GE DDP1370G, DDP1375G, DDP1380G Use and Care Manual

Contents

SpacemakerTMDryer

Accessory Kits
Appliance Registration

Automatic Drying
Care and Cleaning

Consumer Services

(lontrols

Dryer Exhaust

Ener~-Saving

Extra Care Feature

Fabric Softeners
Knits Drying Tips 7,8

I.int Filter
I.oading

Model and Serial Numbers
operating Instructions

Perm. Press Drying Tips 7,8,

Models

Setting Guide

Tips

DDP1370G

6,7

5-7

6,7

DDP1375G
DDP1380G

11

10

4
2

7
8

8

4
7

4

6

2

Problem Solver
Safety Instructions 3,4

Sorting
Special Drying Instructions

Timed Drying
User Maintenance Instructions 8

Warranty

Back Cover

9, 10

5

8

7

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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

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

your new dryer

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

FOR YOUR

SA~W

If you smell gas:

1. Open windows.

2. Don’t

touch

electrical switches:

3,

Extinguish any

open flame.

4. Immediately call
your

*Don’t turn electric switches
on

or

ignite the gas.

FOR YOUR

gas

supplier.

off because sparks

mq

SA=W

Do not store or use
gasoline or other
flammable

vapon

and
liquids in the vicinity
of this or

any

other

appliance.

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 still
not resolved, write:

Major Appliance
Consumer Action Panel
20 North
Chicago, Illinois 60606

Wacker

Drive

Serial Number

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

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 9 and 10. It lists causes of

minor operating problems that you
can correct yourself.

2

WOW~T

SMEW mSTRUCTIONS

Read all instructions before using this appliance.

W-G—TO

of fire, electric shock, or injury
to persons when using this
appliance, follow basic
precautions, including the
following:

. Use this appliance
intended purpose

this Use and Care Book.

●

This dryer must be properly

ins~ed

with the Instigation hstructions
before it is used.

receive an Installation Instructions
sheet with your dryer, you can
obtain one
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
install or store the dryer where it
will be exposed to the weather.

–Connect to a properly rated,
protected and
circuit to avoid electrical overload.

–Exhausting to the outside is
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
to prevent large amounts of
moisture and lint from being blown
into the room.
Exhausting Details in the
Installation Instructions. If

dryer is

and located in accordance

50°F (lO°C)

not

reduce the risk

only fOr i~

as

described in

If you did not

by

contacting

shed

Carefilly

the

for

power-supply

follow the

your

exhausted to the
outside, see special instructions on
page 8.

●

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

wti

located so that it

not be stepped
on, tripped over or otherwise
subjected to damage or stress.

●

Do not repair or replace any
part of the
any servicing
recommended in this Use and
Care Book or in published
repair instructions that you
understand and have the skills to
carry out.

To

mitimbe

of a

●

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
materials, when heated, can
under certain circumstances
produce fire by spontaneous

combustion.

●

Garments labeled “Dry Away

appKance

tiess

the

fire h=rd.

or attempt

specifically

user-

possibtiity

From Heat” (such as life jackets
containing Kapok) must not be put
in your dryer.

●

w not wash

have been cleaned in, washed in,
soaked in, or spotted with
combustible or explosive
substances

degrease~

kerosene, etc.) which may give
off vapors that could igtite or
explode, Do not use or store such
substances
washer and/or dryer

operation.

*Any

article on which you have

used

a cleaning solvent, or which
contains flammable
as cleaning
used

in

beauty
or barbershops, etc.) must not

placed in or
traces

of

solids and

or dry articles

(such

as gasoline,

drycleaning

odor around

solvents,

your

during

rnaterids (such

clffths,

mops, towels

dons,

restaurants

near the dryer until

tiese flammable

their -s have

liquids

been

that

be

dl

or

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.

●

cle~

the

lint filter

load to prevent lint
inside the dryer or in the room.

DO NOT OPERATE

DR~R
NLTER

●

underneath your
from the accumulation of
combustible materials, such as

~nt,

●

Do not store items that may burn

WITHOUT THE

IN PLACE.

K~p

area around and

paper, rags, chemicals, etc.

before

accumdation

T~

L~

appfiance

free

~ch

or melt (such as clothing, paper
material, plastics or plastic
containers,

etc.)

on top of the dryer

during operation,

●

The

~~rior

the exhaust
the dryer should be cleaned
periodically by a qualified
individual.

.

E~~

instructions). Use

duct

inside dryer or for exhausting

dryer to the outside.

~titi

of

i@ury.

●

Never reach
wtie the

loading,

clothes, wait
completely stopped.

of the

duct

dud

mac~e and

connector

(s~ ~~~ation

ody metal

inside

the possibility

into the dryer

drum b moving. Before

unloa+

or adding

untfi

the drum has

(conrinuednextpge)

3

—.—. .

WPO~~

SWETY~STRUCTIONS

(continual)

.

Close

supervision is

iftMs

app~nce

near

c~dren.

children to play inside, on or with
this

apphance

appliance. Dispose of discarded
appliances and
packing
Before discarding a
removing from service, remove
the door of the drying
compartment.

.

Keep

all laundry aids (such

is used by or

Do not

or any discarded

materi~

necmry

mow

sMpping

properly.

dryer,

or

or

as detergents, bleaches, fabric
softeners, etc.) out of the reach of
children, preferably in a locked

dl

cabinet. Observe

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

subsquent

dryer uses.

Q The

laundry process can reduce

the

flame retardancy

of fabrics. To
avoid such a result, the garment

manuticturer’s

care instructions

should be followed very carefully.

. Do not operate this appliance if

it is damaged, malfunctioning,
partially disassembled, or has
missing or broken parts, including
a damaged cord or plug.

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

instruetio~ for those products,

or try a dryer-added product for
which the
written assurance on the package
that their product can be safely
used in your dryer.

mantiacturer

gives

Service or performance problems
caused by the use of these products

the

responsibility of the

are
manufacturers of those products
and are not covered under the
warranty of this appliance.

SAW T=E
~STRUC~ONS

●

Sort clothes by weight so that you
won’t have to run an extra cycle for
one or two heavier, slower-drying
items. See page 8.

c

Do not overload dryer. For
efficient drying, clothes need to
tumble freely.

●

Use Automatic Drying Cycle (on
models so equipped) whenever
possible to help prevent overdying
and save energy.

. To help prevent need for ironing,
use

Perm Press or Knits Cycle.

Remove garments immediately at
end of drying cycle and place on
hangers.

●

Dry your clothes in consecutive
loads. Using a “warm” dryer will
save energy.

●

Clean dryer lint filter each time

YOU

dry.

●

Clean dryer exhaust

least once a year. A partially
clogged exhaust can lengthen
drying time.

ducting

at

Optional Accessories

Accessory Kits are available for
installing the dryer on top of the
washer or in a rack above the
washer. The dryer may also be
mounted directly on a wall. See
your dealer for details.

●

Never climb on or stand on the

dryer top or door.

●

DO

not

●

To tinimtie

tamper

with controls.

the possibility

of electric shock, unplug this

apptiance

from the power-supply
before attempting any maintenance
or cleaning (except the remoti and
cleaning of the lint

~ter). N~E:

Turning the Cycle Selector knob
to the

OFF

position does

N~

disconnect the appliance from

the power-supply.