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Contents
Appliance Registration
Care and Cleaning
Consumer Services
Controls Setting Guide
Dryer Exhaust
Energy-Saving Tips
Knits Drying Tips
Lint Filter
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Model and Serial Numbers
Operating the Dryer
Perm.
Press Drying Tips 6, 12, 13
Problem Solver
Safety
Instructions
Sorting
Storing Dryer
User Maintenance Instructions 10
Warranty
Back Cover
2
10
15
8,9
10
5
6, 12
6, 10
6,7
2
6
11-13
3-5
6,7
10
Drver
Use
and
Care
of Models
Dm1550R
550R
“-7
GE Answer
800.626.2000
Center@
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US
~LP 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
Hotpoint
Appliance Park
Louisville, KY 40225
WA~ING:
For your safety the information in this manual must be
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.
the risk of fire or explosion or to prevent property damage, personal injury or loss of
Write down the model
and
serial 1iUmberS.
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
minitie
Me.
●
—Do not store or use gasoline or other
arnmable
fl
vicinity of this or
—W~T
●
Do not try to light any appliance.
s
Do not touch any electrical switch;
vapors
and fiquids
any
other appliance.
TO DO ~ YOU
in the
S~LL
GAS
do not use any phone in your btiding.
●
Clear the room,
b@ding
or area of
tiediately CW
neighbor’s phone.
instructions.
s E
you
annot
can
the fire department.
reach your gas
—Instigation and service must be performed
by a qualified
the
gas suppher.
insta~er,
dl Occupanti.
All drying instruction terms in this book conform to the Care
Labeling Rule established by the Federal Trade Commission, January 1984.
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
Hotpoint
Appliance Park
Louisville, KY 40225
your gas supplier from a
FOHOW
the gas
suppfier’s
supplier?
service agency or
FINALLY, if your problem
is still not resolved, write:
Major Appliance Consumer
Action Panel
20 North
Chicago, IL 60606
Wacker
Drive
2
WORTANT
The
California Safe Drinking Water and
Enforcement Act requires the governor of
California to
to the state to cause cancer,
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
of natural gas or
Properly adjusted dryers will minimize incomplete
combustion. Exposure to these substances can be
minimized further by properly venting the dryers
to the outdoors.
primarily by the incomplete combustion
SAFETY NOTICE
publish
a list of substances known
birth
defects or other
LP
fuels.
Toxic
Warning-To reduce the risk of
A
electric
when using your appliance, follow basic
shock,
or
i~ury
to persons
precautions, including the following:
●
Use this
purpose
‘.Q.i{~
*
--. -=
before it is used.
Installation Instructions sheet
dryer, you can obtain one
free, the GE Answer Center”, 800.626.2000.
apptiance
as described in this Use and Care Book.
●
This dryer must be properly
ody for its intended
installed and located in accordance
with the Installation Instructions
If you
did
not receive an
with
your
by
calling, toll
—Properly ground to conform with
dl
governing codes and ordinances.
Follow
—hcate
detils
in Installation Instructions.
where the temperature is above
(10*C.) for satisfactory operation of the dryer
control system. Do not install or store the
dryer where it
<onnect
and sized power supply circuit
electrical overload.
—Efiausting
~COMMENDED
. .
of moisture and
room. Carefully follow the Exhausting
in
to a properly rated, protected
the Installation Instructions.
fil
be exposed to the weather.
to avoid
to the outside is STRONGLY
to prevent large amounts
lint
from being blown
into
Details
fire,
50°F.
the
●
Do not repair or replace any
part of the
any servicing
app~ance
uniess
or attempt
specifically
recommended in this Use and Care Book or
in published user-repair instructions that you
understand and have the
●
When disconnecting this
@ PU1l by the
w
or
junction
the cord is located so that
on, tripped over or otherwise subjected to
damage or stress.
To
Mti@ze
cord
of cord and
plug rather than the
to avoid damage to
the Possibility
stils
to carry out.
plug.
