ELECTRONIC GAS AND ELECTRIC DRYERS. A Note To You 2. Understanding Safety 3. Knowing Your Drye& Features. Using Your Options/Features

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1 A Note To You 2 Understanding Safety 3 Knowing Your Drye& Features 5 ifeying Your 6 Using Your Options/Features Cating For Your Dryer Laundry Tips If You Need (yp!~ Warranty Ca US with questions or comments. L ELECTRONIC GAS AND ELECTRIC DRYERS

2 A Note To You Thank you for buying a Whirpoo@ appiance. You have purchased a quaity, word-cass home appiance. Years of engineering experience have gone into its manufacturing. To ensure many years of troube-free operation, we have deveoped this Use and Care Guide. It is fu of vauabe information on how to operate and maintain your appiance propery and safey. Pease read it carefuy. Aso, pease compete and mai the Ownership Registration Card provided with your appiance. This wi hep us notify you about any new information on your appiance. Your safety is important to us. This guide contains safety statements under warning symbos. Pease pay specia attention to these symbos and foow any instructions given. Here is an exampe of the use of the symbo. Our Consumer Assistance Center number, , is to-free 24 hours a day. If you have a question concerning your appiance s operation, or if you need service, first see If You Need Assistance Or Service on page 26. If you need further hep, ca us. When caing, you wi need to know your appiance s compete mode number and seria number. You can find this information on the mode and seria number abe (see diagram on page 5). For your convenience, we have incuded a handy pace beow for you to record these numbers, the purchase date from the saes sip and your deaer s name and teephone number. Keep this book and the saes sip together in a safe pace for future reference. Mode Number Seria Number Purchase Date Deaer Name Deaer Phone 2

3 Understanding Safety For your safety, the information in this manua must be foowed to minimize the risk of fire or exposion or to prevent property damage, persona Injury or -Do not store or use gasoine or other fammabe vapors and iquids In the vicinity of ths or any other appiance. -WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS: Do not try to ight any appiance. Do not touch any eectrica switch; do not use any phone in your buiding. Cear the room, buiding or area of a occupants. Immediatey ca your gas suppier from a neighbor s phone. Foow the gas suppier s instructions. If you cannot reach your gas suppier, ca the fire department. Instaation and service must be performed by a quaified instaer, service agency or the gas suppier.

4 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS To reduce the risk of fire, eectrica shock, or injury to persons when using your dryer, foow basic precautions, incuding the foowing: Read a instructions before using your dryer. Insta and/or store dryer where it wi not Do not machine wash or machine dry items be exposed to the weather. ceaned, washed, soaked in, or spotted with Do not tamper with the contros. wax, paint, gasoine, oi, dry ceaning You are responsibe for making sure that sovents, and other fammabe fuids. The your dryer is instaed, repaired and has fumes can create a fire hazard or exposion. parts repaced by a quaified person. Aways hand wash and ine dry items containing these materias. Use ony fabric softeners specificay abeed as not being harmfu to the dryer. Do not aow chidren to operate, pay with or craw inside your dryer. Supervise chidren Do not aow int to buid up inside the dryer when your dryer is used near chidren. or exhaust system. Ceaning shoud be done periodicay by a quaified person. Do not reach into a dryer if the drum is moving. Cean int screen before or after each oad. When removing from setvice or discarding Do not et dust, int, paper, rags, chemicas, a dryer, aways remove the door to prevent etc. pie up around or under the dryer. accidenta entrapment. Dryer must be eectricay grounded. See Do not dry rubber, rubber-ike, and heat- the Instaation Instructions. sensitive materias with heat. 4 Understanding your responsibiities Never operate the dryer if: Be sure that your dryer: -it is not working right (i.e. noisy, too hot). -is propery instaed and eveed on a foor -it is damaged. that can support the weight in a we- - parts are missing. ventiated room.* -a panes are not in pace. -is connected to the proper outet and eectrica suppy. -the int screen is oose, damaged or missing. -is propery connected to fue and exhaust systems (gas dryers must be vented Unpug the power suppy cord or turn off outdoors). eectrica power before attempting to service your dryer. Aso, shut off gas vave -is not instaed against draperies or if you have a gas dryer. curtains, or on carpet. Do not wash or dry items that are soied -is ocated in an area where the temperawith vegetabe or cooking oi. These items ture is above 45 F (7%). may contain some oi after aundering. -is propery maintained. Due to the remaining oi, the fabric may -is used ony for jobs normay expected of smoke or catch fire by itsef. home cothes dryers. Store fammabe sovents or fuids away -is not used by anyone unabe to operate it from your dryer. propery. Dry ceaning sovents or fuids shoud *See the Instaation Instructions for comnever be put directy into your dryer. pete information. - SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS -

