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Dryer Problem
Clothes toke too long
to dry
Possible Causes Whet to do
Seporote heovy items from lightweight items (generolly, o well-
Improper sorting sorted wosher Iood is o well-sorted dryer Iood).
Large, heovy fobrics contoin more moisture ond toke longer to dry.
Large loads of heavy fabrics Seporote Iorge, heovy fobrics into smoller Ioods to speed drying
(like beach towels} time.
Controls improperly set Motch control settings to the Iood you ore drying.
Lint filter is full Cleon lint filter before every Iood.
Check instollotion instructions for proper ducting/venting.
Improper or obstructed
ducting
Hake sure ducting is cleon, free of kinks and unobstructed.
Blown fuses or tripped cir-
cuit breaker
Overloading/combining
Ioods Do not put more thon one wosher Iood in the dryer ot o time.
Underloeding
Overdrying
Check to see if outside woll domper operotes eosily.
Check the Instollotion Instructions to moke sure the dryer venting is
correct.
Reploce fuses or reset circuit breokers. Since most dryers
use 2 fuses/breokers, moke sure both ore operoting.
If you ore drying only one or two items, odd o few items
to ensure proper tumbling.
Select o shorter drying time.
Remove items while they still hold o slight omount of
moisture. Select o LESSDRYor DAMP DRYsetting.
Clothes ore wrinkled
Letting items sit in dryer
ofter cycle ends Remove items when cycle ends ond fold or hong immediotely.
Overloading
Some fabrics will noturolly
shrink when washed. Oth-
ers can be safely washed,
but will shrink in the dryer
Clothes shrink
Seporote Iorge Ioods into smoller ones.
To ovoid shrinkoge, follow gorment core Iobels exoctly.
Some items moy be pressed bock into shope ofter drying
If you ore concerned obout shrinkoge in o porticulor
item, do not mochine wosh or tumble dry it.
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