Desa VsGF28PTF, VsGF28nTF installation manual See Checking Gas Connec

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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.

OBSERVED PROBLEM		POSSIBLE CAUSE			REMEDY
Fireplace produces unwanted		1. Heater burning vapors from			1.	Open window to ventilate
odors			paint, hair spray, glues, cleaners,			room. Stop using odor caus-
			chemicals, new carpet, etc. (See			ing products while heater is
		2.	IMPORTANT statement above)		2.	running
			Low fuel supply (propane/LP			Refill supply tank (propane/LP
		3.	only)		3.	only)
			Gas leak. See Warning			Locate and correct all leaks
			statement at top of page			(see Checking Gas Connec-
						tions, page 15)
Fireplace shuts off in use (ODS		1. Not enough fresh air is avail-			1.	Open window and/or door for
operates)		2.	able		2.	ventilation
			Low line pressure			Contact local natural or pro-
		3.	ODS/pilot is	partially	3.	pane/LP gas company
						Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning
			clogged			and Maintenance, page 20)
	Gas odor even when control	1. Gas leak. See		Warning	1.	Locate and correct all leaks
knob is in OFF position			statement at top of page			(see Checking Gas Connec-
		2.	Control valve or gas control		2.	tions, page 15)
						Replace control valve or gas
			defective			control
	Gas odor during combustion	1. Foreign matter between con-			1.	Take apart gas tubing and
		2.	trol valve and burner		2.	remove foreign matter
			Gas leak. See	Warning		Locate and correct all leaks
			statement at top of page			(see Checking Gas Connec-
						tions, page 15)

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