5 Knowing Features Your Dryer% The parts and features of your dryer are iustrated beow. Become famiiar with a parts and features before using your dryer. Uoer cards Soid state eectronic touch contros Power on conbo- Consumer A8sirtance Center number (i-stt& ) Lint screen Moda and seria number abe - Dryer drum - \ Other features not shown: Eetronic DRY-MISER contro Drum ight End-of-cyce signa seector fnsh GUAFW cyce seector tint signa User Cards To hep you quicky earn to use your machine, User Cards are ocated in the hoder at the back of the contro pane. (Refer to hoder instructions if hoder instaation is required.) Each function on the contro pane is briefy described on a User Card. Pace the User Card for the desired function over the Eectronic Touch Contros and make seections. 5

6 Operating Your Dryer In This Section Page Before atartng your dryer Udng the eectronic touch contros Starting your dryer Stoppng and restarting your dryer Page Uong Automatic drying Uong Tmed drying Seecting cycesitemps Your new eectronic dryer, with its soid state touch contros, offers you many eectronic features and options that may be new to you. The foowing operating instructions and your User Cards wi hep you quicky earn to operate your new dryer. Before starting your dryer Pace oad in the dryer and cose the door. Refer to the information beow, and Laundry Tips on page 20 for contro setting, sorting, and oading information. NOTE: If your dryer has a Features Guide, remove it and pace it in your Use and Care Guide. Using the eectronic touch contros Regnieavy~ Cyces/Temps Automatic- or - Tmed OptIona Porm Press-u4 I 6 3 Decatee-Low Futt Air-No HDH Tumbb Press-Ma Damp Dy-High 0 On seest Audibe tones guide your seections. You wi hear: -one tone if the dryer accepts your seection. -three tones if the dryer does not accept your seection. 0 Seect Lockout status Fnah Guard Cance 0 St0rt 0 6

7 1. Press ON/SELECT unti the ight gows by the cyce desired. Refer to pages 8-14 for additiona information to hep you make seections. YOU SEE CydesITemps 2. Press START. PRESS 0 Start NOTE: Your dryer stops automaticay when the cyce ends. Stopping and restarting your dryer To stop your dryer at any time to add or remove cothes, open the door. Cose door and press START. To change the settings, press CANCEL and PRESS repeat Steps 1 and 2 above. / \ NOTE: When you press CANCEL, your dryer wi stop. ( Cance ) 7

8 Using Automatic drying Use Automatic drying to dry most oads. Your dryer automaticay shuts off when the seected dryness is reached. Reg Dry is the preset automatic dryness seected for Reg/Heavy-High, Perm Press- Med, and Deicate+Low cyces. You can change the Automatic setting (or seect a Timed setting) to match your oad. 1. Press ON/SELECT unti the ight gows by the Cyce/Temp desired (Reg/Heavy, Perm Press, or Deicates). PRESS YOU SEE 2. Press SELECT PRESS YOU SEE unti the ight gows beow Automatic and by the desired Automatic dryness. (Change Options, if desired. See pages 13-4.) 0 Seect. ;;. Automatic q VWf By More Dty Reg Dry WDfY Least Dry 3. Press START. PRESS 0 Start Use Automatic drying to dry most oads If you want to dry a oad using a Timed setting, see Using Timed drying on page 9. If the oad is drier than you ike, seect LESS DRY or LEAST DRY the next time you dry a simiar oad. If the oad is not as dry as you ike, compete drying using a Timed setting. Seect MORE DRY or VERY DRY the next time you dry a simiar oad. NOTE: When you press Seect, the Automatic dryness settings are seected first (starting with Reg Dry). Continue to press Seect for a Timed setting (see page 9). 8 Automatic.I# -a- Very Dry More Dry WI Dry Less Dry Least c Dry

9 Using Timed drying Use Timed drying to compete drying if some items are damp after Automatic drying. Timed drying is aso usefu to dry deicate items that require a short drying time. 1. Press ON/SELECT unti the ight gows by the CyceITemp desired. PRESS YOU SEE 2. Press SELECT PRESS YOU SEE unti the ight gows beow rimed and by the desired drying time. (Change Options, if desired. See pages ) NOTE: If you seect the Reg/Heavy, Perm Press or Deicates cyce, an Automatic dryness is preset. If you desire Timed dryness instead, continue to press SELECT unti the Timed ight gows (Automatic ight shuts off) and the ight gows by the desired time. If you pass the desired time, continue to press SELECT unti the ight gows under Timed and by the desired time. 3. Press START. PRESS 0 Start 9

