Connect Vent; Plan Vent System - Kenmore 7965 - 600 5.9 cu. Ft. Capacity Gas Flatback Dryer Installation Instructions Manual

Determine vent length and elbows needed for best
drying performance
• Use the following Vent system chart to determine type of vent
material and hood combinations acceptable to use.
NOTE: Do not use vent runs longer than those specified in
the Vent system chart. Exhaust systems longer than those
specified will:
• Shorten the life of the dryer.
• Reduce performance, resulting in longer drying times and
increased energy usage.
The Vent system chart provides venting requirements that will
help to achieve the best drying performance.
Vent system chart
Number of Type of Box or Angled
90 ° turns vent Iouvered hoods
or elbows hoods
0 Rigid metal 64 ft (20 m) 58 ft (17.7 m)
1 Rigid metal 54 ft (16.5 m) 48 ft (14.6 m)
2 Rigid metal 44 ft (13.4 m) 38 ft (11.6 m)
3 Rigid metal 35 ft (10.7 m) 29 ft (8.8 m)
4 Rigid metal 27 ft (8.2 m) 21 ft (6.4 m)
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Examine leveling legs, find diamond marking.
Screw legs into leg holes by hand. Use a wrench to finish
turning legs until diamond marking is no longer visible.
Place a carton corner post from the dryer packaging under
each of the 2 dryer back corners. Stand the dryer up. Slide
the dryer on the corner posts until it is close to its final
location. Leave enough room to connect the exhaust vent
or gas line.
For mobile home use
Gas dryers must be securely fastened to the floor at the time
of installation.
Mobile home installations require a Mobile Home Installation Kit.
For more information, please call 1-800-4-MY-HOME ®
(1-800-469-4663).
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Install exhaust hood. Use caulking compound to seal exterior
wall opening around exhaust hood.
Connect vent to exhaust hood. Vent must fit inside exhaust
hood. Secure vent to exhaust hood with 4" (102 mm) clamp.
Run vent to dryer location. Use the straightest path possible.
See "Determine vent path" in "Plan Vent System." Avoid 90 °
turns. Use clamps to seal all joints. Do not use duct tape,
screws, or other fastening devices that extend into the
interior of the vent to secure vent, because they can catch
lint.
Excessive Weight Hazard
Use two or more people to move and install dryer,
Failure to do so can result in back or other injury.
1. To avoid damaging floor, use a large, flat piece of cardboard
from dryer carton. Place cardboard under entire back edge
of dryer.
2. Firmly grasp dryer body (not the top or console panel). Gently
lay dryer down on cardboard. See illustration.
Check the levelness of the dryer. Check levelness first side
to side, then front to back.
If the dryer is not level, prop up the dryer using a wood block.
Use a wrench to adjust the legs up or down and check again for
levelness.
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2.
Remove the red cap from the gas pipe.
Using a wrench to tighten, connect the gas supply to
the dryer. Use pipe-joint compound on the threads of
all non-flared male fittings. If flexible metal tubing is used,
be sure there are no kinks.
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A. Flared male thread
B. Non-flared male thread
NOTE: For LP gas connections, you must use pipe-joint
compound resistant to the action of LP gas. Do not use
TEFLON ®t tape.
1-®TEFLON is a registered trademark of E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company.