Make sure that
it will
not be stepped
appfiance
the
cord
of a Fire Hazard
●
Exhaust
Use
diameter ductwork inside the dryer cabinet
or for exhausting to the outside.
PLAS~C
DUCTWORK
OTHER
CAN CAUSE A
BECOMES OTHERWISE
USE OR
Q Do
not use heat to dry articles containing
plastic, or
bras,
baby pants,
may melt or
when heated, can under
produce fire by spontaneous combustion.
●
Do not store
(such as clothing, paper material, plastics
or plastic containers, etc.) on top of the dryer
during the operation.
DuctAee
ody rigid metal or
OR OTHER COMBUSTIBLE
EASEY
DURWG INSTALLATION.
simtiar
tennis
shoes, galoshes, bath mats, rugs, bibs,
plastic
burn.
items
Installation Instructions.
flefible
CAN CAUSE A
PUNCTURED DUCTWORK
~
IF ~ COLLAPSES OR
RES~CTED
materials
bags, etc.) as these materials
Also, some rubber materials,
certain
that may burn or melt
metal
~.
4“
USE OF
FO~
IN
rubber~
(such
as padded
circumstances
{continued next page)
OR
WORTANT SAFEH ~STRUCTIONS
(continued)
●
Garmenb
(such as life
must not be put in your dryer.
J ~
h
substances (such as wax, paint, gasoline,
degreasers,
etc.) which may ignite or explode. Do not add
these substances to the wash water. Do not use
these substances 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 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.
labeled “Dry Away from Heat”
4‘~
jackeh
●
Do not wash or dry articles
that have been cleaned in,
containing Kapok)
washed in, soaked in,
with combustible or explosive
dry-cleaning
solvenb,
orspotted
kerosene,
To Minimize the Possibility of Injury
●
Never reach into the dryer while the
drum is moving.
or adding clothes, wait until
completely stopped.
●
Do not dry
Skin irritation could result from the remaining
glass particles that may be picked up by clothing
during subsequent dryer uses.
The laundry process can reduce
the flame
To avoid such a result, the garment
manufacturer’s care instructions
should be followed very carefully.
.
Close supervision is necessary
>
f
k
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 appliances and
shipping or packing materials properly. Before
discarding a dryer, or removing from service,
remove the door of the dryer compartment.
Before loading, unloading
tie dmm
fiber~ass
articles in your dryer.
retardancy
of fabrics.
has
●
‘ii===’<
a
OPERATE THE DRYER WITHOUT THE LINT
FILTER IN PLACE.
●
Keep the area around and underneath your
Clean the lint filter before each load
to prevent lint accumulation inside
the dryer or in the room.
DO NOT
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
.
m
T
m
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
shock,
9
power supply before attempting any
unplug this appliance from the
maintenance or cleaning (except the removal
and cleaning of the lint filter).
NOTE:
, \
knob to an OFF position does NOT
/
*
disconnect the appliance from the
Turning the Cycle Selector
power supply.
●
Do not tamper with the controls.
4
Q
Do not operate this appliance if it is damaged,
malfunctioning,
parti~y
disassembled, or has
missing or broken parts, including a damaged
cord or plug.
●
Never climb on or
●
If yours is a gas d~er, it is equipped with an
stind
on the dryer top.
automatic electric ignition and does not have
a pilot light.
DO NOT
A~EM~
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.
D~er-applied
Anti-s@tic
Fabric Softeners or
Conditioned
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.
SAVE
~STRUCTIONs
ENERGY-SAVING
●
Sort
clothes by weight so you won’t have to run an extra cycle for one
or two heavier, slower-drying items.
●
Do not
to tumble freely.
● To help prevent ironing, use the Permanent Press or Knits cycle. Remove
garments promptly at end of drying cycle and place on hangers.
● Dry your clothes in consecutive loads. Using a “warm” dryer
will save energy.
● Clean the dryer lint filter each time you dry.
● Clean the dryer exhaust
exhaust can lengthen drying time.
overload
your dryer. For efficient drying, clothes need
ducting
at least once a year. A partially clogged
T~SE
T~S
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