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When preparing your load there are some important things to consider:

It is best that you sort your garments before placing them into the dryer. Sort into loads of similar items, and loads that will take similar times to dry. Heavier items (eg towels and flannelette sheets) are best dried separately from lightweight items (eg synthetics, polyester-cotton sheets and shirts). This prevents the possibility of some items becoming over-dried whilst others are still damp. It will also help to extend the life of your clothing and linen.
Drying your clothes as soon as you remove them from the washer will decrease the chance of wrinkles, and dye transfer from coloured items to white items from occurring.
Garments with hooks or zippers should be fastened where possible and turned inside out.
Care labels on garments provide valuable information about the fabric type and how the garment should be dried. Always follow the advice on the garment labels. Only dry items in this dryer that have a care label stating tumble drying is suitable.
Separate coloured items from white/light items where possible, especially when new. Colour run may be an issue, especially if you intend to delay the start of the drying cycle.

Specific Item/Drying Requirements	Suggested Cycle And Options	Suggested Temperature	Comments
Towels	Everyday	High	Towels produce a lot of lint and are best dried on their own.
Sheets, pillowcases, duvet/doona covers	Everyday	High	Ensure duvet/doona cover openings are buttoned/domed before placing in the dryer.
Bulky items – Small doona/duvet, sleeping bags and jackets	Bulky (DE6060P only)	Medium	Only dry one bulky item at a time and place a few knotted towels into the dryer at the same time to ensure the bulky item moves around evenly.
Business shirts, trousers, other creasables	Easy Iron (DE6060P only)	High	Wrinkle Free is automatically selected to help minimise creasing once the drying cycle has finished.
Woollens, silks, fine fabrics	Rack Dry (DE6060P only) or Time Dry	Low	For items that could be damaged if they are tumbled, eg woollens. Ensure the drying rack has been correctly fitted.
Delicates, fine fabrics and synthetics	Delicate, Rack Dry (DE6060P only) or Time Dry	Medium	You can further reduce the dryness level to damp or use the drying rack for very delicate items.
Jeans	Heavy	High	Turn jeans inside out to help maintain their appearance. Dry separately from other items.
Hats, soft toys or other odd shaped items	Rack Dry (DE6060P only) or Time Dry	Medium	Check on the item regularly throughout the drying cycle. Ensure the rack has been correctly fitted.
Shoes	Rack Dry (DE6060P only) or Time Dry	Low	Check on the item regularly throughout the drying cycle. Ensure the rack has been correctly fitted. Only dry shoes on Low heat.

Before you load

Check pockets for items that could damage your clothes or get caught in the dryer.
Close zippers, hooks and eyes, and other fastenings (ie fasten the openings of duvet/doona covers), and remove loose bra wires. These may damage both your dryer and your clothes.
Check the lint filter is clean.

Loading

Garments need to be loaded correctly to minimise creasing and wrinkling, and to ensure the load is dried evenly. Make sure there is plenty of room for the garments to tumble freely while drying.

Load the dryer in terms of the space the garments take up when dry, rather than when they are wet. Do not overload your dryer, as this may damage your dryer and clothes.

It is a good idea to dry ‘permanent press’ type garments (eg business shirts) together on the ‘Easy Iron’ cycle (DE6060P only) or a separate cycle with the ‘Wrinkle Free’ option on. This will help reduce wrinkling and the need for ironing.

To reduce tangling

Load items individually.
Ensure duvet/doona covers are fastened before placing in the dryer.

To reduce creasing

Shake clothes out and load individually to help items dry evenly.
Launder permanent press garments separately, eg business shirts.
Allow enough room in the dryer for clothes to tumble freely.
Hang garments as soon as the drying cycle is complete to reduce the need for ironing.

Never put dripping wet clothes in or on top of the dryer as excess water may cause an electrical hazard.

Do not place an item in your dryer unless the care label specifically states it is safe to do so.

Always follow the instructions on the care label.

Do not dry curtains in your dryer. Sunlight makes them brittle and they may disintegrate during drying.

Drying times

Drying very small loads is inefficient. Try to dry medium to large loads.
Heavier items (towels and flannelette sheets) will take longer to dry than light items (synthetics and polyester cotton sheets and shirts).
Drying times can be reduced by spinning the wash load at the highest spin speed suitable for the load type in your washing machine.

Drying bulky items

It is important that you check the care label of any item carefully, to ensure it is suitable for tumble drying, before placing it into the dryer.
Check bulky items during the cycle to ensure even drying, pause the dryer and reposition the item if necessary.
Do not overload the dryer, ensure there is enough space for the dry item to tumble.

Lint

Some items are lint givers, while others are lint collectors. Always dry lint givers and collectors separately.

Lint Givers	Lint Collectors
Towels Flannelette sheets	Synthetics eg polar fleece Corduroy Polyester cottons

Drying rack

There are many items that would benefit from being dried on a drying rack. For example items like sport shoes, soft toys, hats and woollen items that may be damaged if they are tumbled.

A drying rack is installed in your dryer when it leaves the factory (DE6060P and DE6060G only).

When you are using the drying rack you must select the ‘Rack Dry’ cycle (DE6060P only) or the ‘Time Dry’ cycle with ‘Med’ or ‘Low’ Dry Temp selected, do not use ‘High’ Dry Temp.

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Drying rack

Drying rack cycle