GE DLB1250B Use and Care Manual

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Contents

Appliance Registration Care and Cleaning

Controls Setting Guide Dryer Exhaust

Energy-Saving Tips Knit Drying Tips

Lint Filter 5,9, 13 Loading

Model and Serial Numbers

Operating the Dryer

Perm.

Press Drying Tips 5-7, 11, 12

Problem Solver Repair Service

Safety Instructions Sorting

Storing Dryer User Maintenance Instructions 13

Warranty Back Cover

6,7

5-7, 11

5,9

2 5

10-12

3,4 5,8

Use and Care of

model

DLB1250B

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800.626.2000

Help us help you...

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

Hotpoint

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.

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.

FOR YOUR SAFETY

If you smell gas:

1. Open windows.

Don’t touch

electrical switches:

Extinguish any

open flame.

4. Immediately call your gas supplier.

●

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 of this or any other appliance.

All drying instruction terms in this book conform to the Care Labeling Rule established by the Federal Trade Commission, January 1984.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Readallinstructions before using this appliance.

W~ING—To

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

apptiance, fo~ow

including the following:

●

Use this appliance only for its

intended purpose

reduce the risk

basic precaution,

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.

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. Follow details in Installation Instructions.

—hcate

is above satisfactory operation of the dryer control system. Do not install or store the dryer where it will be exposed to the weather.

where the temperature

50°F. (lO°C.)

for

–Connect to a properly rated,

protected and sized power-supply 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. Carefully follow the Exhausting Details in the Installation 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.

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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

materiak, when heated, can under

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 (such as gasoline,

drycleanin

which may give off vapors that

cotid

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

DRYER WITHOUT THE LINT FILTER IN PLACE.

●

Keep area around and

underneath your appliance free

mplosive

g solvents, kerosene, etc.)

substanc~

degreasers,

sakms,

OPERATE THE

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.

To minimize the possibility of injury.

●

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

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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

and shipping or packing

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Imprtant safety Imtructiom

●

The

laundry urocess

the flame

re&r&ncy

avoid such a result, the manufacturer’s care instructions should be followed very carefully.

. Never climb on or stand on the dryer top or door.

Do not

●

To minimize the possibility

tamper

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

can reduce

of fabrics. To

gament

with controls.

Dryer-applied fabric softeners or anti-static conditioners

You

may

laundered fabrics or reduce the static electricity in them. We 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 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 and are not covered und;r the

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the manufacturer’s

~roducts

if it is damaged, malfunctioning, warranty of this appliance. partially disassembled, or has missing or broken parts, including a damaged cord or

plug.

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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 Kniti &

Rmanent

●

DO NOT Garments being dried or

dewrintied

Press drying tips

OVERLOAD—

should tumble freely.

Set the Controls.

See

the

Controls Setting Guide on

pages 6 and 7.

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

Push START switch dryer. (Opening the door during operation stops the dryer. To restart, close the door and push the START switch.)

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●

REMOVE CLOTHES

PROM~LY—To wrintiing,

help prevent

remove from the dryer promptly at the end of the drying cycles.

●

PLACE ON

HANGERS—

Permanent Press and Polyester Knit garments look best if placed on hangers after drying.

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