GE DDE7905S, DDG7985S, DDE7900S, DDG7980S Use and Care Manual
Useand&re
Dryer
Guide
Safe~lnstructions....................3-5
Operating Instructions, Tips
Automatic Drying ...........................................8
Cycle Settings
End Cycle Signal ........................................6, 7
Energy-Saving Tips ........................................5
Fabric and Drying Selections ......................9
Knits Drying Tips .....................................7, 13
Light Bulb Replacement . . . 10
Filter........................................4, 6, 10, 12
Lint
Loading . ......,6,9
Operating the Dryer ..................................6, 7
Permanent Press Drying
Sorting Clothes ..........................................6, 9
Timed Drying
.................................................6
Tips........7, 14, 15
..................................................7
Care and Cleaning
Dryer Exhaust . . 10
Drum . 10
Exterior 10
Lint Filter 10
Storing the Dryer . 10
User Maintenance Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Problem
More questions ?...call
GE Answer
Solver.......................l2-l4
Center@
800.626.2000
Preparation
Reversing Door . 11
Consumer Services ..................15
Appliance Registration .................................2
Important Phone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Model and Serial Numbers ..........................2
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........Back Cover
Models:
DDE7905S
DDE7900S
DDG7985S
DDG7980S
GE Appliances
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YOU...
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. KY 40225
To obtain a Spanish language
version of this book, call
GE Answer
800.626.2000
consumer information service.
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the
risk of
Center@
For your safety
fire
or explosion or to prevent property damage, personal injury or loss of life.
Save time and money.
Before you request service . . .
check
the
Problem Solver
section. It lists causes of minor
operating problems that you can
correct yourself.
If you received a
damaged dryer...
Immediately contact the dealer (or
builder) that sold you the dryer.
Para obtener la
espafiol
GE Answer
informaci6n
tel~fono 800.626.2000.
de
the Mormation
versi6n
este
manual, name a
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para e]
kthis
en
consumidor,
manti
de
must be
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:
Model Number
Serial Number
Use these numbers in any
correspondence or service calls
concerning your dryer.
foHowed
to
dnimk
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not
store or w g-
flammable vapors and
vicinity of this or any other
—W~T
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.
All drying instruction terms in this book conform to the Care
Labeling Rule established by the Federal Trade Commission, January 1984.
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not try to
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not
touch
do
not me
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any
the
roomy buti~
tight
any appliance.
any
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phone
or
other
~iquids
in the
apphnce.
S~LL
GAS
switch;
in
yonr b@ding.
or area of
tiediately
nei@bor’s
instrn~ons.
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you
cannot
*the ti
—Instiktion
by a
qufied Mer,
the gas
supptier.
If you need service
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. KY 40225
c@ your gas
phone.
FOEOW the
reach your
department.
and service
mmt
service agency or
FINALLY, if your problem
is still not resolved, write:
Major Appliance Consumer
Action Panel
20 North
Chicago, IL 60606
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supptier fmm
gas
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suppMer’s
gas supptier,
be performed
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~PORTANT
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
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.
A
Warning-To reduce the risk of
electric shock, or
when using
i~ury
to persons
your appliance, follow basic
fire,
precautions, including the following:
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Use this
purpose
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o
is used.
Instmctions
apptiance
only for its intended
as describd in this Use and Care Book.
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This dryer must be properly installed
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and located in accordance with the
Installation Instructions before it
If you did not receive an Installation
sheet with your dryer, you can obtain
one by calling, toll free, the GE Answer Center”,
800.626.2000.
—Properly ground to conform with
all governing codes and ordinances.
Follow details in Installation Instructions.
—Locate where the temperature is above
(lO°C.)
for satisfactory operation of the dryer
50°F.
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
electricrd
overload.
to avoid
—Exhausting to the outside is STRONGLY
RECO~ENDED
to prevent large amounts
of moisture and lint from being blown into the
room,
Carefully follow the Exhausting Details
in the Installation Instructions,
●
Do not repair or replace any
part of
any servicing unless
the app~ance
or attempt
specific*y
recommended in this Use and Care Book or
in published
user-repair
instructions that
you
understand and have the skills to carry out.
●
When disconnecting this appliance
pull by the
cord
*
to avoid damage to the cord
plug
rather than the
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.
