Kenmore 9787 Use and Care Guide - Page 12

Kenmore 9787 - Elite HE3 7.0 cu. Ft. Gas Dryer Manual

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For mobile home use Gas dryers must be securely fastened to the floor at the time of installation. 1. 2. 3. Install exhaust hood. Use caulking compound to seal exterior wall opening around exhaust hood. Connect vent to exhaust hood. Vent must fit inside exhaust hood. Secure vent to exhaust hood with 4" (10.2 cm) clamp. Run vent to dryer location. Use the straightest path possible. See "Determine vent path" in "Plan Vent System." Avoid 90 ° turns. Use clamps to seal all joints. Do not use duct tape, screws or other fastening devices that extend into the interior of the vent to secure vent. Mobile home installations require a Mobile Home Installation Kit. For more information, please call 1-800-4-MY-HOME ® (1-800-469-4663). Check the levelness of the dryer. Check levelness first side to side, then front to back. Excessive Weight Hazard dryer. Use two or more people to move and install Failure to do so can result in back or other injury. 1. To protect the floor, use a large flat piece of cardboard from the dryer carton. Place cardboard under the entire back edge of the dryer. Firmly grasp the body of the dryer (not the console panel). Gently lay the dryer on the cardboard. See illustration. If the dryer is not level, prop up the dryer using a wood block. Use a wrench to adjust the legs up or down and check again for levelness. 2. 1= Remove the red cap from the gas pipe. Using dryer. flared there a wrench to tighten, connect the gas supply to the Use pipe-joint compound on the threads of all nonmale fittings. If flexible metal tubing is used, be sure are no kinks. 2. A ... 3. Examine the leveling legs. Find the diamond marking. 4. Screw the legs into the leg holes by hand. Use a wrench to finish turning the legs until the diamond marking is no longer visible. Place a carton corner post from dryer packaging under each of the 2 dryer back corners. Stand the dryer up. Slide the dryer on the corner posts until it is close to its final location. Leave enough room to connect the exhaust vent or gas line. A. Flared male fitting B. Non-fiared male fitting 5. NOTE: For LP gas connections, you must use pipe-joint compound resistant to the action of LP gas. Do not use TEFLON °t tape. 1-®TEFLON is a registered trademark of E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company• 12

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1.
2.
3.
Install exhaust
hood. Use caulking
compound
to seal exterior
wall opening
around
exhaust
hood.
Connect
vent to exhaust
hood. Vent must fit inside exhaust
hood.
Secure vent to exhaust
hood with
4" (10.2 cm) clamp.
Run vent to dryer location.
Use the straightest
path possible.
See "Determine
vent
path"
in "Plan Vent System."
Avoid 90°
turns.
Use clamps
to seal all joints.
Do not use duct tape,
screws
or other fastening
devices
that extend
into the interior
of the vent to secure vent.
Excessive
Weight
Hazard
Use two
or more
people
to
move
and
install
dryer.
Failure
to do so can
result
in back or other
injury.
1.
To protect
the floor, use a large flat piece
of cardboard
from
the dryer carton.
Place cardboard
under
the entire back edge
of the dryer.
2.
Firmly
grasp the body
of the dryer
(not the console
panel).
Gently lay the dryer
on the cardboard.
See illustration.
3.
Examine
the leveling
legs. Find the diamond
marking.
4.
Screw the legs into the leg holes by hand. Use a wrench
to
finish turning
the legs until the diamond
marking
is no longer
visible.
5.
Place a carton
corner
post from dryer packaging
under each
of the 2 dryer back corners.
Stand the dryer
up. Slide the
dryer on the corner
posts
until
it is close to its final
location.
Leave enough
room to connect
the exhaust
vent or gas line.
For mobile
home
use
Gas dryers must
be securely
fastened
to the floor
at the time of
installation.
Mobile
home installations
require a Mobile
Home
Installation
Kit.
For more information,
please
call
1-800-4-MY-HOME
®
(1-800-469-4663).
Check
the levelness
of the dryer. Check
levelness
first
side to side, then front to back.
If the dryer is not level, prop
up the dryer
using a wood
block.
Use a wrench
to adjust
the legs up or down
and check
again for
levelness.
1=
2.
Remove
the red cap from the gas pipe.
Using
a wrench
to tighten,
connect
the gas supply
to the
dryer. Use pipe-joint
compound
on the threads
of all non-
flared male fittings.
If flexible
metal tubing
is used, be sure
there are no kinks.
A
.........
A. Flared
male fitting
B. Non-fiared
male
fitting
NOTE:
For LP gas connections,
you must use pipe-joint
compound
resistant
to the action
of LP gas. Do not use
TEFLON °t tape.
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1-®TEFLON
is a registered
trademark
of E.I.
Du Pont De Nemours
and
Company•