Hotpoint DLB3900S, DLL3980S, DLB3800S, DLL3880S, DLB3600S Use And Care Manual

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Contents

Appliance Registration

2

Automatic Dmin~

8

Care and Cleaning

11

Consumer Services

15

Cycle Settings

7

Dryer Exhaust

11

Energy-Saving Tips

5

Fabric and Drying Guide

10

Important Phone Numbers 15

fiits

Drying Tips

8, 13

Light Bulb Replacement

11

Lint Filter

7, 11

Loading

7,9

Model and Serial Numbers 2
Operating the Dryer

6-8

Perrn.

Press Drying Tips 8, 13, 14

Press Guard Feature

7

Problem Solver

12-14

Safety Instructions

3-5

Signal

7,8

Sorting

7,9

Storing Dryer

11

Timed Drying

8

User Maintenance Instructions 11
Warranty

Back Cover

GE Answer

Center@

800.626.2000

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Use and Care

of Models

DB3900S

DU3980S

DB3800S

DU3880S

Dm3600s

DU3680S

DB3400S

DU3480S

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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

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.

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.

WA~NG: For

your safety the information in this manual must

be

followed to

rnirdmize

the risk of fim

or explosion or to prevent property damage,

person~

injury or loss of

life.

—Do

not store or use

gasoline or

other

●

Immediately call your gas supplier from a

flammable

vapom and

liquids in

the

neighbor’s phone.

Follow

the

gas supplier’s

vicinity of this or any other

apptiance.

instrudions,

—-T

TO DO IF

YOU S~LL GAS

●

If you

mrmot

reach your gas

suppliert

o

Do not try to

tight any app~nce.

WM

the

fire

department.

*

Do

not touch

any

eledrid switih;

—Instigation and service

must

be performed

do

not

use any phone in your building.

by a

qti~ed insta~er,

service agency or

the gas

suppfier.

●

Clear the

room, butiding

or area

of

I

dl wcupants.

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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

FINALLY, if your problem is still not resolved, write:

Major Appliance Consumer Action Panel
20 North

Wacker

Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

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WORTANT

SAFEH

~STRUCTIONS

Read W

imtmctiom

before

ushg tfis

applimce.

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

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fuels.

Properly adjusted dryers will minimize incomplete

combustion. Exposure to these substances can be

minimized further by properly venting the dryers

to the outdoors.

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Warning—To reduce the risk of fire,
electric shock, or injury to persons

when using your appliance, follow basic

precautions, including the following:

●

Use

this

appfiance

only for its intended

purpose

as described in this Use and Care Book.

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This

dryer must be properly installed

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and located in accordance with the

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Instigation Instructions before it

is used,

If you did not receive an Installation
Instructions sheet with your dryer, you can obtain
one by calling, toll free, the GE Answer Center”,

800.626.2000.

—Properly ground to conform with

all governing codes and ordinances.

Follow details in

hstallation

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.

*

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.

*

●

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.

To Minimize the Possibility
of a Fire Hazard

. Exhaust

Duct+ee

Installation Instructions.

Use

otiy

rigid metal or flexible metal 4“
diameter ductwork inside the dryer cabinet
or for exhausting to the outside.

USE OF
PLASTIC OR OTHER COMBUSTIBLE
DUCTWORK CAN CAUSE A ~RE.

PUNCTURED DUCTWORK CAN CAUSE
A

FIRE

IF ~ COLLAPSES OR BECOMES

OTHERWISE

RESTRIC~D ~

USE OR

D~mG

INSTALLATION.

. Do not 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

matetials,

when heated,

can under certain circumstances produce fire by

spontaneous combustion.

●

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.

(continued next page)

—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.

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WORTANT SAmTY mSTRUCmONS

(continued)

. Garments labeled

“Dry

Away from

Heat”

(such as life jackets containing Kapok)
must not be put in your dryer.

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●

Do not wash or dry articles

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that have been cleaned in,
washed in, soaked in, or spotted

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

degreasers,

dry-cleaning solvents, kerosene,
etc.) which may ignite or explode. Do not add
these substances to the wash water. Do not use
these substances around your washer

antior

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.

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●

Clean

the lint filter before each load

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to prevent

lint

accumulation inside

the dryer or in the room.

DO NOT

OPERATE THE DRYER WITHOUT THE

L~T

FILTER IN PLACE.

●

Keep the area around and underneath your

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

qualtiled

individual.

To

Minitize

the Possibility of

I@ury

●

Never reach into the dryer while the

drum is moving.

Before loading, unloading

or adding clothes, wait until the drum has

completely stopped.

●

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.

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●

The laundry process can reduce

the flame

re%rdancy

of fabrics.

~ / Toavoid sucharesult, thegarment

manufacturer’s care instructions
should be followed very carefully,

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Close supervision is necessary

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if this

apptiance

is used by or

f.

near

chtidren. Do

not allow

children to play inside,

on,

or

with this appliance or any discarded

apptiance.

Dispose of

discardd

appliances and
shipping or packing materials properly. Before
discarding a dryer, or removing from service,
remove the door of the dryer compartment.

. Keep all laundry aids (such

as detergents, bleaches,

fabric

w

softeners, etc.) out of the reach

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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.

●

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).

*

NOTE:

Turning the Cycle Selector
knob to an 0~ position does NOT
disconnect the appliance from the
power supply.

●

Do not tamper with the controls.

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Do

not operate this appliance if it is damaged,

ma~unctionkg,

partially disassembled, or has

missing or

broken

parts, including a damaged

cord or plug.

c

Never climb on or stand on the dryer

top.

o

If yours is a gas dryer, it is equipped with an

automatic

eleetric

ignition and does not have

a pilot light.

DO NOT

A~EMPT

TO

LIG~

WI~

A MATCH. Burns may result from having

your hand in

the

vicinity of the burner when the

automatic ignition may turn on.

Dryer-applied Fabric Softeners or

Anti-s@tic

Conditioners

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.

SAW T~SE
~STRUCTIONS

ENERGY-SAVING

TWS

● Sort clothes by weight so you won’t have to run an extra cycle for

one or two heavier, slower-drying items.

● Do not overload your dryer. For efficient drying, clothes need

to tumble freely.

● Use Automatic Cycles whenever possible to help prevent overdying

and to save energy.

● Remove garments promptly at the end of the 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

ducting

at least once a year. A partially clogged

exhaust can lengthen drying time.

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