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GEAppliances.com
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5
Owner’s Manual &
Installation Instructions
Operating Instructions
Care and Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
U.S. Models:
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
DSXH43
Loading and Using the Dryer . . . . . . .8
DPXH46
DH43
Installation Instructions . . . . . . . 9–20
Electrical Installation for
Canada Models:
Electric Dryer . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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GE & You, A Service Partnership. IMPORTANT! Staple sales slip or cancelled check here. Proof of the original purchase date is needed to obtain service under the warranty. Fill out the Consumer Product Registration Card. Two easy ways to register your appliance! Through the Internet at www.geappliances.com Complete and mail the enclosed Product Registration Card FOR YOUR RECORDS Write the model and serial numbers here: # # They are on the label on the left side of the door opening. READ THIS
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire or explosion, electric shock, or to prevent property damage, personal injury, or death. Do not store or use gasoline or other Installation and service must be performed flammable vapors and liquids in the by a qualified
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! YOUR LAUNDRY AREA Keep the area underneath and around your Close supervision is necessary if this appliance is appliances free of combustible materials, such used by or near children. Do not allow children as lint, paper, rags and chemicals. to play on, with or inside this or any other appliance. Keep the floor around your appliances clean and dry to reduce the possibility of slipping. Keep all laundry aids (such
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service WARNING! Never attempt to operate this appliance if You may wish to soften your laundered fabrics it is damaged, malfunctioning, partially or reduce the static electricity in them by using disassembled or has missing or broken parts, a dryer-applied fabric softener or an antistatic including a damaged cord or plug. conditioner. We recommend you use either a fabric softener in the wash
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About the dryer control panel. Models DPXH46 and DCXH46 Models DSXH43, DH43 and PSXH43 Features and appearance may vary. Control Settings Fabric Care COTTONS For regular to heavy cottons. REG. HEAT PERM. PRESS For synthetics, blends and items labeled permanent press or tumble dry medium heat. MED HEAT KNITS/ For knits, delicates, synthetics and items labeled tumble dry low heat. DELICATES LOW HEAT AIR FLUFF For fluffing items without heat. Use the TIMED DRY cycle. NO HEAT Drying Cycles The COTTO
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service About your dryer features. Cycle Signal Option (on some models) CYCLE SIGNAL When the signal is on it will sound just five minutes as a reminder to remove before the end of the cycle to remind the load. OFF LOUD you to remove the clothes. The signal NOTE: can be set at OFF (no sound), LOUD or If items are removed before the end of anywhere in between. the cycle, turn the CYCLE SELECTOR
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Loading and using the dryer. Always follow the fabric manufacturer’s care label when laundering. Sorting and Loading Hints As a general rule, if clothes are sorted properly for the washer, they are sorted properly for the dryer. Do not add fabric softener sheets once the load has become warm. They may cause fabric softener stains. ® Bounce Fabric Conditioner Dryer Sheets have been approved for use in all GE Dryers when used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not overload. T
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Spacemaker Dryer Installation Models DCXH46 DSXH43 Instructions DPXH46 DH43 PSXH43 If you have any questions, in the U.S., call 800.GE.CARES (800.432.2737) or visit our Website at: GEAppliances.com In Canada, call 1.800.361.3400 or visit our Website at: geappliances.ca FOR YOUR SAFETY: BEFORE YOU BEGIN Read these instructions completely and carefully. WARNING • IMPORTANT – Save these • This dryer must be exhausted to the outdoors. Use instructions for local inspector’s use. only rigid meta
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Installation Instructions PREPARING THE INSTALLATION SITE TOOLS AND MATERIALS AND UNPACKING YOUR DRYER YOU WILL NEED 1. Prepare the area and exhaust for installation Phillips head screwdriver of the new dryer. Adjustable pliers (adjust leveling legs) 2. Check to be sure that the existing external Carpenter’s level exhaust is clean and that it meets attached installation specifications. Flat or straight blade screwdriver (may be needed for cord strain relief) 3. Place the four corner posts
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Installation Instructions Read these instructions completely and carefully. ELECTRICAL CONNECTION ELECTRICAL CONNECTION INFORMATION FOR INFORMATION FOR GAS DRYERS ELECTRIC DRYERS WARNING – To reduce the risk of WARNING – To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock or personal injury: fire, electric shock or personal injury: • DO NOT USE AN EXTENSION CORD WITH • DO NOT USE AN EXTENSION CORD OR AN THIS APPLIANCE. ADAPTER PLUG WITH THIS APPLIANCE. • DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CUT OR • THIS A