10 Seecting cyces/temps Press ON/SELECT unti the ight gows by the desired cyce. (The preset seections are: Perm Press-Med, Automatic Reg Dry with Cyce Signa and FINISH Options ON.) YOU SEE Preset seections To seect a different cyce/ temp Press ON/SELECT unti the ight gows by the desired Cyce/Temp. Your dryer makes seections for each Cyce/Temp. You can change these seections if desired. See the charts on pages 11 and 12 for the seection you want to change. PRESS YOU SEE Fire Hazard Do not dry pastic or rubber items with heat. Use the Fuff Air cyce, or ine dry. Faiure to do so coud resut in fire or damaged items. NOTES: The ast few minutes of a cyces are without heat to make the oad easier to hande. To hep reduce wrinking, remove the oad from the dryer as soon as tumbing stops. This is important for permanent press, knits and synthetic fabrics. 10

11 Cyce chart CYCLWEMP USE FOR CYCLE NOTES RegAieavy-Hgh Cotton and Lnens. You may seect a Extra Heavy or Heavyweight items; different Automatic bedspreads, mattress pads, quits, dryness or use a towes, jeans, corduroys, work cothes Timed setting. Automatic drying wi dry a Mediumweight items; sheets, cotton oad in ess time than underwear, diapers a Timed setting, and wi be ess ikey to Preset Seectons overdry. -;$p! Dry,~$yce Signa -j$%ish Guard Perm Press-Med Cotton and Lnens 9 Use the FINISH Lightweight; batistes, organdies, ingerie GUARPoption with this cyce to ensure Permanent Press, Synthetics, Bends the best wrinke-free Heavy or Mediumweight; work cothes, drying. jackets, raincoats, shirts, pay cothes, sheets, sacks Knts Preset Seectons Heavy or Mediumweight; cottons, -:+Reg Dry rayons, bends, T-shirts, sacks, shirts, &Cyce Signa synthetics (poyester, acryic, etc.) dress -&Finish Guard sacks, skirts, sweaters Decates-Low Knts When drying very Lightweight; synthetics (poyester, deicate fabrics, use a acryic, etc.) and bends, ingerie, Less Dry setting to bouses, dresses remove some mois- Deicate Fabrics ture. Then shape and ine dry to compete Sheer curtains (2 or 3 panes), gauze, drying. ace, etc. Preset Seectons -;+eg Dry -:L:cyce Signa &Finish Guard continued on next page 11

12 CYCLEITEMP USE FOR CYCLE NOTES Fuff Air-No Heat Rubber, Pastic or Heat Senstve items See Warning on Bedding, pastic tabecoths, foam rubber page 10. piows, stuffed toys, sneakers, etc. This cyce is unheated and uses a 50-minute Timed setting that you can change. Seect a time to match the items you are fuffing Preset Seectons or drying. -j+o Min -&$ycs sgna -g+hih Guard Turn be Press-Med Removing wrinkes from cothes that have This cyce uses a been packed in a suitcase. fixed, 30-minute, Removing wrinkes from items not re- Timed setting that moved from the dryer at the end of a cannot be changed. cyce. As soon as the dryer stops, fod or put items on hangers. Preset Seections Min -~&Cyce Signa -:~+inish Guard Damp Dry-Hgh Drying items to a damp eve or to dry items that do not require an entire drying cyce. Drying items you wi press. Drying heavy cottons, such as jeans, which you do not want to become stiff. This cyce uses a fixed, 30-minute, Timed setting that cannot be changed. Preset Seectons -% -3O Min -gyce Signa -$.-Finish Guard 12

13 Using Your Options/Features In This Section Page Uong Cyce Sgna and FINISH optonr Understandng the FINISH GUARD cyce Page Usng the Lockout feature Status ights Your eectronic dryer automaticay seects the Cyce Signa and FINISH GUARD options. You may turn them off if you desire. Using Cyce Signa and FINISH GUARD options Cyce Signa and FINISH GUARD options are turned on when you press ON/SELECT. You can turn one or both options off if desired. Option seection chart Each time you press SELECT/LOCKOUT, :urn an option On or Off. you PRESS 0 Seect LockOut Frst Press Options 0 Cyce Signa Finish Guard Second Press Options Thrd Press Options Fourth Press Options E Both options Off Cyce Signa On FINISH GUARD On Both options On 13

