Electrolux ELFG7437AG Complete Owners Guide - Page 13

13 PRE-INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS WARNING WARNING FIRE HAZARD • A clothes dryer must be exhausted outdoors. • DO NOT exhaust dryer into a chimney, a wall, a ceiling, an attic, a crawl space or any concealed space of a building. • A clothes dryer produces combustible lint. If the dryer is not exhausted outdoors, some fine lint will be expelled into the laundry area. An accumulation of lint in any area of the home can create a health and fire hazard. • The dryer must be connected to an exhaust outdoors. • Regularly inspect the outdoor exhaust opening and remove any accumulation of lint around the outdoor exhaust opening and in the surrounding area. WARNING FIRE HAZARD • DO NOT allow combustible materials (for example: clothing, draperies/ curtains, paper) to come in contact with exhaust system. The dryer MUST NOT be exhausted into any gas vent a chimney, a wall, a ceiling, or any concealed space of a building which can accumulate lint, resulting in a fire hazard. • DO NOT screen the exhaust ends of the vent system, or use any screws, rivets or other fasteners that extend into the duct to assemble the exhaust system. No screen, grate, or guard of any mesh size is allowed to cover the exhaust opening. Lint can become caught in the screen, grate, guard, or on the screws or rivets, clogging the duct work and creating a fire hazard as well as increasing drying times. Use an approved vent hood to terminate the duct outdoors, and seal all joints with metal foil tape. All male duct pipe fittings MUST be installed downstream with the flow of air. FIRE HAZARD Never exceed more than 4-90˚ elbows in the exhaust duct system. Exceeding the length of duct pipe or number of elbows allowed in the "MAXIMUM LENGTH" charts can cause an accumulation of lint in the exhaust system. Plugging the system could create a fire hazard, as well as increase drying times. MAXIMUM LENGTH of 4" (102 mm) Rigid Metal Duct VENT HOOD TYPE (Preferred) Max. Number of 90° turns 4" (10.2 cm) louvered 2.5" (6.35 cm) 0 125 ft. (38 m) 110 ft. (33.5 m) 1 115 ft. (35 m) 100 ft. (30.5 m) 2 105 ft. (32 m) 90 ft. (27.5 m) 3 95 ft. (29 m) 80 ft. (24.5 m) 4 85 ft. (26 m) 70 ft. (21.5 m) WARNING FIRE HAZARD • DO NOT install flexible plastic or flexible foil venting material. • DO NOT exceed 8 ft. (2.4 m) duct length if installing semi-rigid venting. • DO NOT use screws, rivets or other fasteners that extend into the duct to assemble the exhaust system. Exhaust direction Directional exhausting can be accomplished by installing a quick-turn 90° dryer vent elbow directly to exhaust outlet of dryer. Dryer vent elbows are available through your local parts distributor or hardware store. See also CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS.