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WARNING: If you smell gas
•Shut off gas supply.
•Do not try to light any appliance.
•Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use any phone in your building.
•Immediately call your gas supplier from a neighbor’s phone. Fol- low the gas supplier’s instructions.
•If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire department.
IMPORTANT: Operating fireplace where impurities in air exist may create odors. Cleaning supplies, paint, paint remover, cigarette smoke, cements and glues, new carpet or textiles, etc., create fumes. These fumes may mix with combustion air and create odors. These odors will disappear over time.
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Fireplaceproducesaclicking/tick- | 1. | Metal expanding while heat- | 1. | This is common with most |
ing noise just after burners are lit |
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| fireplaces. If noise is excessive, |
or shut off |
| cooling |
| contact qualified service person |
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Fireplace produces unwanted | 1. | Fireplace burning vapors | 1. | Open window and ventilate |
odors |
| from paint, hair spray, glues, |
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| carpet, etc. (see IMPOR- |
| is running |
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| TANT statement above) | 2. | Locate and correct all leaks |
| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning | ||
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Fireplace shuts off in use (ODS | 1. | Not enough fresh air is | 1. | Open window and/or door for |
operates) |
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| ventilation |
| 2. | Low line pressure | 2. | Contact local gas company |
| 3. | ODS/pilot is partially | 3. | Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning |
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| and Maintenance, page 25) |
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Gas odor even when wall switch | 1. | Gas leak. See Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks |
and remote control buttons and |
| statement above |
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switches are in OFF position | 2. | Control valve defective |
| tions, page 15) |
| 2. | Replace control valve | ||
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Gas odor during combustion | 1. | Foreign matter between | 1. | Take apart gas tubing and |
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| control valve and burner |
| remove foreign matter |
| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning | 2. | Locate and correct all leaks |
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