Maytag MD-1 - Manual (Page 2)

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For your safety, the information in this guide must be
followed to minimize the risk of fire or explosion or to
prevent property damage, personal injury or death.
• Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable
vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any
other appliance.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
• Do not try to light any appliance.
• Do not touch any electrical switch.
• Do not use any phone in your building.
• Clear the room, building or area of all
occupants.
• Immediately call your gas supplier from a
neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas supplier’s
instructions.
• If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire
department.
Installation and service must be performed by a
qualified installer, service agency or the gas supplier.
WARNING
Important Safety Instructions
WARNING – Hazards or unsafe practices which
COULD result in severe personal injury or death.
WARNING
CAUTION – Hazards or unsafe practices which
COULD result in minor personal injury.
CAUTION
What You Need to Know About
Safety Instructions
Warning and Important Safety Instructions appearing in
this guide are not meant to cover all possible
conditions and situations that may occur. Common
sense, caution and care must be exercised when
installing, maintaining or operating appliance.
Always contact the manufacturer about problems or
conditions you do not understand.
Recognize Safety Symbols, Words,
Labels
WARNING! FIRE HAZARD
Do not place into your dryer items that have been
spotted or soaked with vegetable oil or cooking oil.
Even after being washed, these items may contain
significant amounts of these oils. The remaining oil
can ignite spontaneously. The potential for
spontaneous ignition increases when the items
containing vegetable oil or cooking oil are exposed
to heat. Heat sources, such as your clothes dryer,
can warm these items, allowing an oxidation
reaction in the oil to occur. Oxidation creates heat. If
this heat cannot escape, the items can become hot
enough to catch fire. Piling, stacking or storing
these kinds of items may prevent heat from
escaping and can create a fire hazard.
All washed and unwashed fabrics that contain
vegetable oil or cooking oil can be dangerous.
Washing these items in hot water with extra
detergent will reduce, but will not eliminate, the
hazard. Always use the Cool Down cycle for these
items to reduce the items’ temperature. Never
remove these items from the clothes dryer hot or
interrupt the drying cycle until the items have run
through the Cool Down cycle. Never pile or stack
these items when they are hot.
Installer: Please leave this guide with this
appliance.
Consumer: Please read and keep this guide for
future reference. Keep sales receipt and/or canceled
check as proof of purchase.
Model Number _______________________________
Serial Number ________________________________
Date of Purchase ______________________________
If you have questions, call:
Customer Assistance
1-800-688-9900 U.S.A.
1-800-688-2002 Canada
(Mon.–Fri. 8 a.m.–8 p.m. Eastern Time)
Internet: http://www.maytag.com
U.S.A. Customers using TTY for deaf, hearing
impaired or speech impaired, call 1-800-688-2080.
In our continuing effort to improve the quality and
performance of our appliances, it may be necessary
to make changes to the appliance without revising
this guide.
For service information, see page 15.