Tricity Bendix TM 221 W User Manual

TM 221 W

136905580-01

Contents

	Important Safety Information	3	Service & Spare Parts	8
	Use	5	Guarantee Conditions	9
	Control panel	5	Installation	10
	Use of controls	5	Positioning	10
	Drying Times	6
			Levelling	11
	Drying	7
			Door reversal	11
	Useful hints	7
			Electrical connections	12
	Maintenance and Cleaning	8
	External cleaning	8
	Cleaning the door	8
	Cleaning the filter	8
	Something not working?	8

Technical Specifications

DIMENSIONS		Height	85 cm (33.5”)
		Width	60 cm (23.6”)
		Depth	57 cm (22.4”)
ELECTRICAL CONNECTION		Voltage	230 - 240 V/50 Hz
		Max. power absorbed	2250 W (10A)
DRYING CAPACITY		Cotton, linen	6.0 kg (11 lb)
		Synthetics	3 kg (5 lb)
CONSUMPTIONS		Cotton, linen	3,3 kWh		(6.0 kg store dry)
		Cotton, linen	2,6	kWh	(6.0. kg iron dry)
		Synthetics	1.18	kWh	(3 kg store dry)

This appliance complies with the following E.E.C. Directives:

-73/23 EEC of 19.2.73 (Low Voltage Directive) and subsequent modifications;

-89/336 EEC of 3.5.89 (Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive) and subsequent modifications.

Stacking kit (optional accessory)

It should be possible to stack your new dryer on top of a front loading washing machine with a worktop depth of between 48 and 60 cm.

The instructions are supplied with the kit.

Please contact your Local Service Force Centre for further advice.

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Important Safety Information

In the interest of your safety and to ensure the correct use, before installing and first using the appliance, read this user manual carefully, including its hints and warnings. To avoid unnecessary mistakes and accidents, it is important to ensure that all people using the appliance are thoroughly familiar with its operation and safety features. Save these instructions and make sure that they remain with the appliance if it is moved or sold, so that everyone using it through its life will be properly informed on appliance use and safety.

General safety

•It is dangerous to alter the specifications or attempt to modify this product in any way.

•This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.

•Make sure that small pets do not climb into the drum. To avoid this, please check into the drum before using.

•Any objects such as coins, safety pins, nails, screws, stones or any other hard, sharp material can cause extensive damage and must not be placed into the machine.

•In order to avoid danger of fires caused by excessive drying, do not use appliance to dry the following items: Cushions, quilts and the like (these items accumulate heat).

•Items such as foam rubber (latex foam), shower caps, waterproof textiles, rubber backed articles and clothes or pillows fitted with foam rubber pads should not be dried in the tumble dryer.

•Always unplug the appliance after use, cleaning and maintenance.

•Under no circumstances should you attempt to repair the machine yourself. Repairs carried out by inexperienced persons may cause injury or serious malfunctioning. Contact your local Service Centre. Always insist on genuine spare parts.

•Items that have been soiled with substances such as cooking oil acetone, petrol, kerosene, spot removers, turpentine, waxes and wax removers should be washed in hot water with an extra amount of detergent before being dried in the tumble dryer.

•Danger of explosion: Never tumble dry items that have been in contact with inflammable solvents

(petrol, methylated spirits, dry cleaning fluid and the like). As these substance are volatile, they could cause an explosion. Only tumble dry items washed with water.

•Risk of fire: items that have been spotted or soaked with vegetable or cooking oil constitute a fire hazard and should not be placed in the tumble dryer.

•If you have washed your laundry with stain remover you must execute an extra rinse cycle before loading your tumble dryer.

•Please make sure that no gas lighters or matches have accidentally been left in pockets of garments to be loaded into appliance

WARNING!

Never stop a tumble dry before the end of the drying cycle unless all items are quickly removed and spread out so that the heat is dissipated.

RISK OF FIRE!

Installation

•This appliance is heavy. Care should be taken when moving it.

•When unpacking the appliance, check that it is not damaged. If in doubt, do not use it and contact the Service Centre.

•All packing must be removed before use. Serious damage can occur to the product and to property if this is not adhered to. See relevant section in the user manual.

•The final part of a tumble dryer cycle occurs without heat ( cool down cycle ) to ensure that the items are left at a temperature that ensures that items will not be damaged.

•Any electrical work required to install this appliance should be carried out by a qualified electrician or competent person.

•Care must be taken to ensure that the appliance does not stand on the electrical supply cable.

•If the machine is situated on a carpeted floor, please adjust the feet in order to allow air to circulate freely under the appliance.

•After having installed the appliance, check that it is not pressing or standing on its electrical supply cable, inlet hose and drain hose.

•If the tumble dryer is placed on top of a washing machine, it is compulsory to use the stacking kit (optional accessory).

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Use

•This appliance is designed for domestic use. It must not be used for purposes other than those for which it was designed.

•Only wash fabrics which are designed to be machine dried. Follow the instructions on each garment label.

•Do not dry unwashed items in the tumble dryer.

•Do not overload the appliance. See the relevant section in the user manual.

•Clothes which are dripping wet should not be placed in the dryer.

•Garments which have been in contact with volatile petroleum products should not be machine dried. If volatile cleaning fluids are used, care should be taken to ensure that the fluid is removed from the garment before placing in the machine.

•Never pull the power supply cable to remove the plug from the socket; always take hold of the plug itself.

•Never use the tumble dryer if the power supply cable, the control panel, the working surface or the base are damaged so that the inside of the tumble dryer is accessible.

•Fabric softeners, or similar products should be used as specified by the fabric softener instructions.

Child safety

•This machine is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons without supervision.

•Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.

•The packaging components (e.g. plastic film, polystyrene) can be dangerous to children - danger of suffocation! Keep them out of children’s reach.

•Keep all detergents in a safe place out of children’s reach.

•Make sure that children or pets do not climb into the drum.

Service / Repair

●Under no circumstances should you attempt to repair the machine yourself. Repairs carried out by inexperienced persons may cause injury or serious malfunctioning. Refer to your local Tricity Bendix Service Centre. Always insist on genuine Tricity Bendix spare parts.

Environment Protection

●The materials used on this appliance marked with the symbol are recyclable.

This means that they can be recycled by disposing of them properly in appropriate collection containers.

●If you take your appliance to a refuse disposal site, cut off the power cable flush with the appliance to avoid the danger of the appliance being re-used, and disable the door catch to prevent children from becoming trapped inside.

Old appliance

The symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product may not be treated as household waste. Instead it should be taken to the appropriate collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly, you will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health, which could otherwise be caused by in appropriate waste handling of this product. For more detailed information about recycling of this product, please contact your local council,, your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product.

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