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Installation Instructions EXHAUST SYSTEM WARNING REQUIREMENTS The dryer MUST NOT be exhausted into a chimney, a wall, a ceiling, a common duct with a kitchen exhaust or Use only 4″ (10.2 cm) diameter (minimum) rigid metal any concealed space of a building which can accumulate duct for best performance, or flexible metal duct, and lint, resulting in a fire hazard. approved vent hood which has swing-out dampers that DO NOT exceed the length of duct pipe or number of open when the dryer is in ope
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Installation Instructions EXHAUST DUCTING LENGTH EXHAUST DIRECTION All dryers are shipped set up for rear exhausting. The exhaust system should be inspected and cleaned a On electric dryers, exhausting can be on the cabinet right minimum of every year with normal usage. The more the or left side, or through the dryer bottom. Gas dryers can dryer is used, the more often you should check the exhaust exhaust on the cabinet right side or the dryer bottom. To system and vent hood for proper operatio
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Installation Instructions LOCATION OF YOUR DRYER Allow the following clearances for ease of installation: Do Not Install the Dryer: FRONT SIDES REAR TOP 1.Do not install the dryer in an area exposed to dripping Alcove, stack, 3” (7.6 cm) 0 (0 cm) 3” (7.6 cm) 0 (0 cm) water or outside weather conditions. undercounter or closet 2.Do not install the dryer in an area where it will come in contact with curtains, drapes or anything that will THIS DRYER MUST BE EXHAUSTED OUTDOORS. obstruct the flow of
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Installation Instructions MOBILE HOME INSTALLATION ROUGH-IN DIMENSIONS 1. Dryer MUST be exhausted outside (outdoors, not beneath the mobile home) using metal ducting that will 26 7/8″ (68.3 cm) not support combustion. Metal ducting must be 4″ (10.16 cm) in diameter with no obstructions. Rigid metal duct is preferred. 2.If the dryer is exhausted through the floor, the exhaust Electrical connection system MUST NOT terminate beneath the mobile Under counter home. Termination MUST be securely fasten
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Installation Instructions ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION FOR GROUNDING REQUIREMENTS ELECTRIC DRYERS WARNING: Improper connection of the equipment-grounding conductor can result in a risk of WARNING: The following are specific electric shock. Check with a licensed electrician if you are in requirements for proper and safe electrical installation of doubt as to whether the appliance is properly grounded. your dryer. Failure to follow these instructions can create electrical shock and/or a fire hazard. Th
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Installation Instructions 3-WIRE SYSTEM FOR 4-WIRE SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC DRYERS ELECTRIC DRYERS NOT for use in Canada. Effective January 1, 1996: The National Electrical Code DO NOT use for Mobile Home Installations. requires that new construction (non existing) utilize a NOT for use on new construction. 4-wire connection to an electric dryer. In Canada a 4-wire power supply cord is installed on 1. Remove the screws securing the terminal block access the dryer. cover and the strain relief moun
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Installation Instructions GAS CONNECTION FOR CAUTION: Before operating the dryer, make sure the dryer area is clear and free from GAS DRYERS combustible materials, gasoline, and other flammable 1. Remove the shipping cap from gas pipe at the rear of vapors. Also see that nothing (such as boxes, the dryer. clothing, etc.) obstructs the flow of combustion and ventilation air. Conversion to LP Gas: DO NOT connect the dryer to LP gas service without converting the gas valve. An LP 6. Run the dryer
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Stacking Instructions MOUNTING THE DRYER TO WARNING: THE WASHER • To reduce the risk of electric shock, disconnect this appliance from the power supply before attempting The numbers in the illustration correspond to steps. any user maintenance. Turning the controls to the 1.Remove the washer top panel by first removing the 4 OFF position does not disconnect this appliance from the power supply. screws in the 2 brackets located on the top rear of the washer. • Refer to the washer and dryer in
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Stacking Instructions–Reversing Door Swing 8. Insert the 2 long screws provided in the kit through The numbers in the illustration correspond to steps. the holes in the dryer front panel and install into the front mounting brackets. 5. Using the blade end of a putty knife covered with masking tape, carefully remove the hole plugs located 9. Install the hole plugs removed in step 5. in the bottom of the dryer front panel. 10. Refer to the washer and dryer installation instructions 6. Remove the 4
