Whirlpool WED7500GC Use & Care

Use & Care Guide Guide d’utilisation et d’entretien

Electronic Dryer Sécheuse électronique

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Table of Contents

DRYER SAFETY .......................................................................2

CHECK YOUR VENT SYSTEM FOR GOOD AIRFLOW ............ 4

CONTROL PANEL AND FEATURES ......................................... 5

CYCLE GUIDE .......................................................................... 6

USING YOUR DRYER ..............................................................8

DRYER CARE .........................................................................10

TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................................12

WARRANTY ............................................................................14

ASSISTANCE OR SERVICE ..................................... Back Cover

Dryer Safety

Table de matières

SÉCURITÉ DE LA SÉCHEUSE ............................................... 15

VÉRIFICATION D’UNE CIRCULATION D’AIR ADÉQUATE

POUR LE SYSTÈME D’ÉVACUATION .................................... 17

TABLEAU DE COMMANDE ET CARACTÉRISTIQUES ..........18

GUIDE DES PROGRAMMES .................................................. 19

UTILISATION DE LA SÉCHEUSE ...........................................22

ENTRETIEN DE LA SÉCHEUSE ............................................. 24

DÉPANNAGE ..........................................................................26

GARANTIE .............................................................................. 30

ASSISTANCE OU SERVICE ........................... Couverture arrière

WARNING:

FIRE OR EXPLOSION HAZARD Failure to follow safety warnings exactly could result in serious injury, death, or property

damage.

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

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WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS:

Do not try to light any appliance.

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Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use any phone in your building.

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Clear the room, building, or area of all occupants.

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Immediately call your gas supplier from a neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas supplier’s

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instructions. If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the re department.

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Installation and service must be performed by a qualied installer, service agency, or the gas supplier.

Check Your Vent System For Good Airow

Maintain good airow by:

■ Cleaning your lint screen before each load.

■ Replace plastic or foil vent material

with 4" (102 mm) diameter heavy, rigid vent material.

■ Use the shortest length of vent possible.

■ Use no more than four 90° elbows in a vent system;

each bend and curve reduces airow.

Good

Better

Good airow

Along with heat, dryers require good airow to efciently dry laundry. Proper venting will reduce your drying times and improve your energy savings. See Installation Instructions.

The venting system attached to the dryer plays a big role in good airow. Blocked or crushed vents as well as improper venting installation will reduce airow and dryer performance.

Service calls caused by improper venting are not covered by the warranty and will be paid by the customer, regardless of who installed the dryer. To clean or repair venting, contact a venting specialist.

■ Remove lint and debris from the exhaust hood.

■ Remove lint from the entire length of the vent system

at least every two years. When cleaning is complete, be sure to follow the Installation Instructions supplied with your dryer for nal product check.

■ Clear away items from the front of the dryer.

What To Dry and How To Dry? for better fabric care and energy savings.

By answering these questions, you can achieve the most energy savings and enhanced fabric care from your dryer. Using these automatic cycles, the drying air temperature and moisture levels are sensed in the load. This sensing process occurs throughout the entire drying cycle and turns off once the load reaches your selected dryness level. Using a dryness level between Less and More provides the optimal energy savings.

If Timed Dry is your answer, the dryer runs for the amount of time you select, which sometimes results in shrinkage, wrinkling, and static due to overdrying. Use Timed Dry for the occasional damp load that needs a little more drying time or when using the drying rack.

Control Panel and Features

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NOTE: The control panel features a sensitive surface that responds to a light touch of your nger. To ensure your selections are

registered, touch the control panel with your nger tip, not your ngernail. When selecting a setting or option, simply touch its name.

POWER

Touch to turn the dryer on and off. Touch to stop/cancel a cycle at any time.

WHAT TO DRY/HOW TO DRY

First select a cycle from the “What to Dry” (automatic cycles) and then select the “How to Dry” to get the best combination cycle available for the type of items you are going to dry. See the “Cycle Guide” chart for cycle details.

START/PAUSE

Touch and hold until the LED comes on to start a cycle, or touch once while a cycle is in process to pause it.

