Maytag MD8426, MD8416, MD491, MD9306, MD8506 User Manual

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Models: MD9306 * MD9316 • MD8416 • MD8426 • MD8506 • MD491(

Welcome ......................... Important Safety

Wclcome and congratulations on Notice & Warning ......

your purchase of a Maytag dryer!
Your complete satisfaction is very The California Safe Drinking Water and T

important to us. For best results, we Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) require_

suggest reading this material to help Governor of California to publish a list of substa
acquaint you with proper operating known to the State of California to cause cance

and maintenance procedures, reproductive harm, and requires businesses to warn

tomers of potential exposures to such substances.
Users of this appliance are hereby warned that the b

Should you need assistance, it is helpful to: ing of gas can result in low-level exposure to sore

1) Have complete model and serial number identifica- the listed substances, including benzene, formaldet
tion of your dryer. This is located on a data plate in the and soot, due primarily to the incomplete combustic
lower center of the door opening, natural gas or liquid petroleum (LP) fuels. Exh

ducts should be kept free of obstructions and proi:

Model Number exhausted dryers will minimize exposure.

_k WARNING m For your safety, t

Serial Number information in this manual must be f,

lowed to minimize the risk of fire or expl

...... sion or to prevent property damage, pq

sonal injury or death.

2) Have proof of original date of purchase. - Do not store or use gasoline or oth
Please attach your sales receipt here. flammable vapors and liquids in tl

vicinity of this or any other applian(

- WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAI

• Do not try to light any appliance.

• Do not touch any electrical swit¢

do not use any phone in your bull
ing.

• Clear the room, building or area

all occupants.

For additional questions, please contact us: - Immediately call your gas suppli

from a neighbor's phone. Folio

Maytag Consumer Information the gas supplier's instructions.
One Dependability Square

Newton, Iowa 50208 • If you cannot reach your gas supp
[phone] er, call the fire department.

(Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pmCentralTime) Installation and service must be p_
Internet: http://www.maytag.com formed by a qualified installer, servi,

NOTE: In our continuing effort to improve the quality of

our appliances, it may be necessary to make changes to
the dryer without revisingthis guide.

agency or the gas supplier.

Important Safety Instructions ....................................

_k WARNING n To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock or injury to persons when using

your appliance, follow basic precautions, including the following:

1. Read all instructions before using the appliance. 11. Keep the area around the exhaust opening and sur-

2. To avoid the possibility of fire or explosion: rounding areas free from lint accumulation, dust and
a. Do not dry items that have been previously

cleaned in, washed in, soaked in, or spotted with 12. The interior of the dryer and exhaust duct should be
gasoline, dry-cleaning solvents, other flammable
or explosive substances as they give off vapors 13. This appliance must be properly grounded. Never

that could ignite or explode. Any material on plug the appliance cord into a receptacle which is
which you have used a cleaning solvent, or which not grounded adequately and in accordance with

is saturated with flammable liquids or solids, local and national codes. See installation instruc-
should not be placed in the dryer, until all traces tions for grounding this appliance.

of these flammable liquids or solids and their 14. Do not sit on top of the clothes dryer.
fumes have been removed. There are many high-

ly flammable items used in homes, such as: ace- _ WARNING m Do not place into your
tone, denatured alcohol, gasoline, kerosene, some dryer items that have been spotted or
liquid household cleaners, some spot removers, soaked with vegetable oil or cooking oil.

turpentine, waxes and wax removers.

b. Items containing foam rubber (may be labeled contain significant amounts of these oils.

latex foam) or similarly textured rubber-like The remaining oil can ignite spontaneously.
materials must not be dried on a heat setting. The potential for spontaneous ignition
Foam rubber materials when heated, can under increases when the items containing veg-

certain circumstances produce fire by sponta- etable oil or cooking oil are exposed to
neous combustion, heat. Heat sources, such as your clothes

3. Do not allow children to play on or in the appliance, dryer, can warm these items, allowing an

Close supervision of children is necessary when the oxidation reaction in the oil to occur.
appliance is used near children. Oxidation creates heat. If this heat cannot

4. Before the appliance is removed from service or dis- escape, the items can become hot enough
carded, remove the door to the drying compartment, to catch fire. Piling, stacking or storing

5. Do not reach into the appliance if the drum is mov- these kinds of items may prevent heat from
ing. escaping and can create a fire hazard.

6. Do not install or store this appliance where it will be All washed and unwashed fabrics that con-
exposed to the weather, tain vegetable oil or cooking oil can be dan-

7. Do not tamper with controls, gerous. Washing these items in hot water

8. Do not repair or replace any part of the appliance or
attempt any servicing unless specifically recom-

mended in published user-repair instructions that "cool down" cycle for these items to
you understand and have the skills to carry out. reduce the items' temperature. Never

9. Do not use fabric softeners or products to eliminate
static unless recommended for dryer use by the

manufacturer of the fabric softener or product.

10. Clean the lint screen before or after each load. they are hot.

dirt.

cleaned periodically by qualified service personnel.

Even after being washed, these items may

with extra detergent will reduce, but will

not eliminate, the hazard. Always use the

remove these items from the clothes dryer
hot or interrupt the drying cycle until the

items have run through the "cool down"
cycle. Never pile or stack these items when

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| • Dryer Exhaust "tips ..........................................

WJ_ItlING _ Plastic or nonmetal flexible duct presents a potential fire hazard.

Do Don't

Read the installation instructions Let a poor exhaust system cause
and the user's guide, slow drying.

Let your
dryer exhaust

the air easily. DON "t

Do

Restrict your dryer with a
poor exhaust system.

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Do Use plastic, thin

Use 4 inch diameter foil, or non-
rigid metal duct. Tape all joints, metal flexible

Never use lint-trapping screws.

duct.

Don't 0

Do Don't

Use longer than
Keep duct runs necessary duct
as straight as runs with many

possible. _ elbows.

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Do Allow crushed

or clogged

Clean all old ducts ducts and vent.
before installing your new

dryer. Be sure vent flap
opens and closes freely.

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