GE DLL2450B, DLB2450B Use and Care Manual

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to

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the best from

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Contents

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Appliance Registration
Automatic Drying

Care and Cleaning
Consumer Services

Controls Setting Guide

Dryer

Exhaust

Energy-Saving Tips
Knits Drying Tips

Lint Filter
Loading

Model and Serial Numbers
Operating the Dryer

Perrn.

Press Drying Tips 5-7, 11, 12

Problem Solver
Safety Instructions

Sorting
Storing Dryer

Timed Drying
User Maintenance Instructions 13

Warrantv

Back Cover

2
5

13
15

6,7

13

9

5-7, 11

5,9, 13

5,9

2
5

10-12

3,4
5,8

13

5

Use

and Care of

model

DLB2450B
DLL2450B

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GE Answer

800.626.2000

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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 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
(or builder) that sold you the
dryer.

conhct

the deder

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.

FOR YWR

SAFETY

If you smell gas:

1.

Open

windows.

2. Don’t touch
electrical

switches:

3. Extinguish any
open

4.

Immediately call

flame.

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

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

Write down the model
and serial

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.

nmbers.

appliance.

2

WO~~T

S&TY

~STRUCTIONS

Readalli@rudiom before

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MORTM
S~TY N~ICE

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

fuels. Properly adjusted dryers will

minimize incomplete combustion.

Exposure to these substances can

be minimized further by properly

venting the dryers to the outdoors.

WW~G—TO

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of fire, electric shock, or injury

to persons when using your

appiiance, fotiow

including the following:

●

Use this appliance only for its

intended purpose

this Use and Care Book.

●

This dryer must be properly
installed and located in
accordance with the Installation

htructions

you did not receive an Instigation

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.

—bcate

is above

satisfactory operation of the

dryer control system. Do not

insta~

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.

naturrd

reduce the risk

basic precautions,

as described in

before it is used.

where the temperature

50°F. (lO°C.)

gas or

for

LP

m~thkappliance.

–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 De@s in the
Instructions.

●

When disconnecting this
appliance pull by the plug
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
recommended in this Use and
Care Book or in published

repair instructions
understand and have the skills to
carry out.

To

minimhe

of a fire

●

Do not use heat to dry articles
containing rubber, plastic, or

simflar materiak

bras, tennis shoes,

mats, rugs,

bags, etc.) as these materials

melt or burn. Also, some rubber

If

materi~

certain circumstances produce
fire by spontaneous combustion.

●

Garments labeled “Dry Away
From Heat” (such as life jackets
containing
in your dryer.

●

Do not wash or dry articles
that have been cleaned in, washed
in, soaked in, or spotted with
combustible
(such as wax, paint, gasoline,

degreasers,

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.

kstition

rather

uniess

specifically

that

you

the

powibfity

h~ard.

(such as padded

gaioshes,

bib

baby

-,

when heated,

Qpok)

orexplosivesubstancm

dry-cleaning

can

under

must not be put

user-

bath

_

may

●

Any

article on which you have
used a cleaning solvent, or which
contains flammable
as cleaning cloths, mops,
towels used in beau~
restaurants or
must not be placed in or near
dryer

until

ail traces of
flammable liquids or solids and
their fumes have been removed.
There are many
items used in homes such as:
acetone, denatured alcohol,
gasoline, kerosene, some
household
removers, turpentines, waxes, wax
removers and
petroleum

@ Clean the tint ~ter

load to prevent
inside the dryer or in the
DO

DR- -OUT
HLT=

●

=p

underneath your appliance free

from

combustible
lint, paper, rags, chemicals, etc.

o D. not

or melt (such as

material, plastics or plastic
containers, etc.) on top of the dryer

during operation.

●

The interior of the machine

and the exhaust duct conn=tion
inside the dryer
cleaned periodically by a

quaiified

●

EfiaMt

instructions). Use
duct inside dryer or for
exhausting dryer to the outside.

cl-ers,

distfiates.

