GE DDE5207M, DDG5287M Use and Care Manual

Contents

Dryer

Appliance Registration Care and Cleaning

Controls Setting Guide Dryer Exhaust

Energy-Saving Tips

Knit Drying Tips Lint Filter

Loading Model and Serial Numbers

Operating Your Dryer

Perm. Press Drying Tips 5-7, 11,

Problem Solver Repair Service

Safety Instructions Sorting

Storing Dryer

User Maintenance Instructions 13 Warranty

GEAmwer

Center

Back Cover

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5-7, 11

5,9, 13

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Help us help you...

Before using your dryer, read this book carefully.

It is

intended to help you operate and

maintain Keep it handy for answers

questions. If you don’t understand something

or need more help, write (include your phone number):

Consumer Affairs GE Appliances Appliance Park Louisville,

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.

Wrik 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:

Model Number

Serial Number

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

your new dryer properly.

to your

KY40225

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

800.626.2000 consumer information service.

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SA=W

If you smell gas:

1. Open windows.

Don’t touch

electrical

switches;

3. Extinguish any open flame.

4. Immediately call your gas supplier.

●

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

FOR YOUR

sparb

may

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Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.

SAFETY

~STRUCTIONS

Read all before wing appliance.

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 and requires businesses to warn customers of potential exposure to such substances.

Gas appliances can cause minor exposure to three of these substances, namely benzene, formaldehyde and soot, caused primarily by the incomplete combustion of natural gas or LP 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~G–To

of fire, electric shock, or to

pemons apphce, fouow

including the following:

●

Use this appliance only for its

intended purpose

this Use and Care Book.

●

This dryer must be properly 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. Installation Instructions.

imtructions

thk

reduce the risk

i~ury

when using your

basic precautions,

as described in

detiils in

—

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

1984.

—

—hate

is above

where the

50°F. (lO°C.)

tem~erature

fo; satisfactory operation of the dryer control system. Do not install or store the dryer where it

will

exposed to the weather.

–Connect to a properly rated, protected and sized power-supply circuit to avoid electrical overload.

the

—Exhausting to

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

Detis

in the hstilation

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 skills to carry out.

To minimize the possibility of a fire hazard.

●

Do not use heat to dry articles containing rubber, plastic, or similar materials (such as padded bras, tennis shoes, galoshes, bath

mab,

rugs, bibs, baby pants, plastic bags, etc.) as these melt or burn. Also, some rubber

materi~,

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.

materi~

hated,

can under

user-

may

. Do not wash or dry articles

that have been

cl~ned

in, washed in, soaked in, or spotted with

combustibleorexplosive substance

(such as wax, paint, gasoline,

degreasers, drywleaning solvenb,

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 barbershops, etc.) must not be placed in or near the

dryer until

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.

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

or melt

store items that may

(such as clothing, paper

burn

material, plastics or plastic containers, etc.) on top of tie dryer during operation.

●

The interior of the machine

and the exhaust duct connection

should

inside the dryer

be cleaned

periodically by a qualified

individual.

●

Exhaust duct (see installation instructions). Use only metal duct inside dryer or for exhausting dryer to the

ouhide.

To minimize the possibility of

i~ury.

●

Never reach into the dryer while the drum is moving. Before loading, unloading or adding clothes, wait until the drum has completely stopped.

●

Close supervision is necessary

app~ance

if this children. Do not allow children to play inside, on or with this appliance or any discarded appliance. Dispose of discarded

appti~cw and shipping or packing materiaIs

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 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 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).

Turnin~the

to an OFF position does disconnect the appliance from

is used by or nwr

properly. Before

retardancy

—

of fabrics, To

N~E:

Cycle Selector knob

Impotint safety Imtructiom

—

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(continued)

●

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 MATCH. Burns may result from having your hand in the vicinity of the burner when the automatic ignition may turn on.

ATTEM~

Dryer-applied fabric softeners or

anti-stitic

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 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

opemte

your dryer

W~&To

read the

bad

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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 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. )

~PORTANT

Your Dryer Roperly.

reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons,

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS before operating this appliance,

Set

the

Controls.

See the Controls Setting Guide pages 6 and 7.

Set Drying Selections switch.

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

Push START switch to start dryer. (Opening the door during operation stops the dryer. To restart, close the door and push the START switch.)

Wlyester

Kniti &

Rmanent Wssdryingtips

● DO

N~ OVERLOAD—

Garments being dried or

dewrin~ed

●

REMOVE

PROM~LY—To wrirdding,

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

help prevent

remove from the dryer

HANGERS—

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