Safety Precautions
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1 Safety Precautions
The machine is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or
mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or
instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.
Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the machine.
The machine is not to be used if industrial chemicals have been used for cleaning.
Do not dry unwashed items in the machine.
Items that have been soiled with substances such as cooking oil, acetone, alcohol, petrol, kerosene, spot
removers, turpentine, waxes and wax removers should be washed in hot water with an extra amount
of detergent before being dried in the machine.
Items such as foam rubber (latex foam), shower caps, waterproof textiles, rubber backed articles and
clothes or pillows fitted with foam rubber pads should not be dried in the machine.
Fabric softeners or similar products should be used as specified by the fabric softener instructions.
The final part of a drying cycle occurs without heat (cool down cycle) to ensure that the items are left at a
temperature that ensures that the items will not be damaged.
Remove all objects from pockets such as lighters and matches.
WARNING. Never stop the machine before the end of the drying cycle unless all items are quickly removed
and spread out so that the heat is dissipated.
Adequate ventilation has to be provided to avoid the back flow of gases into the room for appliances
burning other fuels, including open fires.
Exhaust air must not be discharged into a flue which is used for exhausting fumes from appliances burning
gas or other fuels.
The machine must not be installed behind a lockable door, a sliding door or a door with a hinge on the
opposite side to that of the machine.
If the machine has a lint trap this has to be cleaned frequently.
The lint must not be accumulated around the machine.
Gas heated tumble dryer:
The machine is not to be installed in rooms containing cleaning machines with perchloroethylene,
TRICHLOROETHYLENE or CHLOROFLUOROCONTAINING HYDROCARBONS as cleaning agents.
If you can smell gas:
• Do not switch on any equipment
• Do not use electrical switches
• Do not use telephones in the building
• Evacuate the room, building or area
• Contact the person responsible for the machine
All external equipment which is connected to the machine must be CE/EMC-approved and connected using
an approved shielded cable.
