Electrolux Eimed55iiw Use And Care Manual

Safety

Important Safety Instructions

Recognize safety symbols, words and labels

Your safety and the safety of others is very important.

We have provided many important safety messages in the Use and Care Guide, Installation

Instructions and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages.

Safety items throughout this manual are labeled with a WARNING or CAUTION based on the risk type as described below:

This symbol alerts you to situations that may cause serious body harm, death or property damage.

This symbol alerts you to situations that may cause bodily injury or property damage.

NOTE

The instructions appearing in this Use and

Care Guide are not meant to cover every possible condition and situation that may occur.

Common sense and caution must be practiced when installing, operating and maintaining any appliance.

WARNING

For your safety the following information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fi re or explosion or to prevent property damage, personal injury or death.

Do not store or use gasoline or other fl ammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS:

• Do not try to light any appliance.

• Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use any phone in your building.

• Clear the room, building or area of all occupants.

• Immediately call your gas supplier from a neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas supplier’s instructions.

• If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fi re department.

Installation and service must be performed by a qualifi ed installer, service agency or the gas supplier.

Save these instructions for future reference.

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Grounding type wa

Do not, under an cumstances, cut, remo ve, ypass th e gr ong.

Avoid fi re hazard or electrical shock. Do not use an adaptor plug or extension cord or remove grounding prong from electrical power cord. Failure to follow this warning can cause serious injury, fi re or death.

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Safety

WARNING

To reduce the risk of fi re, electrical shock, or injury to persons when using this dryer, comply with the basic warnings listed below. Failure to comply with these warnings could result in serious personal injuries.

You can be killed or seriously injured if you don’t follow these Important Safety Instructions:

PREVENT FIRE

• Do not dry items that have been previously cleaned in, soaked in, or spotted with gasoline, cleaning solvents, kerosene, waxes, etc. Do not store these items on or near the dryer. These substances give off vapors that could ignite or explode.

• Do not place items exposed to cooking oils in your dryer. Items contaminated with cooking oils may contribute to a chemical reaction that could cause a load to catch fi re.

• Do not dry articles containing rubber, plastic or similar materials such as bras, galoshes, bath mats, rugs, bibs, baby pants, plastic bags and pillows that may melt or burn. Some rubber materials, when heated, can under certain circumstances produce fi re by spontaneous combustion.

• Clean the lint screen before or after each load.

The interior of the dryer, lint screen housing and exhaust duct should be cleaned approximately every 18 months by qualifi ed service personnel.

An excessive amount of lint build-up in these areas could result in ineffi cient drying and possible fi re. See Care and Cleaning.

WARNING

FIRE HAZARD

A clothes dryer produces combustible lint.

The dryer must be connected to an outdoors exhaust. Regularly inspect the outdoor exhaust opening and remove any accumulation of lint around the opening and in the surrounding area.

• Do not operate the dryer if the lint screen is blocked, damaged or missing. Fire hazard, overheating and damage to fabrics can occur.

• Do not obstruct the fl ow of ventilating air. Do not stack or place laundry or throw rugs against the front or back of the dryer.

• Do not spray any type of aerosol into, on or near dryer at any time.

• Do not use fabric softeners or products to eliminate static unless recommended by the manufacturer of the fabric softener or product.

• Do not continue to use the dryer if you hear squeaking, grinding, rubbing or other unusual noises. This could be a sign of mechanical breakdown and lead to fi re or serious injury.

Contact a qualifi ed technician immediately.

• Failure to comply with these warnings could result in fi re, explosion, serious bodily injury and/ or damage to the rubber or plastic parts of the dryer.

PROTECT CHILDREN

• Do not allow children to play on or in the dryer.

Close supervision of children is necessary when the dryer is used near children. As children grow, teach them the proper, safe use of all appliances.

• Destroy the carton, plastic bag and other packing materials after the dryer is unpacked. Children might use them for play. Cartons covered with rugs, bedspreads or plastic sheets can become airtight chambers.

• Keep laundry products out of children’s reach.

To prevent personal injury, observe all warnings on product labels.

• Before the dryer is removed from service or discarded, remove the dryer door to prevent accidental entrapment.

• Failure to comply with these warnings could result in serious personal injuries.

Safety

Important Safety Instructions, continued

PREVENT INJURY

• To prevent shock hazard and assure stability during operation, the dryer must be installed and electrically grounded by a qualifi ed service person in accordance with local codes. Installation instructions are packed in the dryer for the installer’s reference. Refer to INSTALLATION

INSTRUCTIONS for detailed grounding procedures. If the dryer is moved to a new location, have it checked and reinstalled by a qualifi ed service person.

• To prevent personal injury or damage to the dryer, the electrical power cord of a gas dryer must be plugged into a properly grounded and polarized 3-prong outlet. The third grounding prong must never be removed. Never ground the dryer to a gas pipe. Do not use an extension cord or an adaptor plug.

• ALWAYS disconnect the dryer from the electrical supply before attempting any service or cleaning. Failure to do so can result in electrical shock or injury.

• Do not use any type spray cleanser when cleaning dryer interior. Hazardous fumes or electrical shock could occur.

• To prevent injury, do not reach into the dryer if the drum is moving. Wait until the dryer has stopped completely before reaching into the drum.

PREVENT INJURY AND DAMAGE TO THE

DRYER

• All repairs and servicing must be performed by an authorized servicer unless specifi cally recommended in this Use & Care Guide. Use only authorized factory parts.

• Do not tamper with controls.

• Do not install or store the dryer where it will be exposed to the weather.

• A thermal limiter switch automatically turns off the motor in the unlikely event of an overheated situation (electric dryers only). A service technician must replace the thermal limiter switch after correcting the fault.

• Failure to comply with these warnings could result in serious personal injuries.

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CAUTION

The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act requires the Governor of California to publish a list of substances known to the state to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm, and requires businesses to warn customer of potential exposure to such substances. Included in this list are soot and carbon monoxide, both of which may be produced by the use of this product.