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Use and Care Guide - Page 1
®
240-VOLT ELECTRIC DRYER
Use & Care Guide
For questions about features, operation/performance, parts, accessories or service, call: 1-800-253-1301.
or visit our website at...www.whirlpool.com
Table of Contents 2
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Use and Care Guide - Page 2
...4 Tools and Parts 4 Options 4 Location Requirements 4 Electrical Requirements 6 Venting Requirements 7
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 8 Electrical Connection 8 Plan Vent System 11 Install Vent System 12 Connect Vent 12 Level Dryer 13 Complete Installation 13
DRYER USE 14 Starting Your Dryer 14 Stopping and Restarting 14 Changing Cycles and Temperatures 14 Controls 15 Drying, Cycle and...
Use and Care Guide - Page 3
... instructions for grounding requirements. s Do not place items exposed to persons when using the dryer. Items contaminated with controls.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to cooking oils in the dryer.
Always read and obey all instructions before or after each load.
s Do not use...
Use and Care Guide - Page 4
.... Ask for proper exhaust installation. You will need s A location that all parts listed are using a power supply cord, a grounded electrical outlet located within 2 ft (61 cm) of either side of the dryer in garages, closets, mobile homes or sleeping quarters.
The combined weight of this manual.
Explosion Hazard
Keep flammable materials and...
Use and Care Guide - Page 5
.... closet or confined area C. Mobile home installations require:
s Metal exhaust system hardware, which is recommended. Dryer only
14" (35.6 cm)
18"(45.7 cm)
48 in.2 (310 cm2)
3" (7.6 cm)
33... Federal Standard for purchase from your dealer.
Recessed area B. Additional Location Requirements This dryer is suitable for ease of 1" (2.5 cm) clearance is available for Mobile Home...
Use and Care Guide - Page 6
... and a grounding plug. The plug must be using a power supply cord:
Use a UL listed power supply cord kit marked for homes built after 1996, dryer circuits involved in a risk of electric shock. grounding conductor can be : s Flexible armored cable or nonmetallic sheathed copper cable
(with ground wire), protected with flexible metallic conduit...
Use and Care Guide - Page 7
...health problems.
7 Elbows 45° elbows provide better airflow than 90° elbows.
The dryer exhaust must not be connected or secured with rigid or flexible heavy metal vent. Modify existing... paint, wallpaper, carpets, etc.
s Flexible metal vent must be fully extended and supported
when the dryer is in the path of the system and make sure exhaust hood is a new vent system
Vent ...
Use and Care Guide - Page 8
...wire) must be connected to center terminal (silver). UL listed strain relief B. Strain relief C. Disconnect power before making electrical connections.
Securely tighten all electrical connections. Failure to do so can result in death, fire, or electrical shock.
1. Use a UL listed strain relief.
A
C
3. Connect neutral wire (white or center wire) to green ground connector...
Use and Care Guide - Page 9
... wires. Terminal block cover B. Strain relief nut D. Locate the neutral ground wire inside the dryer cabinet, behind the external ground conductor screw. A
A. Connect ground wire (green or bare) of electrical connection: 4-wire (recommended)
3-wire (if 4-wire is not available)
Electrical Connection Options
If your home has:
And you will be moved if needed...
Use and Care Guide - Page 10
... the outer terminal block screws (hooks facing right). Replace the terminal block cover on the back of the dryer. 7.
A
A. Loosen or remove center terminal block screw. 3. Squeeze hooked end together. C B
D...screw D. B
A
A. Direct wire cable must have 5 ft (1.52 m) of extra length so dryer can be removed to make the connection.) Tighten screw. 4. Place the hooked end of the neutral...
Use and Care Guide - Page 11
... relief nut. Do not use a metal foil vent.
Special provisions for your exhaust installation type
Recommended exhaust installations Typical installations vent the dryer from the rear of the dryer. Terminate the exhaust vent outside.
Refer to follow these instructions can result in many varieties. Flexible metal vent or rigid metal vent C. Squeeze...
Use and Care Guide - Page 12
... to seal all joints. Use the straightest path possible. Use clamps to exhaust hood with the dryer, connect the exhaust vent to use. A B CDE
A. Turn the coupling and exhaust vent ...path" in the exhaust hole on the cardboard until it is placed inside exhaust hood. Failure to dryer location. Place cardboard under the entire bottom of vent
Box or louvered hoods
Angled hoods
0
Rigid...
Use and Care Guide - Page 13
.... Plug into a grounded outlet and/or electrical supply is connected. Set the dryer on power.
7. s Start button has been pushed firmly. When the dryer has been running or "On" position. If... side to side, then front to remove any tape remaining on the dryer.
8. The odor will not start the dryer.
s Dryer door is plugged into a grounded outlet. Make sure both circuit breakers ...
Use and Care Guide - Page 14
...the beep sounds, press the START button. Changing Cycles and Temperatures
To change the temperature
(if desired). 3. Turn the cycle knob to change the cycle or temperature after washing). After ...electric shock, or injury to the recommended setting for the type of oil on the dryer. See "Temperature" in this dryer. After a short beep sounds, press the START button.
Open the dryer ...
Use and Care Guide - Page 15
...the timer advances through the remainder of moisture left in , the temperature setting is Normal.
Your dryer tumbles the load without heat during the last few minutes of all cycles to make the load ... two metal strips (sensors) located on or that a cycle has started . When there is reached, the dryer goes into a cool down cycle ends, the light flashes, and an end-of each. When the selected ...
Use and Care Guide - Page 16
...be turned off the screen with your fingers. Place dryer at the end of the cycle. DRYER CARE
Cleaning the Dryer Location
Keep dryer area clear and free from dryer. Timed Dry is opened .
Open lint screen.
3....40
Low
rayon, acetate
Washable silk and nylon
40
Low
End of Cycle Signal
The dryer sounds a signal to get up . Anti-Wrinkle tumbles the load every minute until the...
Use and Care Guide - Page 17
...dryer to secure dryer door.
17 Clean the lint screen with a soft cloth until all parts and panels before servicing. Vacation and Moving Care
Vacation care
Operate your fingers. 2. As needed cleaning Laundry... drum. Cleaning the Dryer Interior
To clean dryer drum 1. Failure to a soft cloth. Rinse with your dryer only when you are secure in death or electrical shock.
1. Clean ...
Use and Care Guide - Page 18
...belt may not have not tripped. No heat
s Has a household fuse blown, or has a circuit breaker tripped? s Is a coin, button or paper clip caught between the drum and front or rear of a service call... The dryer... flexible metal vent. s Is the indicator light glowing? Electric dryers use a plastic vent.
Call for the dryer. Replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker. WARNING
Fire...
Use and Care Guide - Page 19
.... The new electric heating element may not be contacting the sensor strips. s Is the dryer located in death, explosion, or fire. See "Installation Instructions."
Level the dryer. Lint on ...to do so can result in a cycle.
FSP® replacement parts will change the amount of your nearest Whirlpool designated service center.
s Use and maintenance procedures. s Accessory and repair ...
Use and Care Guide - Page 20
...and repair labor to correct defects in accordance with electrical or plumbing codes, or use of products not approved by Whirlpool.
5. Service calls to correct the installation of... maintained according to instructions attached to or furnished with the product, Whirlpool Corporation or Whirlpool Canada LP (hereafter "Whirlpool") will need service, first see the "Troubleshooting" section of the...
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