14 Understanding the FINISH GUARD cyce When you are unabe to remove a oad from the dryer as soon as it stops, wrinkes can form. To protect the oad, seect the FINISH GUARD cyce. If you do not open the door within a few minutes after a cyce ends, the FINISH GUARD cyce protects your oad. Your dryer tumbes the oad (without heat) for a few seconds every few minutes. This tumbing rearranges and fuffs the oad to hep avoid wrinkes that set in when the oad remains in the dryer. The FINISH GUARD cyce protects your oad for about 150 minutes if the oad remains in the dryer and the door is not opened. A signa wi sound every few minutes during the FINISH GUARD cyce. The signa and the cyce wi stop when the door is opened, or if you press CANCEL. Using the Lockout feature The Lockout feature aows you to ock out others from using your eectronic contros. This feature is usefu to ock the eectronic contros, and to prevent the machine from being started, if you have young chidren. To ock/unock contro pane Press and hod SELECT/LOCKOUT for 5 seconds. The ight gows by Lockout when the contro pane is ocked. NOTE: You can ony seect Lockout when your dryer is not running and your contro pane is off. Status ights Status ights show you what your dryer is doing. If the status ights are binking, there has been a power faiure. Press CANCEL. Make new seections, if desired. PRESS AND HOLD YOU SEE Status 14

15 Caring For Your Dryer In This Section Page Page Mantemncwvery oad Maintenance-as needed Dryers require reguar maintenance. Foow the suggestions beow to maintain your dryer propery. Maintenance-every Ceaning the int screen The int screen is ocated under a id on top of the dryer. Cean t before each oad. A screen bocked by int can increase drying time. oad Product and Fabrk Damage Hazard Do not run the dryer with the int screen oose, damaged, bocked or missing. Doing so coud cause overheating and damage to both the dryer and fabrics. 1. Open the id and pu the int screen straight out. 2. Ro int off the screen with your fingers. Do not rinse or wash the screen to remove int. Wet int is hard to remove. 3. Push the int screen firmy back into pace and cose the id. Lint signa Restricted airfow reduces drying efficiency. The signa (a whiste tone) ets you know if the airfow is restricted. Turn off the dryer and cean the int screen. NOTE: Cean your int screen before each oad. Do not wait for the int signa. The int signa indicates excessive int present on your int screen. If you wait for the int signa before you cean the int screen, drying efficiency wi be reduced. 15

16 Maintenance-as needed Use the foowing suggestions about ceaning and int remova to maintain your dryer and keep it operating efficienty. Ceaning a cogged int screen Laundry detergents and fabric softeners can cause a residue buidup on the int screen. A cogged int screen can extend drying times. Cean the int screen every six months or more frequenty if it becomes cogged due to a residue buidup. Use the foowing method: 1. Wet both sides of int screen with hot water. 2. Wet a nyon brush with hot water and iquid detergent. 3. Scrub int screen with the brush unti a residue buidup is removed. 4. Rinse with hot water. 5. Thoroughy dry int screen with a cean towe and repace in dryer. Ceaning the dryer interior Eectrca Shock, Persona InJury and Fre Hazard Turn off the eectrica power before ceaning the interior. Make sure the dryer is coo. Use nonfammabe ceaner. Faiure to do so coud resut in eectrica shock or injury, fire or exposion. Garments which contain unstabe dyes, such as denim bue jeans or brighty coored cotton items, may discoor the dryer interior. If you want to remove stains from the dryer drum, use powdered aundry detergent. 1. Make a paste with detergent and very warm water. 2. Appy paste to a soft coth and scrub area unti a excess dye is removed. 3. Wipe thoroughy with a damp coth. 4. Tumbe a oad of rags to dry. Ceaning the dryer exterior Wipe with a soft, damp coth. 16

17 Changing the drum ight EectrIca Shock and Fire Hazard Before removing ight bub, either unpug the dryer or disconnect the dryer at the main power suppy. The bub cover must be in pace during dryer operation to prevent overheating and possibe damage to fabrics. Operating the dryer with the bub cover removed coud cause the dryer to fai or create a fire hazard. 1. Unpug the dryer or disconnect the eectricity eading to the dryer at the main power suppy. 2. Open the dryer door and remove the ight bub cover from back wa of the dryer. Turn the cover cockwise to remove. 3. Remove the ight bub by turning it countercockwise. 4. Repace the bub with a 40-watt appiance bub ony. 5. Repace the ight bub cover and ock in pace by turning countercockwise. 6. Reconnect power suppy. Repace bub cover \\ 17

