General Electric Profile 473 Manual Del Propietário página 4

IMPORTANT SAFETYINFORMATION.
READALL INSTRUCTIONSBEFOREUSING.
WARNING!
YOUR LAUNDRY A REA
Keep the area underneath and around your
appliances fi'ee of combustible materials (lint,
paper, rags, etc.), gasoline, chemicals, and other
flamlnable vapors and liquids.
• Keep all lmmdty aids (such as detergents,
bleaches, etc.) out of the reach of children,
preferably in a locked cabinet. Obsexve all
warnings on container labels to avoid inju U.
• Keep the floor around your appliances clean and • Never climb on or stand on the (hyer top.
city to re&me the possibility of slipping.
• Close supervision is necessa,y if this appliance is
used by or near children. Do not allow children to
play on, xdth, or inside this or any_other appliance.
WHENUSINGYOUR DRYER
Never reach into die (hyer while die drum is
lnoving. Before loading, unloading or adding
clothes, wait until the dram has COlnpletely
stopped.
• The lmmchy process can reduce die flame
retardanQ_ of fabrics. To avoid such a result,
carefiflly follow the gammnt manuf_mmrer's
care instructions.
Clean the lint filter before each load to prevent
lint accumulation inside the duer or in the room.
DONOT OPERATE THEDRYER WITHOUTTHE LINT
FILTER IN PLACE.
• Do not wash or city articles fllat have been
cleaned in, washed in, soaked in, or spotted
with combustible or explosive substances (such as
wax, oil, paint, gasoline, de_'easers, (h?:cleaning
solvent.s, kerosene, etc.) which m W ignite or
explode. Do not acid these substances to the
wash water. Do not use or place these substances
around your washer or (hyer during operation.
• Do not place items exposed to cooking oils in
your (hyer. Itelns contaminated,_4th cooking oils
in W contribute to a chelnical reaction that could
cruise a clothes load to catch fire.
• A W article on which you have used a cleaning
solvent or that contains flamlnable materials
(such as cleaning cloths, mops, towels used in
bern W salons, restaurants, or barber shops, etc.)
lnUSt not be placed in or near the duer until
solvent.s or flammable materials have been
removed. There are ma W highly flammable
items used in homes such as acetone, denatured
alcohol, gasoline, kerosene, seine household
cleaners, some spot removers, tmpentines,
waxes, wax removers and pro&rots containing
petroleum distillates.
• Do not dpy articles containing rubber, plastic,
foam, or similar materials such as padded bras,
tennis shoes, galoshes, bath mats, rugs, bibs, baby
pant_s, plastic bags, pillows, etc., that In W melt or
burn. Some robber materials, when heated, can
under certain circumstances pro&me fire by
spontaneous combustion.
• Do not store plastic, paper or clothing that may
bum or melt on top of the duer duting operation.
• Garments labeled DryAway from Heater Do
Not Tumble Dry (such as life jackets containing
Kapok) lnUSt not be put in your (hyer.
• Do not city fiberglass articles in your (hyer.
Skin irritation could result ffOln the relnaining
particles that may be picked up by clothing
chuing subsequent duer uses.
• To minimize tim possibility of electric shock,
unplug this appliance fi'oln the power supply
or disconnect tim (hTer at the household
distribution panel by removing the filse or
switching off tim circuit breaker before
attempting any maintenance or cleaning
(except tim removal and cleaning of tim lint
filter). NOTE: Turning tim Cycle Selector knob
to an OFFposition does NOTdisconnect the
appliance fi'Oln the power supply.
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