Hotpoint DLB2450B, DLL2450B Use And Care Manual

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Contents

Appliance Registration

Use

and Care of

Automatic Drying

Care and Cleaning

model

Consumer Services

DLB2450B

Controls Setting Guide

6,7

Dryer

Exhaust

DLL2450B

Energy-Saving Tips

Knits Drying Tips

5-7, 11

Lint Filter

5,9, 13

5,9

Model and Serial Numbers

Operating the Dryer

Perrn.

Press Drying Tips 5-7, 11, 12

Problem Solver

10-12

Safety Instructions

3,4

Sorting

5,8

Storing Dryer

Timed Drying

User Maintenance Instructions 13

Warrantv

Back Cover

GE Answer

Center@

800.626.2000

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

conhct

the deder (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

nmbers.

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 YWR

SAFETY

If you smell gas:

Open

windows.

2. Don’t touch electrical

switches:

3. Extinguish any open

flame.

Immediately call

your gas supplier.

●

Don’t turn electric switches

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.

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

Wacker

Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606

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

WO~~T

S&TY

~STRUCTIONS

–

Readalli@rudiom before

m~thkappliance.

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

naturrd

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.

WW~G—TO

reduce the risk

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

appiiance, fotiow

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 Installation

htructions

before it is used.

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

where the temperature

is above

50°F. (lO°C.)

for 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.

–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

kstition

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

uniess

specifically recommended in this Use and Care Book or in published

user-

repair instructions

that

you understand and have the skills to carry out.

●

Any

article on which you have used a cleaning solvent, or which contains flammable

materiais

(such as cleaning cloths, mops, towels used in beau~

saions,

restaurants or

barkr shops, etc,)

must not be placed in or near

the

dryer

until

ail traces of

these

flammable liquids or solids and their fumes have been removed. There are many

highiy

flammable items used in homes such as: acetone, denatured alcohol, gasoline, kerosene, some household

cl-ers,

some spot removers, turpentines, waxes, wax removers and

ptiucts

containing

petroleum

distfiates.

@ Clean the tint ~ter

before each

load to prevent

iint

accumulation

inside the dryer or in the

room.

N~ OP~~

DR- -OUT

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HLT=

PLA~.

minimhe

the

powibfity

●

area around and

of a fire

h~ard.

underneath your appliance free

from

the accumulation of

●

Do not use heat to dry articles

combustible

rnaterids,

such as

containing rubber, plastic, or

lint, paper, rags, chemicals, etc.

simflar materiak

(such as padded

bras, tennis shoes,

gaioshes,

bath

o D. not

stem

i~~

that

may

bum

mats, rugs,

bib

baby

or melt (such as

clothiag,

paper

bags, etc.) as these materials

may

material, plastics or plastic

melt or burn. Also, some rubber

containers, etc.) on top of the dryer

during operation.

materi~

when heated,

can

under

certain circumstances produce

●

The interior of the machine

fire by spontaneous combustion.

and the exhaust duct conn=tion

●

Garments labeled “Dry Away

inside the dryer

shouid be

From Heat” (such as life jackets

cleaned periodically by a

containing

Qpok)

must not be put

quaiified

individual.

in your dryer.

●

EfiaMt

duct (w installation

●

Do not wash or dry articles

instructions). Use

oniy metai

that have been cleaned in, washed

duct inside dryer or for

in, soaked in, or spotted with

exhausting dryer to the outside.

combustible

orexplosivesubstancm

(such as wax, paint, gasoline,

(continued next page)

degreasers,

dry-cleaning 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.

minimh the possibMty

of injury.

Never reach into the dryer

whiie

the drum is

mo~

Before loading, unloading or adding clothes, wait

untii

the drum has completely

stopped.

Close supervision is necessary

if this

appiiance

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

app~ces

and shipping or

pachg

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

ail

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 dryer uses.

●

The laundry process

can

reduce

Dryer-apptied

fabric

the

flame retardancy

of fabrics. To

sofimers

or anti-static

avoid such a result,

the

garment

conditioners

manufacturer’s care instructions should be followed very carefully.

You

may

wish to soften your

launde~ed

fabrics or reduce the

. Never

c]imb

on or s~d

dryer top or door,

sbtic

electricity in

them.

recommend you use either a

●

Do not tamper with controls.

fabric softener in the wash cycle, according to the manufacturer’s

●

To minimize the possibility

instructions for those products, or

of electric shock, unplug this

try a

dryer-added product for

appliance from the power supply before attempting any maintenance

which the manufacturer gives written

assurnnce

on the package

or cleaning (except the removal and

that their product can be safely

cleaning of the lint filter).

N~E:

firning

the Cycle Selector knob

used in your dryer.

to an OFF position does

Service or performance problems

disconnect the appliance from

caused by the use of these products

the power supply.

are the responsibility of the

manufacturers of those products

●

Do not operate this appliance

and are not covered

und-er

the

if it is damaged, malfunctioning,

warranty of this appliance.

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

SAW T~SE

If yours is a gas dryer, it is

~STRUCmONS

equipped with an automatic electric ignition and does

not

have a

piiot

light. DO

NOT ATTEM~ ~

LIGHT WITH A

MA~H.

Burns

may result from having your hand in the vicinity of

the

burner when

the automatic ignition may turn on.

How to

opemte

your dryer

—

WARNING—TO reduce the risk of fire, electric

shock, or injury to persons,

read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS before operating this appliance.

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Your Dryer Properly

Set the Controls

●

Clean the lint filter each time the

See the Controls Setting Guide on

dryer is used. Always be sure the

pages 6 and 7.

lint filter is in place. Don’t use the dryer without it.

~DryingSele~tions

Select the proper heat for your load.

Good sorting for the dryer begins

Note: “FluffNo-Heat” is to be used

at the washer. Generally, if clothes

only with the TIMED

~CLES.

are sorted right for washing, they’re

sorted right for drying. See page 8

@Turn Cycle Selector to desired

for sorting help. (If you do mix

cycle setting. The selector may be

various types of fabrics in your

turned in either direction.

load, set the controls for the

Turn START knob to start

—

lighter-weight fabrics and remove

dryer.

when dry. Reset controls for the

(Opening the door during operation

remaining heavier fabrics.)

stops the dryer. To restart, close the door and turn the START knob.)

Polyester

Kniti

Rrmanent _

tips

● DO

N~ OVERLOAD—

Garments being dried or

dewrintied

should tumble freely.

●

REMOVE CLOTHES 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

cycles, the

Automatic

Dry

Control system

continually 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

of~

until it automatically

turns off dryer.

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.

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