LG DLE8377WM Owners Manual - Page 7

The following instructions will help guide you through the initial steps of setting up your dryer for use. Please note that every section of this manual provides important information regarding the preparation and use of your dryer, and it is important that you review this entire manual before proceeding with any installation or use. More detailed instructions concerning electrical connections, gas connections, and exhaust requirements are provided in other parts of this manual. Choose a location with a solid floor for your dryer. Place the dryer at least eighteen inches above the floor for a garage installation. After placing the dryer in the desired location, please make sure that it has the required clearances shown below. If you are installing your dryer in a manufactured or mobile home, please refer to STEP 9 below for additional instructions. Certain minimum clearances are required above, behind, and to the sides of the unit, as shown below. Those required minimum clearances are set forth in the picture below. Please keep the t`011owing instructions in mind when installing in a closet o1 recessed area: • Consider allowing additional clearance/'o1 installation and servicing. • Wall, door and floor molding may force additional clearances. • An additional inch of clearance is recommended to minimize noise transfer. • Consider space needed l`0r companion appliances. • For closet installations, the picture below shows the minimum required ventilation openings/`01 the door. A louvered door with comparable ventilation openings is also acceptable. 3Bt (7.6 cm) ",,; ventilation 48 t_2. (310 cm 2) hole i!i_i{[iiiii} _ (35.6 cm) * Most installations require a minimum 5 1/2in. (14 cm) clearance behind the dryer for the exhaust vent with elbow. Leveling legs should be secured. All four legs are stably placed on the solid and even floor. It dryer is not level, laundry may net tumble properly and sensor will net detect the accurate humidity information. When leveling, please be cautious not to injure your fingers and toes. if you install the dryer on the optional pedstal. it is nessary to level with the pedestal leveling legs. 24*'2 (155 cm_).. 3._ (7.6 cm) ventilation hole 1' 29.96" (2.54cm) (76.1 cm) (2.54cm) 0" _ 27" _0" (O cm) (68.6 cm) (0 cm) 7