MODIFIERS

Use to select available modiers for your dryer.

Temperature

When using a Timed Dry cycle, you may select a dry temperature based on the type of load you are drying, except for the Sanitize cycle. Use the warmest setting safe for the garments in the load. Follow garment label instructions. NOTE: automatic cycles will give you up to three temperatures to adjust and it varies, depending on the “What to Dry” or “How to Dry” selections that have been made.

Dryness

You may adjust the Dryness on automatic cycles (except for the Sanitize cycle), if desired. NOTE: Dryness is for use with automatic cycles only.

+\- Timed Dry Adjust

Touch “+” or “–” with a Timed Dry cycle to increase or decrease the length of the cycle.

SANITIZE

This is a long cycle with high heat, that has been proven to reduce household bacteria. This cycle is not recommended for all fabrics. Use for loads of heavyweight fabrics.

LED DISPLAY

When you select a cycle, its default settings will light up and the estimated time remaining (for automatic cycles) will vary depending on “What to Dry” and “How to Dry” selections or actual time remaining for Timed Dry cycles (for manual cycles) will be displayed.

OPTIONS

Use to select available options for your dryer.

Drum Light

Select Drum Light to turn on the light inside the dryer drum. When touched during a cycle, or when the dryer is not running, the Drum Light turns on and will remain on until Drum Light is touched again, the door is opened and closed, a cycle is started, or the door is left open for 5 minutes. Touch Drum Light at any time to turn the drum light on or off.

Wrinkle Shield

If you will be unable to remove a load immediately, touch Wrinkle Shield™ to add up to 150 minutes of periodic tumbling to help reduce wrinkling.

Signal

Use this to turn the signal indicating the end of a drying cycle to low, high, or off. The volume you select here will also be applied to the Damp Dry Signal. NOTE: You may also turn off the tones that sound when a feature, setting, or option is touched. Touch and hold Signal for about 3 seconds to turn sounds to low, high, or off.

Damp Dry Signal

Touch to select the Damp Dry Signal. The volume will be the same sound level as the “Signal” option indicates. When selected, a series of beeps will sound when the load is damp, but not completely dry. This will allow you to take clothes out of the load that do not need to dry completely. This option is available on some cycles. The Damp Dry Signal is selected as a default for the Bedding/Bulky cycle, as a reminder to manually reposition bulky loads midway through the cycle.

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Cycle Guide

The Whirlpool® dryer has a unique user interface to help you select the best cycle you need for your load. The “What to Dry”/ “How to Dry” layout guides you to the optimal cycle in two easy steps:

First determine what items are in the load that you are trying to dry. Use that to guide your “What to Dry” selection. Then determine how you want the dryer to dry them by selecting the appropriate “How to Dry” selection.

To get the most energy savings and enhanced fabric care from your dryer, use the automatic cycles. These cycles measure the drying air temperature and moisture levels to turn the dryer off once the load reaches the selected dryness level. Dryer performance and results may vary with service voltage less than 240.

For best fabric care, choose the cycle that best ts the load being dried.

R – Recommended Cycle a – Alternate Cycle

Blank – Cycle is available but not optimal.

What do you want

to dry?

Baby Clothes Cottons R Handkerchiefs a a R Pajamas R Shorts/Pants R Towels-Normal R a Sheets R T-Shirts R Business Casual Casuals R Cotton Drapes R Dress Shirts/Pants R Machine Wash

Curtains Napkins R a No-Iron Fabrics R Tablecloth R Athletic/High

Performance Wear Bras R Fabric Shower

Curtain Lingerie R Sheers R Undergarments a R Wool R Jeans Jeans R a Fashion/Dark Jeans a R Work Jeans a R a Dish Cloths Towels a R a Non-Rubber Lined

Rugs and Mats Sweatshirts R Towels a R a

“What to dry”

Cycle Selection

Normal Quick Delicate Heavy Duty Timed Dry

Regular Set amount

of dry time

Automatic Sensor cycle stops when dryness level is reached.

a R

Dryer runs for the amount of time selected.

