drv.
.
Use End-of-Cycle Signal. Signal
will sound at five-minute intervals
to remind you to remove the clothes.
Select EndofCycle Signal, if
desired. (See below.)
~
Turn Cvcle Selector to desired
cycle setting. The selector may be
turned in either direction.
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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
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
continually senses the
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
~CLES,
End-of-Cycle Signal
(Operates with any cycle.)
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
Kni@
&
Permanent Press
drying tips
● DO NOT
Garments being dried or
dewrinkled should tumble freely.
● REMOVE
PROM~LY—To help prevent
wrinkling, remove from the dryer
promptly at the end of
cycles.
. PLACE ON
Permanent Press and Polyester
Knit garments look best if placed
on hangers after drying.
OVERLOAD—
CL~HES
f~e
drying
HANGERS—
Set to Middle Position
● For most normal loads.
Set toward MORE DRY
,[ss
OFF
.,”
.
●
For loads that include heavy-
weight fabrics.
● If you desire to remove more
moisture.
Set toward LESS DRY
● For lightweight
● If you desire to remove less
moisture.
● For very small loads.
,,$s
OFF
0,”
-
fabri~loads.
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