Whirlpool GCEM2990TQ Installation Instructions - Page 4

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iNSTALLATiONREQUIREMENTS Gather the required tools and parts before starting installation. Read and follow the instructions provided with any tools listed here. Tools needed m 8" or 10" pipe wrench 8" or 10" adjustable wrench Flat-blade screwdriver Phillips screwdriver Adjustable wrench that opens to 1" (2.5 cm) or hex-head socket wrench Level %6"socket wrench Utility knife Vent clamps Pipe=ieint compound resistant to LP gas Caulk gun and caulk (for installing new exhaust vent) Pliers Putty knife Parts supplied Remove parts bag from dryer drum. Check that all parts were included. [] Dryer foot (4) Explosion Hazard Keep flammable materials and vapors, such as gasoline, away from dryer. Do not install in a garage. Failure to do so can result in death, explosion, or fire. If installing a gas dryer: iMPORTANT: Observe all governing codes and ordinances. [] Check code requirements: Some codes limit or do not permit installation of clothes dryers in garages, closets, or sleeping quarters. Contact your local building inspector. [] Make sure that lower edges of the cabinet, plus the back and bottom sides of the dryer, are free of obstructions to permit adequate clearance of air openings for combustion air. See "Recessed Area and Closet Installation Instructions" below for minimum spacing requirements. NOTE: The dryer must not be installed in an area where it wilI be exposed to water and/or weather. Recessed Area and Ctoset Installation instructions This dryer may be installed in a recessed area or closet. For recessed area and closet installations, minimum clearances can be found on the serial tag on the dryer. The installation spacing is in inches and is the minimum allowable. Additional spacing should be considered for ease of installation, servicing, and compliance with local codes and ordinances. If closet door is installed, the minimum unobstructed air opening in the top and bottom is required. Louvered doors with equivalent air openings are acceptable. The dryer must be exhausted outdoors. No other fuel-burning appliance may be installed in the same closet as the dryer.

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iNSTALLATiONREQUIREMENTS
Gather the required tools and parts before starting installation.
Read and follow the instructions
provided
with any tools
listed
here.
Tools
needed
m
8" or 10" pipe wrench
8" or 10" adjustable
wrench
Flat-blade
screwdriver
Phillips screwdriver
Adjustable
wrench that opens to 1" (2.5 cm) or hex-head
socket wrench
Level
%6"
socket
wrench
Utility knife
Vent clamps
Pipe=ieint compound
resistant to LP gas
Caulk gun and caulk (for installing
new exhaust vent)
Pliers
Putty knife
Parts
supplied
Remove parts bag from dryer drum. Check that all parts were
included.
[]
Dryer foot (4)
Explosion
Hazard
Keep flammable
materials
and vapors,
such
as
gasoline,
away from
dryer.
Do not
install
in a garage.
Failure
to do so can result
in death,
explosion,
or fire.
If installing
a gas dryer:
iMPORTANT:
Observe all governing
codes and ordinances.
[]
Check code requirements:
Some codes limit or do not permit
installation
of clothes dryers in garages,
closets, or sleeping
quarters.
Contact your local building
inspector.
[]
Make sure that lower edges of the cabinet,
plus the back and
bottom
sides of the dryer, are free of obstructions
to permit
adequate
clearance
of air openings
for combustion
air. See
"Recessed Area and Closet Installation
Instructions"
below for
minimum
spacing
requirements.
NOTE: The dryer must not be installed in an area where it wilI be
exposed to water and/or
weather.
Recessed
Area
and
Ctoset
Installation
instructions
This dryer may be installed in a recessed area or closet.
For
recessed area and closet
installations,
minimum
clearances
can
be found
on the serial tag on the dryer.
The installation
spacing is in inches and is the minimum
allowable.
Additional
spacing should
be considered
for ease of
installation,
servicing,
and compliance
with
local codes and
ordinances.
If closet
door is installed, the minimum
unobstructed
air opening
in the top and bottom
is required. Louvered doors with equivalent
air openings
are acceptable.
The dryer must be exhausted
outdoors.
No other fuel-burning
appliance
may be installed in the same
closet as the dryer.