Whirlpool WGD8300S Use and Care Manual - Page 12

NOTE: For LP gas connections

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3. Examine the leveling legs. Find the diamond marking. A combination of pipe fittings must be used to connect the dryer to the existing gas line. Shown is a recommended connection. Your connection may be different, according to the supply line type, size and location. 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 reference the service numbers in the "Assistance or Service" section of this manual. ! \ C A. _" flexible gas connector B. _" dryerpipe C. _" to _" pipe elbow D. _" pipe-to-flare adapter fitting 3= Open the shutoff valve in the supply line. The valve is open when the handle is parallel to the gas pipe. 1= Remove the red cap from the gas pipe. 2. Using a wrench to tighten, connect the gas supply to the dryer. Use pipe-joint compound on the threads of all nonflared male fittings. If flexible metal tubing is used, be sure there are no kinks. A. Closed valve B. Open valve 4= Test all connections by brushing on an approved noncorrosive leak-detection solution. Bubbles will show a leak. Correct any leak found. A B A. Flared male fitting B. Non-flared 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. 1. Using 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. 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. t®TEFLON is a registered trademark of E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company. 12

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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 reference the service numbers
in
the "Assistance
or Service"
section of this manual.
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
.............................
_
_
............................
B
A. Flared
male fitting
B. Non-flared
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.
3=
4=
A combination
of pipe fittings
must be used to connect
the
dryer to the existing
gas line. Shown is a recommended
connection.
Your connection
may be different,
according
to
the supply
line type, size and location.
!
\
C
A.
_"
flexible
gas connector
B.
_"
dryerpipe
C.
_"
to
_"
pipe
elbow
D.
_"
pipe-to-flare
adapter
fitting
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
Test all connections
by brushing
on an approved
noncorrosive
leak-detection
solution.
Bubbles
will show a
leak. Correct
any leak found.
1.
Using 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.
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.
t®TEFLON
is a registered
trademark
of E.I. Du Pont
De Nemours
and Company.
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