OPERATING HEATER (Manually Controlled Models)
For Your Safety Read Before Lighting
Lighting Instructions
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OPERATING HEATER
Manually-Controlled Models
FOR YOUR SAFETY
READ BEFORE LIGHTING
WARNING: If you do not follow these instructions exactly, a fire or explosion may result causing prop- erty 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 electric 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 de- partment.
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 techni- cian or gas supplier. 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
WARNING
Note: Home owners generally prefer to operate their heater with the chimney damper closed. This will put all the heat into the room. However, there may be times you will desire the full flames of the HI heat setting but will find the heat output excessive. You can open the chimney damper (if you have one) fully or partially to release some of the heat.
WARNING: Damper handle will be hot if heater has been running.
1.STOP! Read the safety information in column one.
2.Make sure equipment shutoff valve is fully open.
3. Press in and turn control knob clockwise Clockwise
to the
OFF position.
4.Wait five (5) minutes to clear out any gas. Then smell for gas, including near the floor. If you smell gas, STOP! Fol- low “B” in the safety information, column 1. If you don’t smell gas, go to the next step.
5.Slightly depress and turn control knob counterclockwise
C-clockwise
(5) seconds (see Figure 39).
Note: You may be running this heater for the first time after hooking up to gas supply. If so, the control knob may need to be pressed in for 30 seconds or more. This will al- low air to bleed from the gas system.
HI | PILOT |
| OFF |
LO |
|
Ignitor Button | Control Knob |
Figure 39 - Control Knob and Ignitor Button Location
• If fireplace has glass doors, never operate 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 opening has |
vents at the bottom, you must open the vents before |
operating heater. |
• You must operate this heater with a fireplace screen |
in place. Make sure fireplace screen is closed |
before running heater. |
Ignitor Electrode
Pilot Burner
NOTICE: During initial operation of new heater, burning logs will give off a
Thermocouple
Figure 40 - Pilot
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