GE DDE7900M, DDG7980M Use and Care Manual

Contents

Dryer

Appliance Registration Automatic Drying

Care and Cleaning Consumer Services

Controls Setting Guide 6,7 Timed Drying Dryer Exhaust

End-of-Cycle Signal Energy-Saving Tips

Extra Care Cycle Knits Drying Tips

Light Bulb Replacement Lint Filter 4,9, 13

Loading 4,9 Model and Serial Numbers

Operating the Dryer

Perm.

Press Dryin~Tips 5-7, 11, 12

Models

DDE7900M

2 5

13 15

5 9

5-7, 11

4,5

Problem Solver Safety Instructions

Sorting Storing Dryer

User Maintenance Instructions 13 Warranty

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DDG7980M

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Back Cover

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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

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, 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:

FINALLY, if your problem is still not resolved, write:

contict

the people who

Manager, Consumer Relations GE Appliances Appliance Park Louisville, Kentucky 40225

Major Appliance Consumer Action Panel 20 North Chicago, Illinois 60606

Wacker

Drive

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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.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Read all instructions before

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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

reduce the risk

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

apptice, fo~ow

basic precautions,

including the following:

Use this appliance only for its

intended purpose

as described in

this Use and Care Book.

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

detiils

Installation Instructions.

—bate

is above

where the temperature

50°F. (lO°C.)

for 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.

—Exhausting to the outside is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED

this appliance.

to prevent large amounts of moisture and lint from being blown into the room. Carefully follow the Exhausting Details in the

hsdation

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

user-

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, 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 Kapok) must not be put in your dryer.

●

Do not wash or dry articles that have been cleaned in, washed 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.

●

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

when heated, can under

dry-cleaning

(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 dl 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 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 outside.

minjmize

the possibility

of injury.

●

Never reach into the dryer while the drum is moving. unloading or add-rig clothes, wait until the drum has completely stopped.

●

Close supervision is necessary if this appliance is used by or children. Do not allow children to

Befofiloading,

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Important Safety Instruction

(continu~)

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play inside, on or with this appliance or any discarded appliance. Dispose of discarded

apptiancm

and shipping or packing materials properly. Before discarding a dryer, or removing from service, remove the door of the drying compartment.

Keep all laundry

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

appliances clean and dry to reduce the possibility of slipping.

Do not

dry fiberglass articles in

aids (such

your

your dryer. Skin irritation could result from the remaining glass particles that may be picked

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 timper 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). NOTE: 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 N~ ATTEMPT TO LIGHT WITH A

MA~H.

Burns may result from having your hand in the vicinity of the burner when

the

automatic ignition may turn on.

Dryer-applied fabric softeners or anti-static 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

produck,

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 THESE INSTRUCTIONS

How to operate your dryer

WARNING—To reduce the risk of fire, electric

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 dryer without it.

● Good sorting for the dryer begins

at the washer. Generally, if clothes are sorted right for washing, they’re

place.

Don’t use the

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. )

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to persons,

Set the Controls

See the Controls Setting Guide on pages 6 and 7.

O Fabric

Care Selections

Push a button to select the proper heat

Should be used with cycles indicated .

Fabric Care Selections

Cottons High Heat

Perm Press Medium Heat

Knits/Delicates

Low Heat Fluff

No Heat

~ExtraCare

Cycle (Operates only with Automatic, Perm Press

Knits Cycles. )

Turn to ON if desired. To minimize

wrinkles set in the clothes, the Extra 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.

Automatic

Regular Cycle

●

for your load.

Automatic,

Perm Press and

Knits Cycles

Select End of

●

Cy~le

Timed Cycles

●

Signal,

desired. (See below. )

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

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. )

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

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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

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 of wrinkles.

The signal should also be used with the Extra Care Cycle.

help

prevent setting

Polyester Knits & Permanent Press drying tips

● DO NOT

Garments being dried or

dewrinkled 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—

Set to Middle Position

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Reg”la,

c”cles

● For most normal loads.

Set toward MORE DRY

● For loads that include heavy-

weight fabrics.

● If you desire to remove more

moisture.

Set toward LESS DRY

● For lightweight fabric loads

● If you desire to remove less

moisture.

● For very small loads.

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