Understanding Safety
Your safety and the safety of others is very important.
We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages. This is the safety alert symbol. This symbol alerts you to hazards that can kill or hurt you and others. All safety messages will be preceded by the safety alert symbol and the word �DANGER� or �WARNING.� These words mean:
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You will be killed or seriously injured if you don�t follow instructions. You can be killed or seriously injured if you don�t follow instructions.
All safety messages will identify the hazard, tell you how to reduce the chance of injury, and tell you what can happen if the instructions are not followed.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to
persons when using the washer/dryer, follow basic precautions, including the following: �Read all instructions before using �Under certain conditions, the washer/dryer. hydrogen gas may be produced in �Do not wash or dry articles that a hot water system that has not have been previously cleaned been used for 2 weeks or more. in, washed in, soaked in, or HYDROGEN GAS IS EXPLOSIVE. spotted with gasoline, dry-cleanIf the hot water system has not ing solvents, other flammable, been used for such a period, or explosive substances as they before using the washing machine, give off vapors that could ignite turn on all hot water faucets and let or explode. the water flow from each for �Do not add gasoline, dry-cleanseveral minutes. This will release ing solvents, or other flammable, any accumulated hydrogen gas. or explosive substances to the As the gas is flammable, do not wash water. These substances smoke or use an open flame during give off vapors that could ignite this time. or explode.