18 Removing accumuated int Lint can gather inside the dryer and be a fue for fire. It is recommended that int be removed every 2 to 3 years, or more often, depending on dryer usage. Ceaning shoud be done by a quaified person. If you have any questions, pease ca our Consumer Assistance Center at For a eectric dryers, or gas dryers which have a ower front access pane See page 19 if your dryer is gas and has a fu front pane. 1. Unpug the power suppy cord or turn off the eectrica power. 2. Remove back pane (eectric) or ower front access pane (gas). See the Instaation Instructions. 3. Remove int from shaded area in iustration with a soft brush or vacuum ceaner. Avoid damaging wires, thermostats (eectric), funne (gas) or ignitor (gas). 4. Repace pane; reconnect and eve dryer again, if necessary. Eectrca Shock and Persona InJury Hazard Unpug the power suppy cord or turn off the eectrica power before removing dryer panes. Make sure the dryer is coo. Dryer parts can have sharp edges. Use care when handing. When repacing front pane after int remova, the wire cips hoding the door switch wires must be anchored to top of front and side panes. Wires MUST NOT touch rotating drum. (See page 19, step 7.) Faiure to do so coud resut in eectrica shock or persona injury. Thermostats Heat eement Eectric dryer with back pane removed gnitor I Funne I Gas dryer with front pane removed 18

19 f your dryer Is gas and has a fu front pane, remove tront pane as foows: 1. Unpug the power suppy cord or turn off the eectrica power Open int screen id. Remove two screws from int screen area. Open top by puing forward and up at each front comer (see View A). Rest raised top against wa behind dryer (top is hinged at rear). Remove two interna screws from front pane fanges (near top front corners). Lift front pane sighty, ifting off ower cips (see View B). Sowy pu front pane forward, disengaging pane from drum. (Drum wi drop sighty.) Move front pane aside and rest edge against side of dryer. Avoid disconnecting wire cips (see View C) or damaging wires. Drum sea 4 View A Side pane Remove screws before opening top 6. Remove int from area shown in gas dryer iustration on page 18 with soft brush or vacuum ceaner. Avoid damaging wires, funne or ignitor Reassembe in reverse order. Before cosing the top, check the foowing: -Drum sea must be fared out (see View D) and propery positioned against pane at back of drum. Rotate drum countercockwise one fu turn to check drum sea. -Bet shoud be centered and tight on dryer drum. -Wire cips which hod the door switch wires must be anchored in sot in top of front pane (see View C) and aong top edge of side pane. Door wire.s must not touch drum when dryer is operating. See Warning, page 18. Repace top pane and int screen screws. Top and front panes must be securey in pace before operating dryer. 9. Reconnect power and eve dryer again (if necessary). NOTE: Ca our Consumer Assistance Center at for assistance or more information. 4 t View B View D Wire ciphods door switch wires

20 Laundry Tips I In This Section Page Page I Before you dry Dryng speca<are Items Using dryer fabrk softeners Savng energy Vacation care Sovng aunderng probems This section reviews proper drying techniques, gives you additiona drying information, and discusses causes or soutions to common drying probems. Before you dry Before using your dryer, see pages 3 and 4 for Important Safety Information. Drying tips Cose zippers, snaps and hooks to avoid snagging other items. Remove pins, buckes and other hard objects to avoid scratching the dryer drum. Remove heatsensitive trim that can be drying. Check garments to make sure a spots and stains were removed during the wash. If stains were not removed, do not tumbe dry. Heat may permanenty set stain. Soied items can aso eave stains on the dryer drum. These stains can be picked up by other items in the oad. ta objects can damage your dryer. Check pockets for pins, cips, money, bots, nuts, etc. and turn pockets inside out. Do not ay these objects on your dryer after emptying pockets. Tie strings and sashes so they wi not tange. Turn int takers and dark items inside out to hep prevent int pickup. Pace sma items such as baby socks or hankies in a mesh bag for easier remova. Artices to be ironed shoud be removed from the dryer whie sti damp. Sorting Separate dark from ight coors; coorfast from noncoorfast. Items propery sorted for washing are usuay propery sorted for drying. Separate heavy fabrics (denim, towes) from ight fabrics permanent press). Separate int givers (towes, chenie) from int takers (corduroy, synthetics, permanent press). When possibe, turn int takers inside out. Load sizes Mix arge items with smaer items. Load the dryer by the amount of space items take up, not by their weight. Do not overoad the dryer. Overcrowding causes uneven drying and wrinking, and can cause items to wear out faster (because of piing). You may need to rearrange arge items (sheets, bankets, tabecoths) during a cyce to reduce baing or roing up. Reduce wrinking of permanent press and synthetics by drying smaer oads and removing items from the dryer as soon as tumbing stops. For better tumbing action when drying ony a few sma items, add one or two int-free towes. This aso prevents sma, ightweight items from bocking airfow. 20

