GE DCVH480EKWW - Manual (Page 20)

Installation Instructions
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
• Remove and discard existing plastic or metal
duct and replace with UL-listed duct.
• Remove any lint from the wall exhaust opening.
Internal
duct
opening
Wall
Check that exhaust
hood damper
opens and closes
freely.
STANDARD REAR EXHAUST
We recommend that you install your dryer before
installing your washer. This will permit direct
access for easier exhaust connection.
Pull out the wire spacer and swing upward to its full
extension. Let the wire spacer lay flat and extended
on the floor. This will prevent the dryer from being
pushed too close to a wall or object, causing the
ducting to come loose from the dryer.
Slide the end of the exhaust duct on the back
of the dryer and secure with duct tape or a
hose clamp.
NOTE: We strongly recommend using rigid metal
exhaust duct.
• For straight-line installation, connect the dryer
exhaust to the wall, using duct tape.
RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION
TO MINIMIZE EXHAUST BLOCKAGE
Using duct elbows will prevent duct kinking and
collapsing.
Duct
Transition
ducting
Wire
frame
spacer
Wall side
Dryer
side
EXHAUSTING THE DRYER (cont.)
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Wire frame
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