Maytag MEDZ600TB Use and Care Guide - Page 19

Vent

system

chart

NOTE:

Side and

bottom

exhaust

installations

have a 90 ° turn

inside

the

dryer.

To determine

maximum

exhaust

length,

add one

90 ° turn

to the

chart.

Number

of 90 °

Type of

Box or Iouvered

Angled

turns

or elbows

vent

hoods

hoods

0

Rigid

metal

64

ft (20

m)

58 ft (17.7

m)

Flexible

metal

36

ft (11

m)

28

ft (8.5

m/

1

Rigid metal

54 ft (16.5

m)

48 ft (14.6

m)

Flexible

metal

31

ft (9.4 m)

23 ft (7 m)

2

Rigid metal

44

ft (13.4

m)

38 ft (11.6

m)

Flexible

metal

27

ft (8.2 m)

19 ff (5.8

m)

3

Rigid

metal

35

ft (10.7

m)

29 ft (8.8

m)

Flexible

metal

25

ft (7.6 m)

17 ff (5.2

m)

4

Rigid metal

27

ft (8.2 m)

21 ff (6.4

m)

Flexible

metal

23

ft (7 m)

15 ff (4.6

m)

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.

lb

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.

Examine

the

leveling

legs.

Find the

diamond

marking.

1

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.

1.

Ushlg

a

4" (10.2

cm)

clamp,

connect

vent

to exhaust

outlet

in dryer.

If

connecting

to

existing

vent,

make sure

the vent

is clean.

The dryer

vent

must fit over

the dryer

exhaust

outlet

and

inside

the exhaust

hood.

Check

that

the vent

is secured

to exhaust

hood

with

a

4" (10.2

cm)

clamp.

2.

Move

dryer

into

its final

location.

Do

not

crush

or kink

vent.

3.

(On

gas models)

Check

that

there

are no kinks

in the flexible

gas line.

4.

Once

the

exhaust

vent

connection

is made,

remove

the

corner

posts

and

cardboard.

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Check

the

levelness

of the dryer.

Check

levelness

first side

to side,

then

front

to

back.

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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.

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