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Install Vent System, Install Leveling Legs, Make Gas Connection, Gas Models Only

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INSTALL VENT SYSTEM 1. Install exhaust hood. Use caulking compound to seal exterior wall opening around exhaust hood. 2. Connect vent to exhaust hood. Vent must fit inside exhaust hood. Secure vent to exhaust hood with 4˝ (10.2 cm) clamp. 3. Run vent to dryer location. Use the straightest path possible. See "Determine vent path," page 2-20 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. INSTALL LEVELING LEGS WARNING Excessive Weight Hazard Use two or more people to move and install dryer. Failure to do so can result in back or other injury. 1. To 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 top or console panel). Gently lay the dryer on the cardboard. See illustration. 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. Mobile home installations require a Mobile Home Installation Kit. See "Tools and Parts," page 2-1 for information on ordering. MAKE GAS CONNECTION (GAS MODELS ONLY) 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 B 3. Examine the leveling legs. Find the diamond marking. A. Flared male thread B. Non-flared male thread NOTE: For LP gas connections, you must use pipe-joint compound resistant to the action of LP gas. Do not use Teflon®† tape. ®† Teflon is a registered trademark of E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company. 2-21

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INSTALL VENT SYSTEM
1.
Install exhaust hood. Use caulking com-
pound to seal exterior wall opening
around exhaust hood.
2.
Connect vent to exhaust hood. Vent must
fit inside exhaust hood. Secure vent to
exhaust hood with 4
˝
(10.2 cm) clamp.
3.
Run vent to dryer location. Use the
straightest path possible. See “Determine
vent path,” page 2-20 in “Plan Vent Sys-
tem.” 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.
INSTALL LEVELING LEGS
WARNING
Excessive Weight Hazard
Use two or more people to move and
install dryer.
Failure to do so can result in back or
other injury.
1.
To 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 top or console panel). Gently lay the
dryer on the cardboard. See illustration.
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.
3.
Examine the leveling legs. Find the dia-
mond marking.
NOTE:
For LP gas connections, you must
use pipe-joint compound resistant to the
action of LP gas. Do not use Teflon
®†
tape.
®†
Teflon is a registered trademark of E.I.
DuPont De Nemours and Company.
A. Flared male thread
B. Non-flared male thread
A
B
Mobile home installations require a Mobile
Home Installation Kit. See “Tools and Parts,”
page 2-1 for information on ordering.
MAKE GAS CONNECTION
(GAS MODELS ONLY)
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.