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SAFETY AND WARNINGS
4
Spontaneous combustion
IMPORTANT!
To reduce the risk of fire in a tumble dryer the following should be observed:
■ Items that have been spotted or soaked with vegetable oil or cooking oil are a fire
hazard and should not be placed in a tumble dryer.
■ Oil-affected items can ignite spontaneously, especially when exposed to heat
sources such as a tumble dryer. The items become warm causing an oxidation
reaction in the oil. This oxidation creates heat. If the heat cannot escape the items
can become hot enough to catch fire. Piling, stacking or storing oil-affected items
can prevent heat from escaping creating a fire hazard.
■ If it is unavoidable that fabrics that contain vegetable oil, cooking oil or have been
contaminated by hair care products be placed in a tumble dryer
, they should first
be washed in hot water with extra detergent – this will reduce, but not eliminate
the fire hazard. The cool down cycle of the dryer should be used to reduce the
temperature of these items. They should not be removed from the tumble dryer
and piled or stacked while hot.
■ Items that have previously been cleaned in, washed in, soaked in or spotted
with flammable liquids or solids, eg petrol/gasoline, kerosene, dry cleaning
solvents, vegetable or cooking oil, acetone, denatured alcohol, some brands of
spot removers, turpentine, waxes and wax removers or other flammable or
explosive substances should not be placed in a tumble dryer.
■ Do not dry unwashed items in the tumble dryer.
■ The dryer is not to be used if industrial chemicals have been used for cleaning.
■ Fabric Softeners or similar products should not be used in a tumble dryer to
eliminate the effects of static electricity, unless this practice is specifically
recommended by the manufacturer of the fabric softener product.
■ Rubber backed articles, foam rubber (latex foam), clothes or pillows fitted with
foam rubber pads, fibreglass, shoes containing rubber, shower caps, baby’s
waterproof napkin covers and waterproof textiles should not be dried in the drye
r.
These materials can, when heated, produce fire by spontaneous combustion.
■ The maximum mass of dry textiles depends on your model, The HDV60E1 model is
rated at 6kg. The HDV50E1 model is rated at 5kg. Do not overload your dryer.
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