TROUBLESHOOTING

Continued

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. Follow 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.

Fireplace burning vapors from

odors

paint, hair spray, glues, clean-

 

ers, chemicals, new carpet,

 

etc. (See IMPORTANT state-

 

ment above)

2.

Low fuel supply (propane/LP

 

only)

3.

Gas leak. See Warning state-

 

ment at top of page

1.Open window to ventilate room. Stop using odor caus- ing products while fireplace is running

2.Refill supply tank (propane/LP only)

3.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connec- tions, page 17)

Fireplace shuts off in use (ODS

1. Not enough fresh air is avail-

1.

Open window and/or door for

operates)

 

able

 

ventilation

 

2.

Low line pressure

2.

Contact local natural or pro-

 

3.

ODS/pilot is partially

 

pane/LP gas company

 

3.

Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning

 

 

clogged

 

and Maintenance, page 28)

 

 

 

 

Gas odor even when control

1. Gas leak. See Warning state-

1.

Locate and correct all leaks

knob is in OFF position

 

ment at top of page

 

(see Checking Gas Connec-

 

2.

Control valve defective

 

tions, page 17)

 

 

 

2.

Replace control valve

 

 

 

 

Gas odor during combustion

1. Foreign matter between con-

1.

Take apart gas tubing and

 

 

trol valve and burner

 

remove foreign matter

 

2.

Gas leak. See Warning state-

2.

Locate and correct all leaks

 

 

ment at top of page

 

(see Checking Gas Connec-

 

 

 

 

tions, page 17)

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CDCFNR specifications

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