TROUBLE- | WARNING ICONG 001 WARNING | |
SHOOTING | If you smell gas | |
Continued | • Shut off gas supply. | |
• Do not try to light any appliance. | ||
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| use any phone in your building. | |
| • Immediately call your gas supplier from a | |
| neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas supplier’s | |
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| • If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call | |
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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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| Fireplace produces a | 1. | Metal expanding while | 1. | This is common with |
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| Fireplace produces | 1. | Fireplace | burning | va- | 1. | Open window and |
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| 2. | Gas leak. See Warn- | 2. | Locate and correct | all | |||||
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| Fireplace shuts off in | 1. | Not enough fresh air is | 1. | Open window and/or |
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| Gas odor even when | 1. | Gas leak. See Warn- | 1. | Locate and correct | all | |||||
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| 2. | Control valve defective | 2. | Replace control valve | ||||||
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| Gas odor during | 1. | Foreign matter be- |
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