How do you want to dry? Sanitize*

“How to Dry” Cycle Selection

Lower Heat High Heat

longer cycle

Automatic Sensor cycle stops when dryness level is reached.

Set amount

of dry time

Dryer runs for the amount of time selected.

Hot High

Heat

Used to kill 99.9% of three common bacteria.

For best fabric care, choose the cycle that best ts the load being dried.

R – Recommended Cycle a – Alternate Cycle

Blank – Cycle is available but not optimal.

What do you want

to dry?

“What to dry”

Cycle Selection

Normal Quick Delicate Heavy Duty Timed Dry

Regular Set amount

of dry time

Automatic Sensor cycle stops when

Dryer runs for the amount of

time selected. dryness level is reached.

How do you want to dry? Sanitize*

“How to Dry” Cycle Selection

Lower Heat High Heat

longer cycle

Automatic Sensor cycle stops when dryness level is reached.

Set amount

of dry time

Dryer runs for the amount of time selected.

Blankets Bedding/Bulky R Coats and Jackets R Comforters R Fabric Rugs R Heavy Drapes R Pet Bedding R Pillows - Fiber Fill R Sleeping Bags R Stuffed Animals R Feather Pillows Air Only† Plastic Shower

Curtains

(available only

on Timed Dry

cycle)

Rubber and Rubber backed rugs and mats

Vinyl Table Cloths R

Hot High

Heat

Used to kill 99.9% of three common bacteria.

R R

*Extended high-heat drying cycle intended to help sanitize items such as sheets and towels. This cycle is not recommended

for all fabrics. For best results, this cycle should be run to completion without interruption to ensure sanitization.

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Air Only is not a “What to Dry” cycle selection. To get Air Only, select Timed Dry and set Temperature to No Heat.

NOTE: Government energy certications for this model were based on the Cotton / Timed Dry cycle with the Maximum temperature setting. The as - shipped defaults of Cottons / Normal cycle, Temperature setting of four out of ve dots, Dryness level setting of three out of four dots, and wrinkle shield were not used.

Using Your Dryer

WARNING: To reduce the risk of re, electric shock, or injury to persons, read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS before operating this appliance.

1. Clean the lint screen

Clean the lint screen before each load. Pull the lint screen out of its holder. Roll lint off the screen with your ngers. Do not rinse or wash screen to remove lint. Push the lint screen rmly back into place.

For additional cleaning information, see “Dryer Care.”

2. Load the dryer

Open the door by pulling on the handle. Place laundry in the dryer. Add a dryer sheet to the wet load, if desired. Close the door.

IMPORTANT: Do not tightly pack the dryer. Items need to tumble freely. Tightly packing can lead to poor drying performance and may increase wrinkling and tangling.

3. Touch POWER

Touch POWER to turn on the dryer.

4. Select type of load to dry

First select a cycle from “What to Dry” (Automatic cycles) and then select “How to Dry” to get the best combination cycle available for the type of items you are going to dry. You may also select the Sanitize cycle for a long, high-heat cycle which has been proven to reduce household bacteria. The Sanitize cycle overrides previous selections and cannot be modied. See the “Cycle Guide” chart for cycle details. Not all cycles are available on all models.

Automatic Cycles:

You can select a different dryness level depending on your load. Touch DRYNESS to scroll from Less to More. Selecting Less to More automatically adjusts the dryness level at which the dryer will shut off. Dryness level can be changed in the rst 5-8 minutes of the cycle.

Automatic cycles give the best drying in the shortest time. Drying time varies based on fabric type, load size, and dryness setting.

NOTE: Automatic cycles will give you up to three temperatures to adjust and it varies, depending on the “What to Dry” or “How to Dry” selections that have been made.

TIMED DRY Cycle:

When you select Timed Dry, the default time appears in the display. Touch “+” and “–” to increase or decrease the time in 1 minute increments. Touch and hold to change the time in 5 minute increments.

The default temperature may be changed by touching Temperature until the desired dry temperature is lit.

Adjust cycle modiers, if desired

You may adjust different settings, depending on what you are drying and how you are going to dry the items. Selecting Sanitize will override all other modiers. See the “Cycle Guide” for detailed information.