21 Drying specia-care items Most garments and househod texties have care abes with aundering instructions. Aways foow abe directions when they are avaiabe. Genera drying instructions for some specia washabes are incuded in this section. Air drying (heat-sensitive fabrics) Heat-sensitive fabrics, pastic, rubber or some stuffed items require drying without heat. Use an Air setting or ine dry. The Air setting is usefu for fuffing bedding and piows, and dusting draperies and cothing. See Warning on page 10. Oefin, poypropy- Foow care abe directions. ene, sheer nyon Cotton and If shoes can be machine aundered: canvasshoes 1. Pace severa bath towes in the dryer to act as a buffer, or pace shoes on drying rack if your dryer has one. 2. If rubber or foam rubber materias are part of the shoe, use an Air setting. For other materias, see page 11 or 12 for cyce, time, and temperature recommendations. 3. Remove shoes from dryer whie sti damp and aow to air dry. Piows, stuffed If manufacturer recommends machine drying, dry one piow at toys a time and: Feather, foam, 1. Make sure coverings are securey stitched. poyester 2. Shake and fuff the items by hand severa times during the cyce. 3. Make sure piows are competey dry. Feather piows take a ong time to dry. Pastic, rubber items Shower curtains, tabecoths, baby Foow care abe directions. panties Scatter rugs Foow care abe directions. Bankets wooens and Cotton, rayon, synthetic bankets Machine drying knitted wooens is not recommended. Bock to shape whie wet and aow to air dry. Line dry bankets in shade on a breezy day over two ines. Pin edges together and straighten them. When party dry, turn the banket over, repin and restraighten. When dry, brush nap. Dry as recommended for permanent press fabrics on page 11. If manufacturer recommends machine drying: Eectric bankets, 1. Pace one or two dry towes in the dryer and preheat 3-5 minutes on a eectric sheets, high setting. This wi dry bankets faster and hep avoid piing. wooen bankets, 2. Put banket in dryer with warm towes. Seect 10 minutes Timed drying. washabe wooen garments 3. Check after 10 minutes. Remove when sti damp. Overdrying and ong tumbing can cause shrinking and piing. 4. Pace banket on fat surface or over two ines to finish drying. Genty stretch to origina size and shape. 5. When competey dry, brush genty to raise nap. Press binding with coo iron if needed. continued on next paw 21

22 Curtant, sipcovers Draperies, sipcovers Remove drapery weights and hooks before aundering. 1. Use Deicate+Low or Fuff Air-No Heat setting. 2. Leave room in dryer for oad to fuff. 3. Remove from dryer whie sighty damp. Do not overdry. For sipcovers, repace sipcovers whie sti sighty damp. They wi dry to fit tighty. Sheers, some Dry ony a few minutes. synthetic curtains Bonded or Do not overdry or tumbe in high heat. Overdrying oosens the adhesive aminated fabrics and causes fabrics to separate. Dapers, cothes baby Wash and dry sma items in a mesh bag or piowcase for convenient handing. 1. Dry according to fabric and cyce settings isted on page Remove diapers and cotton knit items whie sti sighty damp. They wi fee softer, shrink ess and be easier to fod. Eastic Items Dry using Deicate+Low and Automatic Less Dry. Remove from dryer whie sti sighty damp. Fbergass materias Fameretardant fnshes Napped Items Corduroy, veveteen Do not machine wash or dry fibergass materias. Sma partices can stick to fabrics washed or dried in foowing oads and cause skin irritation. Some items have been treated with a fame-retardant finish to improve their resistance to burning. Such items are ceary abeed. To retain fame-retardant quaities through continuous use and washing, cean and dry according to the manufacturer s instructions. Dry separatey or with simiar coors to avoid int transfer. Foow care abe directions. 1. Dry according to fabric and cyce settings shown on page Remove from dryer whie there is sti a trace of moisture. 3. Smooth, reshape and air dry before putting away. Quted, down- Foow care abe instructions. fied Items 1. Dry one at a time. Snowsuits, jackets Nyon, poyester-base 2. Remove from dryer and shake or fuff the item during the drying cyce. 3. Smooth and reshape before putting away. Check abe for fiber content, then see page 11 or 12 for cyce/temperature recommendations. Foow care abe directions. 1. Dry garment for about 10 minutes. Remove and turn inside out. Dry for 10 more minutes. 2. Remove from dryer immediatey and hang on a non-rusting hanger to finish drying. This wi hep eiminate wrinkes. 22

