GE DLL1550B, DLB1550B Use and Care Manual

o

YomDqer

Use and Care of

How to

get

the best from

0

Consumer Services
Controls Setting Guide

Dryer Exhaust
Energy-Saving Tips

Knits Drying Tips
Lint Filter

Loading
Model and Serial Numbers

I

Operating the Dryer

Perm.

Press Drying Tips 5-7, 11, 12

Problem Solver
Safety Instructions

Sorting
Storing Dryer

User Maintenance Instructions 13
Warranty

GE Answer Center”

I

800.626.2000

Back Cover

15

6,7

13

5-7, 11

5,9, 13

5,9

10-12

3,4
5,8

13

models

DLB1550B

9

2
5

DLL1550B

0

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 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.

FOR YOUR SAFETY

If you smell gas:

1.

Open windows.

2.

Don’t

touch

electrical switches?

3. Efiinguish 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
Do

not store or use

SA~TY

gasoline or other
flammable vapors 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

Hotpoint

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

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.

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

2

WORTmT SMETY

INSTRUCTIONS

w

Read all instructions before

IMPORTANT
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.

W~ING—To reduee

.-

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 Instigation
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

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.

LP

the risk

usiW

this appliance.

—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

Detis

in the

hstiation

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

.

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

melt or burn. Also, some rubber

If

materbds,

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

h~rd.

materi~

when heated, can under

may

Q

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, 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

NOT

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.

combustible or explosive substances
(such as wax, paint, gasoline,

degreasers, dry+leaning

-

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.

3

Important Safety

Imtructiom

(continuti)

To

minimti

the

possibtity

of injury.

●

Never reach into the dryer
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
to play inside, on or with this
appliance or any discarded
appliance. Dispose of discarded

ap~ancm and

shipp@

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

softener;,

children,
cabinet. Observe

etc.) out of

”pref;rably

in a locked

dl

warnings on

the

container labels to avoid
injury.

●

Keep the floor around your
appliances clean and dry to reduce
the possibility of slipping.

c

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.

wtie

cMdren

or

-g

reach of

pcrsond

●

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 tamper 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).

N~E:

Turning the Cycle Selector knob
to an OFF position does
disconnect the appliance

N~

from

the power supply.

o

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

an

equipped with

automatic electric
ignition and does not have a pilot
light. DO N~
LIGHT

mH

ATTEM~

A

MA~H.

TO

~U~S

may result from having your hand
in the vicinity of the burner when
the automatic ignition may turn on.

Dryer-apptied

fabric
softeners or anti-static
conditioners

You may wish to soften your
laundered fabrics or reduce the
static electricity in them. We

reeommend

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.

SAW T~SE
~STRUCTIONS

How to

WARNING—To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons,
read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS before operating this appliance.

opemte

your dryer

had

Your Dryer Properly.

●

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

Pemanent

●

DO NOT
Garments being dried or

dewrinHed

Knifi

&

Press drying tips

OVERLOAD—

should tumble freely.

Set the Controls.

See the Controls Setting Guide on

and

pages 6

~Drying

Select the proper heat for your
load.

~TurnCycleSelector

cycle setting. The selector may be
turned in either direction.

@

Turn START knob to start
dryer. (Opening the door during
operation stops the dryer. To
restart, close the door and turn
the START knob.)

7.

Selections

to desired

●

REMOVE CLOTHES

PROM~LY—To
wrin~ing,

promptly at the end of the drying
cycles.

●

PLACE ON

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

help prevent

remove from the dryer

HANGERS—

5