Maytag MVWC700VW Installation Instructions - Page 6

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Proper connection of the drain hose protects your floors from damage due to water leakage. Read and follow these instructions. The drain hose is connected to your washer and is stored inside the washer cabinet. The washer must be connected to the water faucets using new inlet hoses (not provided). Do not use old hoses. Insert new flat washers into each end of the inlet hoses. Firmly seat the washers in the couplings. A B A. Coupling B. Washer Laundry tub drain or standpipe drain Connecting the drain hose form to the corrugated drain hose A Connect the inlet hoses to the water faucets Make sure the washer basket is empty. 1. Attach hose to the hot water faucet. Screw on coupling by hand until it is seated on the washer. 2. Attach hose to the cold water faucet. Screw on coupling by hand until it is seated on the washer. 3. Using pliers, tighten the couplings with an additional two-thirds turn. A. Drain hose reliefs 1. Feed end of drain hose into one end of form. Place end of drain hose form into the drain hose relief. 2. Bend the hose over the top of the form and feed into the other end of the form. To avoid siphoning and to keep drain water from going back into the washer: m Do not force excess drain hose into standpipe. Hose should be secure but loose enough to provide a gap for air. =1 Do not lay excess hose on the bottom of the laundry tub. IMPORTANT: To avoid siphoning, no more than 8" (20.3 cm) of drain hose should be inside the standpipe. The drain hose form must be used. Secure drain hose with beaded tie strap. Tighten the couplings with an additional two-thirds turn. NOTE: Do not overtighten or use tape or sealants on the valve. Damage to the valves can result. Clear the water lines [] Run water through both faucets and inlet hoses, into a laundry tub, drainpipe, or bucket, to get rid of particles in the water lines that might clog the inlet valve screens. [] Check the temperature of the water to make sure that the hot water hose is connected to the hot water faucet and that the cold water hose is connected to the cold water faucet. 2°o3121 Floor drain Do not install the drain hose form onto the corrugated drain hose. You may need additional parts. See Floor drain under "Tools and Parts." 6

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Proper connection
of the drain hose protects
your floors from
damage due to water leakage. Read and follow these instructions.
The drain hose is connected
to your washer and is stored inside
the washer cabinet.
Laundry
tub drain
or standpipe
drain
Connecting
the drain
hose form
to the corrugated
drain
hose
The washer must be connected
to the water faucets
using new
inlet hoses (not provided).
Do not use old hoses.
Insert new flat washers
into each end of the inlet hoses. Firmly
seat the washers
in the couplings.
A
B
A. Coupling
B. Washer
Connect
the inlet hoses to the water
faucets
Make sure the washer basket is
empty.
1.
Attach hose to the hot water faucet. Screw on coupling
by hand until it is seated on the washer.
2.
Attach hose to the cold water faucet. Screw on coupling
by hand until it is seated on the washer.
3.
Using pliers, tighten
the couplings
with an additional
two-thirds
turn.
A
A. Drain hose reliefs
1.
Feed end of drain hose into one end of form.
Place end
of drain hose form into the drain hose relief.
2.
Bend the hose over the top of the form and feed into the other
end of the form.
To avoid
siphoning
and to
keep
drain
water
from
going
back
into
the
washer:
m
Do not force
excess
drain hose into standpipe.
Hose should
be secure but loose
enough
to provide a gap for air.
=1
Do not lay
excess
hose on the bottom of the laundry tub.
IMPORTANT:
To avoid siphoning,
no more than 8" (20.3 cm) of
drain hose should
be inside the standpipe.
The drain hose form
must be used. Secure drain hose with beaded tie strap.
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Floor
drain
Do not install the drain hose form onto the corrugated
drain hose.
You may need additional
parts. See Floor drain under "Tools and
Parts."
Tighten the couplings
with an additional two-thirds
turn.
NOTE: Do not overtighten
or use tape or sealants on the
valve. Damage to the valves can result.
Clear
the
water
lines
[]
Run water through
both faucets and inlet hoses, into a laundry
tub, drainpipe,
or bucket, to get rid of particles
in the water
lines that might clog the inlet valve screens.
[]
Check the temperature
of the water to make sure that the hot
water hose is connected
to the hot water faucet and that the
cold water hose is connected
to the cold water faucet.
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