NOTE: Not all options and modiers are available with all cycles.

Select any additional options

Add additional options such as Drum Light, Wrinkle Shield™, Signal, and/or Damp Dry Signal by touching that option. If you will be unable to remove the load promptly, select Wrinkle

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Shield

before touching START/PAUSE.

NOTE: Not all options and settings are available with all cycles.

Touch and hold START/PAUSE

to begin cycle

Remove garments promptly

after cycle is nished

Promptly remove garments after cycle has completed to reduce wrinkling.

Changing the Automatic Cycle settings to increase or decrease drying time

If all your loads on all Automatic cycles are consistently less dry or more dry than you would like, you may change the default settings to increase or decrease the default dryness level.

Your automatic drying settings can be adjusted to adapt to different installations, environmental conditions, or personal preference. This change is retained and will affect all of your Automatic cycles, not just the current cycle/load. There are ve drying settings, which are displayed using the LED display:

0 Much wetter clothes, 30% less drying time. 1 Slightly wetter clothes, 15% less drying time. 2 Factory preset dryness level. 3 Slightly drier clothes, 15% more drying time. 4 Much drier clothes, 30% more drying time.

To change the drying settings:

1. Before starting a cycle, touch and hold DRYNESS

for 6 seconds.

2. Touch DRYNESS to select the dryness level shown

in the time display: 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4.

3. Touch START/PAUSE to save the new dryness

level setting.

NOTE: The settings cannot be changed while the dryer is running or paused. The dryer must be in standby mode (power is off) to adjust the default settings.

Touch and hold START/PAUSE to begin the cycle.

Dryer Care

CLEANING THE DRYER LOCATION

Keep dryer area clear and free from items that would block the airow for proper dryer operation. This includes clearing piles of laundry in front of the dryer.

CLEANING THE DRYER INTERIOR

To clean dryer drum:

1. Use a mild hand dish detergent mixed at a low

concentration with very warm water, and rub with a soft cloth.

2. Rinse well with a wet sponge or towel.

3. Tumble a load of clean clothes or towels to dry drum

OR Use a microber cloth and hot water in a spray bottle

to clean the drum and a second microber towel to dry.

NOTE: Garments that contain unstable dyes, such as denim blue jeans or brightly colored cotton items, may discolor the rear of the dryer interior. These stains are not harmful to your dryer and will not stain future loads of clothes. Dry unstable dye items inside out to avoid transfer of dye.

REMOVING ACCUMULATED LINT

CLEANING THE LINT SCREEN

Every load cleaning

The lint screen is located in the bottom of the dryer. A screen blocked by lint can increase drying time.

To clean:

1. Pull the lint screen out of its holder. Roll lint off the

screen with your ngers. Do not rinse or wash screen to remove lint. Wet lint is hard to remove.

2. Push the lint screen rmly back into place. IMPORTANT:

■ Do not run the dryer with the lint screen loose,

damaged, blocked, or missing. Doing so can cause overheating and damage to both the dryer and fabrics.

■ If lint falls off the screen into the dryer during removal,

check the exhaust hood and remove the lint. See the “Venting Requirements” section in the Installation Instructions.

As needed cleaning

Laundry detergent and fabric softener residue can build up on the lint screen. This buildup can cause longer drying times for your clothes, or cause the dryer to stop before your load is completely dry. The screen is probably clogged if lint falls off while the screen is in the dryer.

Clean the lint screen with a nylon brush every 6 months, or more frequently, if it becomes clogged due to a residue buildup.

To wash:

1. Roll lint off the screen with your ngers.

2. Wet both sides of lint screen with hot water.

3. Wet a nylon brush with hot water and liquid detergent.

Scrub lint screen with the brush to remove residue buildup.

From inside the dryer cabinet

Lint should be removed every two years, or more often, depending on dryer usage. Cleaning should be done by a qualied appliance servicer or ventilation system cleaner.

From the exhaust vent

Lint should be removed every two years, or more often, depending on dryer usage.

4. Rinse screen with hot water.

5. Thoroughly dry lint screen with a clean towel.

Reinstall screen in dryer.

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