23 Tinted, dyed or noncoorfast Items Towes Washabe knts Dry according to fabric, weight and care abe instructions. Wipe the dryer drum carefuy to remove any dye or int that can be transferred to other oads. See Ceaning the dryer interior on page 16. Seect cyce according to fabric type. Some towes, particuary those made of a bend of synthetic fibers and natura fibers (poyester and cotton bends), may shed more int than other towes, causing your dryer s int screen to get fu faster. Be sure to remove int from the dryer int screen before and after drying new towes. Do not overdry knits. Overdrying can cause shrinking and static cing. 1. Seect cyce according to fabric and construction. 2. Turn synthetics and bends inside out when drying to avoid piing Remove cotton and rayon knits whie sti sighty damp. Stretch into shape and ay fat to finish drying. Using dryer fabric softeners Dryer fabric softeners are recommended for reducing static cing (static can aso be reduced by not overdrying) and for softening fabrics. Aways foow package instructions carefuy. Put fabric softener sheet on top of the oad before starting the dryer. Do not add a fabric softener sheet after the cyce has started. Instant heat can cause the fabric softener to spot fabrics. Cear, grease-ike spots can resut from the fabric softener sheet becoming tanged in an item during tumbing. If fabric softener causes a stain, wet the stain and rub with iquid detergent or bar soap, rewash. Some fabric softeners can cog the int screen and sow drying. Use fabric softeners abeed as dryer safe. Saving energy Use Automatic drying for most oads. Dry ony fu oads without overdrying. Avoid overoading dryer, adding wet items to a party dried oad, or opening the door unnecessariy. Pan your aundry to dry one oad after another. A warm dryer shortens drying time. Shorten drying times by exhausting dryer propery and ceaning exhaust duct and outside exhaust hood as needed. -Keep the int screen cean. - Use your dryer in a room where room air temperature is above 45 F (7 C). -Sort oads by fabric weight and type. Vacation care 1. Unpug power suppy cord or turn off eectrica power suppy. 2. Cean int screen. 23

24 Soving aundering probems Most aundering probems are easiy soved. Check the foowing ist for probems you may have and possibe causes. If you need additiona hep, check the If You Need Assistance Or Service section of this book. PROBLEM Greasy spots Lnt CHECK IF Dryer fabric softeners were used Undiuted washer fabric softener was used Enough detergent was used Items were cean before they were dried Lint screen is cogged Load is propery sorted Static eectricity is attracting int Load is too big or heavy Paper or tissue was in pocket Enough detergent was used Piing is being mistaken for int CAUSES/SOLUTIONS Foow manufacturer s directions carefuy. Diute fabric softener before adding to the fina rinse. Use enough detergent to hod soi in the wash water unti it drains away. Undrained soi can stick to outer tub of the washer and cause greasy spots with next oad. Soied items can stain other items in the Icad. They can aso eave stains on the dryer drum that can be picked up by items in ater oads. Dryer heat may permanenty set these stains. Cean int screen. (See page 15.) Sort int-givers (bath towes, etc.) from inttakers (synthetics, permanent press). Use fabric softener in the washer s fina rinse. Use correct dryer settings for fabric. Overdrying synthetics can cause intattracting static eectricity. Dry smaer oads. When items can t tumbe freey, air is unabe to carry int to int screen. Empty pockets carefuy. A sma scrap of paper can cause a ot of int. Use enough detergent to hod the int in the water unti it drains away. Base detergent amount on water hardness and soi in wash oad. Piing (surface fuzz) is caused by norma wear and aundering. Pis do not break away easiy from the fabric and can often coect int. Synthetic fabrics are more ikey to pi than others, especiay at neckbands, ebows and knees. 24

25 PROBLEM Shrnkng Sow drying Static eectrcty CHECK IF Items are overdried Fabric type and quaity is suitabe for drying There is a arge amount of moisture in the oad to be dried Cod rinse water is used Room air temperature is beow 45 F (7 C) Dryer is exhausted according to Instaation Instructions Lint screen is cogged Exhaust duct or outside exhaust hood is cogged Proper eectrica suppy is used Load is overdried Fabric softener is used Synthetics, synthetic bends, permanent press and knits are in oad CAUSES/SOLUTIONS Remove items whie there is sti a trace of moisture. Some items shoud be removed whie damp, then shaped and air dried. Some knits are stretched during manufacturing. Washing and drying returns them to the origina size. This is norma. Check quaity of garment before buying. Foow fabric care abe directions carefuy. Some items hod more moisture than others (cottons more than poyester). They take onger to dry. Fu oads take onger to dry than sma oads of the same fabric. A oad rinsed in cod water wi take sighty onger to dry than a warm one. Cod rinses, however, hep save energy and reduce wrinking more than warm rinses do. Insta dryer in a room where the air temperature is warmer than 45 F (7 C). Cod air increases drying time and may cause wrinkes not to be removed. Insta and exhaust your dryer according to the Instaation Instructions provided. Cean int screen before or after each use. Cean if needed. Propery connect the dryer to a grounded eectrica circuit that meets the eectrica requirements stated in the Instaation Instructions. Remove items whie there is sti a trace of moisture. Use a fabric softener and foow package directions carefuy. Synthetics, synthetic bends, permanent press and knits buid up static eectricity. Use a fabric softener and be carefu not to overdry the oad. 25

