Whirlpool WED5800BW Use & Care Guide - Page 12

Troubleshooting Cont.

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TROUBLESHOOTING CONT. First try the solutions suggested here or visit our website at www.whirlpool.com/product_help In Canada www.whirlpool.ca for assistance and to possibly avoid a service call. If you experience Possible Causes Solution Dryer displaying code message Cycle time too short "PF" (power failure), Start LED flashes "F# E#" (F1 E1, F3 E1, etc.) variable service codes. Sensor cycle ending early. Was the drying cycle interrupted by a power failure? Press START/PAUSE to restart the dryer. If a code beginning with an "F" appears in the display. Alternating between F# and E#, the dryer control has detected a problem that requires service. Call for service. The load may not be contacting the sensor strips. Level the dryer. Use Timed Dry for very small loads. Change the dryness level setting on Sensor Cycles. Increasing or decreasing the dryness level will change the amount of drying time in a cycle. If loads are consistently ending too early, see also "Changing the Sensor Cycle Settings." Lint on load Lint screen clogged. Lint screen should be cleaned before each load. Stains on load or drum Dryer fabric softener not properly used. Loads are wrinkled Load not removed from dryer at the end of the cycle. Dryer is tightly packed. Add dryer fabric softener sheets at the beginning of the cycle. Fabric softener sheets added to a partially dried load can stain your garments. Drum stains are caused by dyes in clothing (usually blue jeans). These will not transfer to other clothing. Select Touch Up Cycle to tumble the load with water and heat. This cycle is best for smoothing out wrinkles and reducing odors from loads consisting of wrinkle-free cotton, cotton polyester blends, common knits, and synthetic garments. NOTE: Refer to garment care label instructions. Dry clean only garments are not recommended. Dry loosely packed loads that can tumble freely. Odors Load is too hot You have recently been painting, staining, or varnishing in the area where your dryer is located. The electric dryer is being used for the first time. Laundry items removed from the dryer before the end of the cycle. A high temperature cycle was used, or a separate temperature control was set on high. If so, ventilate the area. When the odors or fumes are gone from the area, rewash and dry the clothing. The new electric heating element may have an odor. The odor will be gone after the first cycle. Allow the Cool Down cycle to finish before removing laundry from dryer. All cycles are cooled slowly to reduced wrinkling and make it easier to handle. Items removed before Cool Down may feel very warm. Select a lower temperature, and use a sensor drying cycle. These cycles sense the temperature or the moisture level in the load and shut off when the load reaches the selected dryness. This reduces overdrying. 12

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First try the solutions suggested here or visit our website at www.whirlpool.com/product_help -
In Canada www.whirlpool.ca for assistance and to possibly avoid a service call.
If you experience
Possible Causes
Solution
TROUBLESHOOTING CONT.
Cycle time too short
Sensor cycle ending early.
The load may not be contacting the sensor strips. Level the
dryer.
Use Timed Dry for very small loads. Change the dryness level
setting on Sensor Cycles.
Increasing or decreasing the dryness level will change the amount
of drying time in a cycle. If loads are consistently ending too early,
see also “Changing the Sensor Cycle Settings.”
Lint on load
Lint screen clogged.
Lint screen should be cleaned before each load.
Stains on load or drum
Dryer fabric softener not properly
used.
Add dryer fabric softener sheets at the beginning of the cycle.
Fabric softener sheets added to a partially dried load can stain
your garments.
Drum stains are caused by dyes in clothing (usually blue jeans).
These will not transfer to other clothing.
Loads are wrinkled
Load not removed from dryer at the
end of the cycle.
Select Touch Up Cycle to tumble the load with water and heat.
This cycle is best for smoothing out wrinkles and reducing
odors from loads consisting of wrinkle-free cotton, cotton
polyester blends, common knits, and synthetic garments.
NOTE:
Refer to garment care label instructions. Dry clean only
garments are not recommended.
Dryer is tightly packed.
Dry loosely packed loads that can tumble freely.
Odors
You have recently been painting,
staining, or varnishing in the area
where your dryer is located.
If so, ventilate the area. When the odors or fumes are gone
from the area, rewash and dry the clothing.
The electric dryer is being used for
the first time.
The new electric heating element may have an odor. The odor
will be gone after the first cycle.
Load is too hot
Laundry items removed from the
dryer before the end of the cycle.
Allow the Cool Down cycle to finish before removing laundry
from dryer. All cycles are cooled slowly to reduced wrinkling
and make it easier to handle. Items removed before Cool Down
may feel very warm.
A high temperature cycle was used,
or a separate temperature control
was set on high.
Select a lower temperature, and use a sensor drying cycle.
These cycles sense the temperature or the moisture level in the
load and shut off when the load reaches the selected dryness.
This reduces overdrying.
Dryer displaying code
message
“PF” (power failure),
Start LED flashes
Was the drying cycle interrupted by a power failure?
Press START/PAUSE to restart the dryer.
“F# E#” (F1 E1, F3 E1, etc.) variable
service codes.
If a code beginning with an “F” appears in the display.
Alternating between F# and E#, the dryer control has detected
a problem that requires service. Call for service.