LG DLG2532W Owners Manual - Page 19

Exhaust, System, Mat÷rials, Ex saust

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A clothes dryer produces combustible lint. To reduce the risk of fire or gas accumulation, the dryer MUST be exhausted to the outdoors. This gas appliance contains or produ_s a chemical or chemicals which can cause death or serious illness and which are known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. To reduce the risk from fuel combustion, make sure this appliance is installed, operated, and maintained according to the instructions in this manual. To reduce the risk of fire and the accumulation of combustion gases, DO NOT exhaust dryer air into a window well, gas vent, chimney or enclosed, unventilated area, such as an attic, wall, ceiling, crawl space under a building or concealed space of a building. To reduce the risk of fire, DO NOT use plastic or thin foil ductiong to exhaust Exhaust System Mat÷rials Exhaust system materials arc not supplied wifll the dryer. Exhaust duct must bc lbur inches (10.2 cm) in diameter having no obstructions. Rigid metal duct is recolnmended. Non-comb,_stible flexible metal duct is _mceptable. l)o not usc plastic or flfin foil ducfing, _cause it contributes R) ix)or drying t_erl;:_rmauceand collects lint, which can lead to a fire hazard. Never install :flexible duct in concealed spaces, such as a wall _ ceiling. DO N(YI"use sheei: mcml screws _mexhaust pit_: joints or other filstening me,ms which extend into the:duct that could catch lint and :reduce the efficiency of the exhaust system. Secn:m all joints with duct tat_:. Ex saust System IMPORTANT : Keep exhaust duct as short as p_,_sble. NOTE : Be certain old ducts are cleaned before installing your new dryer. For _st drying rcsults, recommended maximum length of exh_mst system is shown in 72tble t. To prevent backdrafl when duer is not in ot_.aration, outer end of exhaust pit_ must have a weafllcr h_×)d wifl! hinged damt_=rs (obtain l{mally). 19

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Exhaust
System
Mat÷rials
A clothes
dryer
produces
combustible
lint.
To reduce the
risk of fire or gas
accumulation,
the dryer
MUST
be
exhausted
to the outdoors.
This
gas appliance
contains
or produ_s
a chemical
or chemicals
which
can cause
death
or serious
illness
and
which
are
known
to the
State of California
to cause
cancer,
birth defects,
or other
reproductive
harm.
To reduce
the risk
from
fuel
combustion,
make sure this
appliance
is installed,
operated,
and
maintained
according
to the
instructions
in this manual.
To reduce the
risk of
fire
and the
accumulation
of combustion
gases,
DO
NOT
exhaust
dryer air into a window
well,
gas vent,
chimney
or enclosed,
unventilated
area, such
as an attic,
wall,
ceiling,
crawl
space
under
a building
or
concealed
space of a building.
To reduce the
risk of fire,
DO NOT
use
plastic
or thin
foil
ductiong
to
exhaust
Exhaust
system
materials
arc
not supplied
wifll the
dryer.
Exhaust
duct must bc lbur inches (10.2 cm) in diameter
having no obstructions.
Rigid metal duct is
recolnmended.
Non-comb,_stible
flexible metal duct is
_mceptable. l)o not usc plastic or flfin foil ducfing,
_cause
it contributes
R) ix)or drying t_erl;:_rmauce
and
collects lint, which can lead to a fire hazard.
Never install :flexible duct in concealed
spaces,
such as a
wall _
ceiling.
DO N(YI"use sheei: mcml screws _mexhaust pit_: joints
or other filstening
me,ms which extend into the:duct
that
could catch lint and :reduce
the
efficiency
of
the
exhaust
system. Secn:m all joints
with duct tat_:.
Ex saust
System
IMPORTANT
: Keep exhaust
duct
as
short
as
p_,_sble.
NOTE
:
Be
certain
old
ducts are cleaned
before
installing
your
new dryer.
For _st
drying
rcsults,
recommended
maximum
length
of exh_mst
system
is shown
in 72tble
t.
To prevent backdrafl
when duer
is not in ot_.aration,
outer end of exhaust pit_
must have a weafllcr h_×)d wifl!
hinged damt_=rs (obtain l{mally).
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