N~ OP~~

IN

PLA~.

area around and

the accumulation of

stem

individual.

duct (w installation

materiais

saions,

barkr shops, etc,)

highiy

some spot

ptiucts

before each

iint

accumulation

rnaterids,

i~~

that

clothiag,

shouid be

oniy metai

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(such

the

these

flammable

containing

room.

=

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such as

may

bum

paper

3

To

~

minimh the possibMty

of injury.

s

Never reach into the dryer
the drum is
unloading or adding clothes, wait

untii

the drum has completely

stopped.

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Close supervision is necessary
if this
children. Do not allow children
to play inside, on or with this
appliance or any discarded
appliance. Dispose of discarded

app~ces

materials properly. Before
discarding a dryer, or removing
from service, remove the door

of the drying compartment.

s

Keep all laundry aids (such

as detergents, bleaches, fabric
softeners, etc.) out of
children, preferably in a locked
cabinet. Observe
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
particles that may be picked up
by clothing during subsequent
dryer uses.

mo~

appiiance

and shipping or

the

Before loading,

is used by or near

ail

warnings on

remaining glass

the

whiie

pachg

reach of

●

The laundry process

the

flame retardancy

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

. Never

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).

firning

to an OFF position does
disconnect the appliance from
the power supply.

●

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
equipped with an automatic electric
ignition and does

light. DO
LIGHT WITH A
may result from having your hand
in the vicinity of
the automatic ignition may turn on.

c]imb

on or s~d

the Cycle Selector knob

NOT ATTEM~ ~

can

reduce

of fabrics. To

the

garment

on

N~E:

N~

not

have a

MA~H.

the

burner when

piiot

Burns

me

Dryer-apptied

sofimers

or anti-static

fabric

conditioners

You

may

wish to soften your

launde~ed
sbtic

recommend you use either a
fabric softener in the wash cycle,
according to the manufacturer’s

instructions for those products, or

try a

which the manufacturer gives
written
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
warranty of this appliance.

fabrics or reduce the

electricity in

dryer-added product for

assurnnce

them.

We

on the package

und-er

the

SAW T~SE

~STRUCmONS

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How to

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WARNING—TO reduce the risk of fire, electric

opemte

your dryer

shock, or injury to persons,

read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS before operating this appliance.

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K“,TSIOEUWIES

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Your Dryer Properly

●

Clean the lint filter each time the

COTTONS

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FLUFF

““””

dryer is used. Always be sure the
lint filter is in place. Don’t use the
dryer without it.

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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

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lighter-weight fabrics and remove
when dry. Reset controls for the
remaining heavier fabrics.)

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Set the Controls

See the Controls Setting Guide on
pages 6 and 7.

~DryingSele~tions

Select the proper heat for your load.
Note: “FluffNo-Heat” is to be used

only with the TIMED

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

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

~CLES.

AUTOMATIC

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NDRMALFA8RIC

Permanent PRESS

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TIMEO CYCLES

Polyester

Rrmanent _

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Kniti

&

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N~ OVERLOAD—

tips

Garments being dried or

dewrintied

●

REMOVE CLOTHES

should tumble freely.

PROMPTLY-TO help prevent

wrintiing,

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.

What is the difference

between Automatic &

~med dryi~?

Automatic Drying

When using the AUTOMATIC

SENSI-DRY

Dry

Control system

senses the temperature of the air in
the dryer drum. Wet laundry keeps
this air cool. When laundry is dry
enough (and the drum air warm
enough) the heat turns off. When
the air cools, the heat turns back
on. This off and on cycling may
happen a number of times

(depending on the fabric, load size,
and Cycle Selector setting). The
Cycle Selector advances (when the
heat is

turns off dryer.

cycles, the

Automatic

continually

of~

until it automatically

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Timed Drying

When using the TIMED

~CLES,

you select the number of minutes
you wish the dryer to run and it
turns off at the end of this time
period.

TURN THE PAGE

for Controls Setting Guide