Installation guide

Exhaust system requirements, continued

FIRE HAZARD FIRE HAZARD

A clothes dryer must be exhausted outdoors• Do not Exceeding the length of duct pipe or number of elbows

exhaust dryer into a chimney, a wall, a ceiling, an attic, allowed in the "MAXIMUM LENGTH" charts can cause

a crawl space or any concealed space of a building• A an accumulation of lint in the exhaust system• Plugging

clothes dryer produces combustible lint. If the dryer is

not exhausted outdoors, some fine lint will be expelled

into the laundry area• An accumulation of tint in any

area of the home can create a health and fire hazard.

The dryer must be connected to an exhaust outdoors.

Regularly inspect the outdoor exhaust opening and

remove any accumulation of lint around the outdoor

exhaust opening and in the surrounding area.

FIRE HAZARD

• Do not allow combustible materials (for example:

clothing, draperies/curtains, paper) to come in

contact with exhaust system. The dryer MUST NOT

be exhausted into a chimney, a wall, a ceiling,

or any concealed space of a building which can

accumulate lint, resulting in a fire hazard.

Do not screen the exhaust ends of the vent system,

or use any screws, rivets or other fasteners that

extend into the duct to assemble the exhaust

system. Lint can become caught in the screen, on

the system could create a fire hazard, as welt as

increase drying times.

MAXIMUMLENGTH

of #' (102 mm) Rigid MetalDuct

3 VENT HOOD TYPE

(Preferred)

4" 2,5"

(10.2 cm) Iouvered (6,35 cm)

0 56 ft. (17 m) 42 ft. (13 m)

1 48 ft. (14.5 m) 34 ft. (10.5 m)

2 40 ft. (12 m) 26 ft. (8 m)

3 32 ft, (9.5 m) 18 ft. (5.5 m)

, Do not install flexible plastic or flexible foil venting

the screws or rivets, clogging the duct work and material.

creattng a fire hazard as welt as increasing drying

..... • If nsta ngsem-rgdventng do not exceed8ft

t mes Use an approved vent hood to term nate the "2 4 m" duct len th

• L. ) g •

duct outdoors, and seal all ]olnts with metal foil duct .....

tape, All male duct pipe fittings MUST be installed

downstream with the flow of air.