Desa VS18NR, CFS18NR Desa International Unvented Natural GAS LOG Heater, Safety Information

DESA INTERNATIONAL

UNVENTED NATURAL GAS LOG HEATER

SAFETY

INFORMATION

WARNINGS

IMPORTANT: Read this owner’s manual carefully and completely before trying to assemble, oper- ate, or service this heater. Im- proper use of this heater can cause serious injury or death from burns, fire, explosion, electrical shock, and carbon monoxide poisoning.

DANGER: Carbon monoxide poisoning may lead to death!

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Early signs of carbon monoxide poisoning re- semble the flu, with headaches, dizziness, or nausea. If you have these signs, the heater may not be working properly. Get fresh air at once! Have heater serviced. Some people are more affected by carbon monoxide than others. These include pregnant women, people with heart or lung disease or anemia, those under the influence of alcohol, and those at high altitudes.

Natural Gas: Natural gas is odorless. An odor-making agent is added to the gas. The odor helps you detect a gas leak. However, the odor added to the gas can fade. Gas may be present even though no odor exists.

Make certain you read and understand all Warnings. Keep this manual for reference. It is your guide to safe and proper operation of this heater.

WARNING: Any change to this heater or its controls can be dangerous.

1.This appliance is only for use with the type of gas indicated on the rating plate. This appliance is not convertible for use with other gases.

2.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

3.This heater shall not be installed in a bedroom or bathroom unless installed as a vented appliance (see Installing Damper Clamp Accessory, page 10).

4.Never install the heater

•in a recreational vehicle

•where curtains, furniture, clothing, or other flammable objects are less than 42 inches from the front, top, or sides of the heater

•in high traffic areas

•in windy or drafty areas

5.Before installing in a solid fuel burn- ing fireplace, the chimney flue and fire- box must be cleaned of soot, creosote, ashes and loose paint by a qualified chimney cleaner. Creosote will ignite if highly heated. Inspect chimney flue for damage. If damaged, operate heater with flue damper closed.

6.If fireplace has glass doors, never op- erate this heater with glass doors closed. If you operate heater with doors closed, heat buildup inside fireplace will cause glass to burst. Also if fireplace open- ing has vents at the bottom, you must open the vents before operating heater.

7.You must operate this heater with a fire- place screen in place. Make sure fireplace screen is closed before running heater.

8.This log heater is designed to be smoke- less. If logs ever appear to smoke, turn off heater and call a qualified service per- son. Note: During initial operation, slight smoking may occur due to log curing and heater burning manufacturing residues.

9.To prevent the creation of soot, follow the instructions in Cleaning and Main- tenance, page 18.

10.Do not allow fans to blow directly into the fireplace. Avoid any drafts that al- ter burner flame patterns. Ceiling fans may create drafts that alter burner flame patterns. Altered burner patterns can cause sooting.

11.Before using furniture polish, wax, car- pet cleaner, or similar products, turn heater off. If heated, the vapors from these products may create a white pow- der residue within burner box or on adjacent walls or furniture.

12.Do not use a blower insert, heat ex- changer insert or other accessory not approved for use with this heater.

13.This heater needs fresh, outside air ven- tilation to run properly. This heater has an oxygen depletion sensor (ODS) pi- lot light safety system. The ODS shuts down the heater if not enough fresh air is available. See Air for Combustion and Ventilation, pages 4 through 6. If heater keeps shutting off, see Trouble- shooting, pages 19 through 21.

14.Do not run heater

•where flammable liquids or vapors are used or stored

•under dusty conditions

15.Do not use this heater to cook food or burn paper or other objects.

16.Never place any objects on the heater.

17.Heater base assembly becomes very hot when running heater. Keep children and adults away from hot surface to avoid burns or clothing ignition. Heater will remain hot for a time after shutdown. Allow surface to cool before touching.

18.Carefully supervise young children when they are in the room with heater. When using the hand-held remote accessory, keep selector switch in the OFF position to prevent children from turning on burn- ers with hand-held remote control unit.

19.Do not use heater if any part has been exposed to or under water. Immediately call a qualified service technician to in- spect the room heater and to replace any part of the control system and any gas control which has been under water.

20.Do not operate heater if any log is bro- ken. Do not operate heater if a log is chipped (dime-sized or larger).

21.Turn heater off and let cool before ser- vicing, installing, or repairing. When us- ing the hand-held remote accessory, make sure the selector switch is in the OFF position. Only a qualified service person should install, service, or repair heater.

22.When using the hand-held remote acces- sory, make sure the selector switch is in the OFF position when you are away from home for long periods of time.

23.This heater must not be connected to any external electrical source.

24.Operating heater above elevations of 4,500 feet may cause pilot outage.

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