VFCM-25 Lighting Instructions

FOR YOUR SAFETY READ BEFORE LIGHTING

WARNING: If you do not follow these instructions exactly, a ﬁre or explosion may result

causing property damage, personal injury or loss of life.

A.This appliance has a pilot which must be lighted by hand. When lighting the pilot, follow these instructions exactly.

B.BEFORE LIGHTING smell all around the appliance area for gas. Be sure to smell next to the ﬂoor because some gas is heavier than air and will settle on the ﬂoor.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS

•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. Follow the gas supplier's instructions.

•If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the ﬁre

department.

C.Use only your hand to push in or turn the gas control knob. Never use tools. If the knob will not push in or turn by hand, don't try to repair it; call a qualiﬁed service technician. Force or attempted repair may result in a ﬁre or explosion.

D.Do not use this appliance if any part has been under water. Immediately call a qualiﬁed service technician to inspect the appliance and to replace any part of the control system and any gas control which has been under water.

LIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS

1.STOP! Read the safety information.

2.Make sure the manual shutoff valve is fully open.

3.This heater is equipped with an ignition device (piezo) which automatically lights the pilot.

4.Refer to Figure 11 for the location of the piezo ignitor and control knob. Push in gas control knob slightly and turn

control knob clockwise to the OFF position. NOTE: Knob cannot be turned to OFF unless knob is pushed in slightly. Do not force.

5.Wait ten (10) minutes to clear out any gas. Then smell for gas, including near the ﬂoor. If you smell gas STOP! Follow the instructions under ‘What To Do If You Smell Gas”. If you do not smell gas, go to the next step.

6.From OFF position, push in gas control knob slightly and

turn counterclockwiseto the PILOT position. Push in and hold control knob for 5 seconds.

NOTE: If you are running the heater for the ﬁrst time, it will be necessary to press in the control knob for 30 seconds to allow air to bleed out of the gas piping.

7.With the control knob pushed in, push and release the piezo ignitor button to light the ODS pilot. The pilot is located on the right rear side of the heater, behind the front log and in front of the rear log. If piezo ignitor does not light the pilot, refer to “Match Lighting Instructions”.

8.Hold the control knob in for an additional 10 seconds to prevent the ODS pilot from shutting off the gas while the thermocouple is warming up.

9.Release the control knob.

•If the knob does not pop out when released, stop and immediately call your service technician or gas supplier.

•If the ODS pilot will not stay lit after several tries, push

and turn the gas control knob clockwise to OFF and wait 15 seconds. Repeat steps 6 through 9.

10.Push in control knob and turn to desired setting (1, 2, 3). The control knob must be set at either the low or high position, and the control knob will pop out when positioned correctly. Do not set the control knob at a position between pilot (1, 2, 3).

TO TURN OFF GAS TO APPLIANCE

1.Turn control knob clockwise to OFF position to completely shut off the heater.

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VFCT25-3, VFCM-25-3. VFCR-25-3 specifications

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