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Electrical requirements, Mobile home - additional installation requirements, It is your responsibility – Whirlpool DUET SPORT W10151580B User Manual

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Recommended installation spacing for cabinet
installation

For cabinet installation, with a door, minimum ventilation
openings in the top of the cabinet are required.

*Required spacing

**For side or bottom venting, 0" (0 mm) spacing is allowed.

Recommended installation spacing for recessed or
closet installation, with stacked washer and dryer

The dimensions shown are for the recommended spacing.

*Required spacing

*Required spacing

Mobile home - additional installation requirements

This dryer is suitable for mobile home installations.
The installation must conform to the Manufactured Home
Construction and Safety Standard, Title 24 CFR, Part 3280
(formerly the Federal Standard for Mobile Home Construction
and Safety, Title 24, HUD Part 280).

Mobile home installations require:

Metal exhaust system hardware, which is available for
purchase from your dealer.

Special provisions must be made in mobile homes to
introduce outside air into the dryer. The opening (such as a
nearby window) should be at least twice as large as the dryer
exhaust opening.

Electrical Requirements

It is your responsibility

To contact a qualified electrical installer.

To be sure that the electrical connection is adequate and in
conformance with the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA
70-latest edition and all local codes and ordinances.

The National Electrical Code requires a 4-wire supply
connection for homes built after 1996, dryer circuits involved
in remodeling after 1996, and all mobile home installations.

A copy of the above code standards can be obtained from:
National Fire Protection Association, One Batterymarch Park,
Quincy, MA 02269.

To supply the required 3 or 4 wire, single phase, 120/240 volt,
60 Hz., AC only electrical supply (or 3 or 4 wire, 120/208 volt
electrical supply, if specified on the serial/rating plate) on a
separate 30-amp circuit, fused on both sides of the line. A
time-delay fuse or circuit breaker is recommended. Connect
to an individual branch circuit. Do not have a fuse in the
neutral or grounding circuit.

Do not use an extension cord.

If codes permit and a separate ground wire is used, it is
recommended that a qualified electrician determine that the
ground path is adequate.

7"* (178 mm)

9"*

(229 mm)

7"* (178 mm)

5"**

(127 mm)

28.65"

(728 mm)

27"

(686 mm)

1"*

(25 mm) (25 mm)

1"

(25 mm)

1"

48 in.

2

*

(310 cm

2

)

3"* (76 mm)

3"* (76 mm)

1"* (25 mm)

24 in.

2

*

(155 cm

2

)

6"* (152 mm)

72"

(1829 mm)

27"

(686 mm)

5"*

(127 mm)

1"

(25 mm)

1"

(25 mm)