GE DDE7206M, DDG7286M, DDE7208M, DDG7288M Use and Care Manual

Contents

Dryer

Appliance Registration Automatic Drying

Care and Cleaning Consumer Services

Controls Setting Guide Dryer Exhaust

Energy-Saving Tips Knits Drying Tips

Lint Filter Loading

Model and Serial Numbers Operating Instructions

Models

DDE7206M DDG7286M DDE7208M DDG7288M

6,7

5-7,

9, 13

4,9

13 15

Perm.

2 5

Press Drying Tips 5-7, 11, 12

Problem Solver Safety Instructions

Sorting Storing Dryer

Timed Drying User Maintenance Instructions 13

Warranty

GEAmwer

800.6262000

Center

10-12

3,4

4,8

Back Cover

GEAppkances

Help us help you...

If You Need

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Before

usiW

your dryer,

read this book carefully.

It is

intended to help you operate and

maintain your new dryer properly. Keep

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

(or builder) that

dryer.

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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.

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name a GE Answer

servicio para el consumidor, tel~fono

FOR YOUR

versi6n

este

manual,

Center$

informaci6n

800.626.2000,

SA~W

If you smell gas:

Open windows.

2. Don’t touch electrical switches?

3. Extinguish any open flame.

4. Immediately call

your

gas supplier.

To obtain service, seethe 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

firther

steps to follow for 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 20 North Chicago, Illinois 60606

Wacker

help.

Panel

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

SA~~

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 establish by the Federal Trade Commission, January 1984.

of this or any other appliance.

WO~~T

S~TY

~STRUCTIONS

Read dl

Womm

SA~~

The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act requires the Governor of Cdifomia 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 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~G–Toreducethe

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

aph

including the following:

●

Use this appliance only for its

intended purpose

this Use and Care Book.

This dryer must be properly

inshlled 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

inshll or store

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

itirudiom

N~I~

fo~ow

basic precautions,

as described in

50°F. (lO°C.)

for

the

dryer where it

before

substanws,

risk

i~ury

usi~

this applimce.

to prevent large amounts of moisture and lint from being blown into the room. Carefully follow the Exhausting 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 on, tripped over or otherwise subjected to damage or stress.

●

not repair or replace any part of the appliance or attempt any servicing udess specifically recommended in this Use and Care Book or in published repair instructions that you

unders~nd and have the skills to

carry out.

mititi

of a

●

not use heat to dry

containing rubber, plastic, or similar bras, tennis shoes, galoshes, bath ma@ ~ bibs, baby pan@ bags, etc.) as these materials may melt or burn.

mate-,

certain circumstances produce

fire

by spontaneous combustion.

●

Garments labeled “Dry Away

From Heat” (such as life jackets

containing

in your dryer.

●

not

that have been claned in, -heal

in, soaked in, or spotted with

combustible or

(such as wax, paint, gasoline,

degreasers, drywleaning

solven@,

may ignite or explode. Do not use

@m atind

during operation.

●

Any article on which you have used a cleaning solvent, or which contains flammable materials

Detis

in the

hstiation

the possibility

fim

h-d.

articles

mate-

when

-h

kerosene, etc.) which

such substances

your washer and/or dryer

(such as padded

Mso,

some rubber

hated,

~pok)

~losivesubstances

can under

must not be put

dry

articles

onlor

steppd

user-

(such as cleaning cloths, mops, towels used in beauty salons,

resuurants

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

inside the dryer or in the room. DO N~ 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.

●

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 duct inside dryer or for exhausting dryer to the outside.

To of

●

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

or barber shops, etc.)

to prevent lint accumulation

metil

mitimti

the possibility

iq”ury.

bp~t

Safety

Imtructiom

(continu~)

play inside, on or with this

apptiance apptiance. apm materi~ tirding

from service, remove the door of the drying compartment.

●

Keep dl laundry aids (such

detcrgens, bleaches, fabric

softeners, children, preferably in a locked cabinet. Observe dl warnings on container labels to avoid 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

or any

Dispose of

and shipping or packing

properly. Before

a dryer, or removing

ete.)

retardaney

tiarded

_ded

out of the reach of

pcrsond

of fabrics. To

manufacturer’s care instructions should be followed very

●

Never climb on or stand on the

dryer top or

. Do not tamper with controls.

●

To minimize the possibility

eleetric

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

disconn~t 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

automati;

door.

shock, unplug this

ATTEM~

ignition may turn on.

carefilly.

MA~H.

N~E:

Burns

D~er-apptiedfabric sofiners

or anti-static

conditioners

You may wish to soften your laundered static recommend you use either a fabric softener in the wash cycle, according instructions for those products, or try a dryer-added product for which the manufacturer gives written assurance on the package that their product ~n 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.

fabriw

or reduce the

elwtricity

in them. We

the manufacturer’s

SAW T~SE mSTRUCTIONS

How to operate your

W~G—To

read the

had

●

Clean the lint filter each time the

dryer is

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

MPORTANT S~ETY

Your Dryer Properly

used. Always be sure the

reduce the risk of

INSTRUCTIONS before

fire.

tiyer

electric shock. or

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 remaining heavier fabrics.)

iniurv

o-~rating

to wrsons,

this appliance.

tie

Set the

See the Controls Setting Guide on pages 6 and 7.

Controk

Fabric Care Selections

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

Should be used with cycles indicated ●

Automatic, Fabric Care Selections

Cottons

High

Heat

Perm

Press

Medium Heat

Knits/Delicates bw

Heat

Fluff No Heat

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

efiher

direction.

Automatic

Regular Cycle

● ●

Perm Press and

Knits Cycles

●

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

●

Polyester Knits & Permanent Press drying tips

● DO NOT

Garments being dried or

de-wrinkled should tumble freely.

REMOVE CLOTHES

PROM~LY—To help prevent

wrinkling, 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.

OVERLOAD—

HANGERS—

What is the difference between Timed & Automatic drying?

Timed Drying

When using the TIMED CYCLE, 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

system

temperature of the air in the dryer drum. Wet laundry keeps this air cool. When laundry is dry enough (and the drum air warm enough) the heat turns off. When the air cools, the heat turns back on. This off and on cycling may happen a number of times (depending on the fabric, setting). The Cycle Selector advances (when the heat is until it automatically turns off

dryer.

Automatic Dq Control

continually senses the

load

size and Cycle Selector

ofo

Dryness selections guide for the automatic cycles

Set to Middle Position

. For most normal loads.

Set toward MORE DRY

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DRY

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,,”

,,ss OF,

,8”

(,$s ~~f

,,”

.+-

●

For loads that include weight fabrics. If

Y;U

desire to remove more

moisture.

Set toward LESS DRY

(,ss

DRY .

heavy-

OFF

●

For lightweight fabric loads.

●

If you desire to remove less

moisture.

●

For very small loads.

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GE DDE7206M, DDG7286M, DDE7208M, DDG7288M Use and Care Manual

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