GE DDE5700G, DDG5780G Use and Care Manual
Contents
Dryer
Appliance Registration
Care and Cleaning
(;onsumer Services
[;ontrols Setting Guide 6,7
Dryer Exhaust
Energy-Saving Tips
Knits Drying Tips
Lint l-ilter 5,9, 13
Loading 5,9
Model and Serial Numbers
operating the Dryer
Perm. Press Drying Tips 5-7, 11, 12
Problem Solver
Safety Instructions
Sorting
Storing Dryer
User Maintenance Instructions 13
Warranty
GEAmwer Center
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5-7, 11
10-12
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Back Cover
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Models DDE5700G
DDG5780G
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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
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 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.
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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
not resolved, write:
Major Appliance
Consumer Action Panel
20 North
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Wacker
Drive
still
●
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
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.
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IMPORT~T S~ETY ~STRUCTIONS
m
Read all instructions 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.
—
WARNING-TO reduce the risk
of fire, electric shock, or injury
to persons when using your
appfiance, 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 Installation
Instructions before it is used. If
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.
—Locate where the temperature
is above
50°F. (lO°C.)
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.
basic precautions,
as described in
Follow
details in
for
LP
usi~
this appliance.
—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
hstiation
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
mats, rugs, bibs, baby pants,
bags, etc.) as these materials may
melt or burn. Also, some rubber
materhds,
certain
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
in, soaked in, or spotted with
combustible or explosive substances
(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.
when
h-ted,
circumshnces
claned
drywleaning
can under
produce
in, washed
user-
p~tic
●
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.
●
Clean the lint filter before each
load to prevent lint accumulation
inside the dryer or in the room.
DO
N~
OPERATE THE
DR~R
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.
● 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
oubide.
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Important
Safety Imtructiom
(continued)
To minimize the possibility
of injury.
Q
Never reach into the dryer while
the drum is meting. 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
apptianc~
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.
and shipping or packing
● The laundry process can reduce
the flame retardaney 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 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 NOT
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:
Burns
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
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.
SAVE
T~SE
cycle,
INSTRUCTIONS
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How to operate your dryer
WARNING—To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons,
read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS before operating this appliance.
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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
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. )
Polyester Knits &
Rrmanent Press drying tips
● DO
NOT OVERLOAD—
Garments being dried or
dewrinkled
should
tumble freely.
Set the Controls.
See the Controls Setting Guide on
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.)
● REMOVE CLOTHES
PROM~LY—To help prevent
wrinkling, remove from the dryer
promptly at the end of the drying
cycles.
● PLACE ON
Permanent Press
HANGERS—
and
Polyester
Knit garments look best if placed
on hangers after drying.
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