26 If You Need Assistance Or Service 1. Before caing for assistance...! - Is the power cord pugged in? Is int screen cogged with int? P!i - Is exhaust duct or outside exhaust hood pugged with int? Have you bown a fuse or tripped the circuit breaker? If you need more hep, check the chart beow. PROBLEM Dryer wi not run Dryer wi not heat Drying time too ong CHECK THE FOLLOWING Is the dryer door firmy cosed? Did you firmy push ON/SELECT and/or START? Is the cyce in the ast few minutes? (There is no heat during that time.) If you have a gas dryer, are the vaves open on both the dryer and the suppy ine? Is your int screen cean? (See the Sow drying section of the tabe on page 25 for additiona information.) 26

27 2. If you need assistance*... Ca Whrpoo Consumer Assstance Center teephone number. Dia to-free from anywhere In the U.S.A.: and tak with one of our trained consutants. The consutant can instruct you in how to obtain satisfactory operation from your appiance or, if service is necessary, recommend a quaified service company in your area. If you prefer, write to: Mr. Wiiam Cark Consumer Assistance Representative Whirpoo Corporation 2000 North M-63 Benton Harbor, MI Pease incude a daytime phone number in your correspondence. 3. If you need service... Whirpoo has a nationwide network of authorized Whirpoo service companies. Whirpooa service technicians are trained to fufi the product warranty and provide afterwarranty service, anywhere in the United States. To ocate the authorized Whirpoo service company in your area, ca our Consumer Assistance Center teephone number (see Step 2) or ook in your teephone directory Yeow Pages under: 4. If you need FSP@ repacement parts... FSP is a registered trademark of Whirpoo Corporation for quaity parts. Look for this symbo of quaity whenever you need a repacement part for your Whirpoo appiance. FSP repacement parts wi fit right and work right, because they are made to the same exacting specifications used to buid every new Whirpoo appiance. To ocate FSP repacement parts in your area, refer to Step 3 above or ca the Whirpoo Consumer Assistance Center number in Step If you are not satisfied with how the probem was soved... Contact the Major Appiance Consumer Action Pane (MACAP). MACAP is a group of independent consumer experts that voices consumer views at the highest eves of the major appiance industry. Contact MACAP ony when the deaer, authorized servicer and Whirpoo have faied to resove your probem. Major Appiance Consumer Action Pane 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago, IL MACAP wi in turn inform us of your action. APPLANfZE-HOUSEHOLD- WASHING MACHINES A MAIOR, SERVICE k REPAIR DRYERQ SERVICE I REPAJR -Sea Whripoo Appsnces or - S= WhIrpoo Appiencer or Auhorzed Whirpoo EWva Auhxked Whipoo.Sewc4 (Exampb: m servka Co.) (Exsmpb: XYZ setvice co.) When askng for hep or servce: Pease provide a detaied description of the probem, your appiance s compete mode and seria numbers and the purchase date. (See page 2.) This information wi hep us respond propery to your request. 27

28 LENGTH OF WARRANTY FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANY From Date of Purchase LMTED FIVE-YEAR WARRANTY From Date of Purchase WHIRLPOOL WHIRLPOOL Dryer Warranty WILL NOT PAY FOR WHIRLPOOL WILL PAY FOR A. Service cas to: 1. Correct the instaation of your dryer. 2. Instruct you how to use your dryer. 3. Repace house fuses or correct house wiring or pumbing. 4. Repace ight bubs. FSP repacement parts and repair abor to correct defects in materias or workmanship. Service must be provided by an authorized Whirpoo service company. FSP repacement parts for the eectronic contro system if defective in materias or workmanship. B. Repairs when your dryer is used in other than norma, singe-famiy househod use. C. Pickup and deivery. Your dryer is designed to be repaired in the home. D. Damage to your dryer caused by accident, misuse, fire, food, acts of God or use of products not approved by Whirpoo. E. Any abor costs during the imited warranty. F. Repairs to parts or systems caused by unauthorized modifications made to the appiance. WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL 0~ CONSEQUEN- TIAL DAMAGES. Some states do not aow the excusion or imitation of incidenta or consequentia damages, so this imitation or excusion may not appy to you. This warranty gives you specific ega rights, and you may aso have other rights which vary from state to state. Outside the United States, a different warranty may appy. For detais, pease contact your authorized Whirpoo distributor or miitary exchange. If you need service, first see the If You Need Assistance Or Service section of this book. After checking If You Need Assistance Or Service, additiona hep can be found by caing our Consumer Assistance Center teephone number, , from anywhere in the U.S.A Printed on recyckd paper- 10% pos-mnwmr waste 50% recovered maerias PART NO WhIrpoo Trademark of Whirpoo, U.S.A. Prined in U.S.A.