Hotpoint DLB2900M, DLL2900M Use And Care Manual

Contents

Apphance Reglstratlon

Use and Care of

Automatic Drying

Care and

Cleamng

models

Consumer Services

DLB2900M

Controls Setting Guide

6,7

Dver

Exhaust

DLL2900M

End-of-Cycle Signal

Energy-Saving Tips

Knits Drying Tips

5-7, 11

Light

Bulb Replacement

Lint Filter

5,9, 13

5,9

Model and Serial Numbers

Oueratin~

the

Dryer

Perm.

Press Drying Tips 5-7, 11, 12

Press Guard Feature

Problem Solver

10-12

Safety Instructions

3,4

Sorting

5,8

Storing Dryer

Timed Drying

User Maintenance Instructions 13 Warranty

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 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.

You’ll find them on a label on the front of the dryer behind the door.

These numbers are

dso

on the Consumer Product Ownership Registration Card that came with your dryer. Before sending in this card, please write these numbers here:

Model Number

FOR

YOUR

SAFETY

If you smell gas:

1. Open windows.

2, Don’t

touch

electrical

switches:

Extinguish any

open

flame.

4. Immediately call your gas supplier.

“Don’t

turn electric switches

on or off because

spark

may

ignite the gas.

FOR YOUR

SAW~

not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.

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.

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

MORTM S~TY NOTI~

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

adjusti

dryers will minimize incomplete combustion. Exposure to these substances can be minimized further by properly venting the dryers to the outdoors.

W~&To

reduce the risk

of fire, electric shock, or

~ury

to persons when using your

recautions,

appti~ fouow

basic p

including the

fo~owing:

Use this appliance

ody

for its

intended purpose

as described in

this Use and Care Book,

●

This dryer must be properly

instied

and located in accordance with the Installation Instructions before it is used.

If 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

InsMation

Instructions.

—hate

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 shed power-supply circuit to avoid

elcctricd

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

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

wdl

not be stepped on, tripped over or otherwise subjected to damage or stress.

. DO not repair or repkce any

part of the appliance or attempt

any servicing

mdess

specifically recommended in this Use and Care Wok or in published

user-

repair

instmctions

that you

understand and have the

skilh

carry out.

mititi

the

powibitity

of a fire

h-.

●

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

sMar materi~

(such as padded bras, tennis shoes, galoshes, bath

ma~ ~

bibs, baby

pan% pw

bags, etc.) as these

materiah

may

melt or burn.

Mo,

some rubber

materbds,

when heated,

can

under certain circumstances produce

fiie 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

combustible

or@osive

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.

●

Any article on which you have used a cleaning solvent, or which contains flammable materials (such as cleaning cloths, mops, towels used in beauty

srdons,

restaurants or barber shops, etc.) must not be placed in or near the

dryer

untfi dl

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

rdcohol,

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

tint

accumulation inside the dryer or in the room. DO

N~ OP~TE

THE

DRYER

W~OUT T~ L~T

~~R

IN PLACE.

●

Keep area around and underneath your appliance free from the

accumdation

of combustible materials, such as lint, paper, ~,

chemimls,

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

=haust

duct connection inside the dryer should be cleaned

~riodically

by a

qualified

individud.

●

Exhaust duct (see installation instructions). Use only metal duct inside dryer or for exhausting dryer to the outside.

b~tint

Sdety Imtructiom

(continu~)

minimiz

the

possibtity

i~ury.

Never reach

kto

the dryer

wtie

the drum is moving.

Befomloading,

unloading or adding clothes, wait until the drum has completely stopped.

●

Close supervision is

nmessary

if this

apptiance

is wd by or near

children. Do not allow

c~dren

to play inside, on or with this appliance or any

dimarded

appliance. Dispose of discarded

appti

and shipping or packing

materiah

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,

eti.) out of the reach of

children, preferably in a

loekd

cabinet. Observe dl 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

the flame

retardaney

of fabrics. To avoid such a result, the garment manufacturer’s care instructions should be

fo~owed

very

carefu~y.

Never climb on or stand on the

dryer top or door.

c Do

not tamper with

controk.

●

minimiw

the

possibfity

of electric shock, unplug this appliance from the power supply

before attempting

any

maintenance

or cleaning (except the

remoti

and

cleaning of the lint filter).

N~E:

Turning the Cycle

Selwtor

knob

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 not have a pilot light. DO N~

ATTEM~ ~

LIGHT

W~H

MA~H.

Bums

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

on,

Dryer-apptiedftiric Softewrs or

anti-static

conditioners

You may wish to

soften

your

laundered

fabri~

reduce the

static electricity in them. We recommend you use either a fabric softener in the wash

~cle,

accor~

to the manufacturer’s

titruetions for those

produ~,

or try a dryer-added product for

whid

the manufacturer gives

written assurance on the

pachge

that their product can be safely used in your dryer.

Service

or performance problems

caused by the

use

of these products

are

the responsibfiity

of the manufacturers of those products

and

are not covered under the

warranty of this appliance.

SAW BSE ~STRUC~ONS

How to

opemte

your dryer

WARN~G-TO

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

read the IMPORTANT SAFETY

INSTRU~IONS before operating this appliance.

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DRYING SELECTIONS

PRESS GUARD

SIGNAL

START

COTTONS

PERM

PRESS

OFF

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KNITSIDELIMTES

@oN

‘F’’a’ouo

@’N

AUTOMATIC

SENSI.DRY

TIMEO CYCLES

oFF

OFF

had Your Dryer

Roperly

. 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.)

Set the

Controk

See the Controls Setting Guide on pages 6 and 7.

Drying Selections Select the proper heat for your load. Note: “Fluff No-Heat” is to be used only with the TIMED CYCLES.

~ P=SS

GUARD feature.

(Operates only with

AU~MATIC

SENSI-DRY

cycles.) Turn to ON if

desired. To minimize

wrin~es set

in the clothes, the

P~SS

GUARD feature provides approximately one hour of no-heat tumbling after the clothes are dry.

Use End-of-Cycle Signal (See step 3 below). Buzzer will sound at five-minute intervals to remind you to remove the clothes.

End-of-Cycle Signal

(Operates with any cycle.)

The Signal control can be set anywhere between OFF and LOUD, depending on the desired sound level. The signal will sound

just before the end of the cycle to

remind you to remove the clothes. To stop signal while sounding, turn

Signal control to OFF or advance Cycle Selector to OFF.

The signal should always be used when drying Polyester Knits or Permanent Press items which should be removed as soon as the dryer stops to help prevent setting of

wrinUes.

The signal should also be used with the

P~SS

GUARD feature.

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

Turn START knob to start

dryer. (Opening the door during

operation stops the

drver.

restart, close the door-and push

the START knob.)

Wlyester ~iti

Rrmanent -s

drying tips

DO NOT

OVERLOAD—

Garments being dried or

dewrintied

should tumble freely.

●

REMOVE CLOTHES PROMPTLY-TO help prevent

wrin~ing,

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

drying?

Automatic Drying

When using the

AU~MATIC

SENSI-DRY

cycles, the

Automatjc

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

ofo

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

tiis

time

period.

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