Kenmore 9787 Installation Instructions - Page 12

NOTE: For LP gas connections

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1, Install exhaust hood. Use caulking compound to seal exterior wall opening around exhaust hood. 2. Connect vent to exhaust hood. Vent must fit inside exhaust hood. Secure vent to exhaust hood with 4" (10.2 cm) clamp. 3. 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, I _!!!_,',ii/i__!!:ii_ii!_:i/_:liii_¸ld_i_iiiii{ii!_ii/i!ii:i_ii¸;i":ii_;_ii Properly leveling your laundry center avoids excessive noise and vibration. 1. Check the levelness of the laundry center by placing a level on the top edge of the washer, first side to side, then front to back. 2. If the laundry center is not level, prop up the front with the wood block and adjust the feet up or down as necessary. Remove wood block, 1, Remove the red cap from the flexible gas connector. 2. Remove the r/2" NPT adapter from the flexible gas connector. (It will be necessary to use two adjustable wrenches.) 3, Install the adapter on the 1/2"rigid gas supply pipe using pipe- joint compound, A. F2"rigid gas supply pipe B. Use pipe-joint compound. C. F," NPT adapter D. Do not use pipe-joint compound. E. Flexible gas connector NOTE: For LP gas connections, you must use pipe-joint compound resistant to the action of LP gas, Do not use TEFLON _ tape, 4, Attach the flexible gas connector to the r/2" NPT adapter. Do not use pipe-joint compound for this connection. There should be a natural loop in the flexible gas connector. The flexible gas connector must not be twisted, kinked or attached with any sharp bends. 3, Tilt the laundry center forward until the rear of the laundry center is at least 4" (10.2 cm) off the floor. You may hear the self-adjusting rear feet click into place, Lower the laundry center to the floor. Check the levelness of the laundry center with a level as shown above. If laundry center will not level, recheck rear leveling legs for free movement as described in the "Install Leveling Legs" section. Repeat until the laundry center is level. NOTE: It may be necessary to level the laundry center again after it is moved into its final location. 4, After the laundry center is in the final location and level, use an adjustable or open-end wrench to turn the nuts on the front feet tightly against the washer cabinet. If the nuts are not tight against the washer cabinet, the laundry center may vibrate. UY 5. All connections must be wrench tightened. 6. Open the shutoff valve in the supply line, The valve is open when the handle is parallel to the gas pipe, A. Closed valve B. Open valve 7, Test all connections by brushing on an approved noncorrosive leak-detection solution. Bubbles will show a leak. Correct any leak found. 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,
I _!!!_,',i/_!!:_!:i_
ii _!iiii_/:liii_ldi_i{!_
¸_iiiiiiiii/!:_;ii
_iiiiiii:_;_ii
¸"
Properly
leveling your laundry center avoids excessive
noise and
vibration.
1.
Check the levelness of the laundry
center by placing a level
on the top
edge of the washer, first side to side, then front to
back.
2.
If the laundry center is not level, prop
up the front with the
wood
block and adjust the feet up or down
as necessary.
Remove wood
block,
3,
4,
Tilt the laundry center forward
until the rear of the laundry
center is at least 4" (10.2 cm) off the floor. You may hear the
self-adjusting
rear feet click into place, Lower the laundry
center to the floor. Check the levelness of the laundry center
with a level as shown
above.
If laundry center will not level, recheck
rear leveling
legs for
free movement
as described
in the "Install Leveling
Legs"
section.
Repeat until the laundry center is level.
NOTE:
It may be necessary
to level the laundry center again
after it is moved
into its final location.
After the laundry center is in the final location
and level, use
an adjustable
or open-end
wrench
to turn the nuts on the
front feet tightly
against
the washer cabinet.
If the nuts are not tight against the washer cabinet,
the
laundry center may vibrate.
1,
2.
3,
Remove the red cap from the flexible gas connector.
Remove the r/2" NPT adapter
from the flexible
gas connector.
(It will be necessary
to use two adjustable
wrenches.)
Install the adapter
on the 1/2"rigid gas supply
pipe using pipe-
joint compound,
A.
F2"
rigid gas
supply
pipe
B. Use pipe-joint compound.
C.
F,"
NPT adapter
D. Do not use pipe-joint compound.
E. Flexible gas connector
4,
NOTE: For LP gas connections,
you must use pipe-joint
compound
resistant to the action of LP gas, Do not use
TEFLON _
tape,
Attach the flexible
gas connector
to the r/2" NPT adapter. Do
not use pipe-joint
compound
for this connection.
There should
be a natural loop in the flexible
gas connector.
The flexible
gas connector
must not be twisted,
kinked
or
attached
with any sharp bends.
U
Y
5.
All connections
must be wrench
tightened.
6.
Open the shutoff
valve in the supply
line, The valve is open
when the handle
is parallel to the gas pipe,
7,
A. Closed valve
B. Open valve
Test all connections
by brushing
on an approved
noncorrosive
leak-detection
solution.
Bubbles
will show a
leak. Correct
any leak found.
1-®TEFLON
is a registered
trademark
of E.I. Du Pont De Nemours
and Company.
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