To
Mbimize tie
of
a Fire Hazard
●
Exhaust
Use only rigid
Duct+ee
Powibility
Installation Instructions.
meti
or
fledble
metal 4“
diameter ductwork inside the dryer cabinet
or for exhausting to the outside.
PLASTIC OR
O~ER
COMBUSTIBLE
DUCTWORK CAN CAUSE A
USE OF
FTRE.
PUNCTURED DUCTWORK CAN CAUSE
A
~E IF
OMRWISE
IT COLLAPSES OR BECOMES
RESTRICTED ~ USE OR
DURING INSTALLATION.
●
Do
not 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 materials,
when
heated,
can under certain circumstances produce fire by
spontaneous combustion.
●
Do not store items
that
may burn or melt
(such as clothing, paper material, plastics
on
top
or plastic
contai~e-m~etc.
of the dryer
during operation.
(continued next page)
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WORTANT
●
Garments labeled “Dry Away from
SAFEH
Heat”
(continued)
(such as life jackets containing Kapok)
must not be put in your dryer.
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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,
dry-cleaning solvents, kerosene,
etc.) which may ignite or explode. Do not add
these substances to the wash water. Do not use
these substances around your washer
an~or
dryer during operation.
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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,
tu~entines,
waxes, wax removers and products
containing petroleum distillates.
~STRUC~ONS
To Minimize the
●
Never reach into the dryer while the
drum is moving.
Pomibility
of Injury
Before loading, unloading
or adding clothes, wait until the drum has
completely stopped.
●
Do not dry
fiber~ass
articles in your dryer.
Skin irritation could result from the remaining
glass particles that may be picked up by clothing
during subsequent dryer uses.
●
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TO
h
The laundry process can reduce
the flame
avoid such a result, the garment
retardancy
of fabrics.
manufacturer’s care instructions
should be followed very carefully.
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Close supervision is necessary
if this appliance is used by or
near children. Do not allow
chfidren
to play inside, on, or
with this appliance or any discarded
appliance. Dispose of discarded appliances and
shipping or packing materials properly. Before
dismrding
a dryer, or removing from service,
remove the door of the dryer compartment.
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Clean the lint filter before each load
to prevent
the dryer or in the room.
Ent
accumulation inside
DO
NOT
OPERATE THE DRYER WITHOUT THE LINT
~LTER
●
Keep the area around and underneath your
IN PLACE.
appliances free from the accumulation of
combustible materials,
such as lint, paper, rags,
chemicals, etc.
●
The interior of the machine and the exhaust
duct connection inside the dryer should be
cleaned periodically by a qualified individual.
●
Keep all laundry aids (such
as detergents, bleaches, fabric
softeners, etc.) out of the reach
of children,
cabinet. Observe
preferably in a locked
all
warnings on
container labels to avoid personal injury.
●
Keep the floor around your appliances clean
and dry to reduce the possibility of slipping.
●
To minimize the possibility of electric
unplug this appliance from the
9
shock,
power supply before attempting any
maintenance or cleaning (except the removal and
cleaning of the lint filter).
NOTE:
knob to an
discomect the appliance from the
power supply.
●
Do not tamper with the controls.
Turning the Cycle Selector
0~
position does NOT
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●
Do not operate this appliance if it is
damaged?
malfunctioning, partially disassembled, or has
missing or broken
cord or
●
Never climb on or stand on the dryer top.
●
If yours is a gas dryer, it is equipped with an
plug.
parfi,
including a damaged
automatic electric ignition and does not have
a pilot light.
DO NOT ATTEM~ TO LIGHT
WITH A MATCH. 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-shtic
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.
Conditioners
SAVE
mSTRUCTIONS
● Sort clothes by weight so you won’t have to run an extra cycle for
one or two heavier, slower-drying items.
● Do not overload your dryer. For efficient drying, clothes need
to tumble freely.
● Use Automatic
and to save energy.
● Remove garments promptly at the end of the drying cycle and place
on hangers.
● Dry your clothes in consecutive loads. Using a “warm” dryer
will
save energy.
● Clean the dryer lint
● Clean the dryer exhaust
exhaust can lengthen drying time.
Cycles
whenever possible to help prevent overdying
filter
each time you dry.
ducting
at least once a year. A partially clogged
T~SE
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