Operating Heater, Lighting Instructions

OPERATING HEATER (Manually Controlled Models)

For Your Safety Read Before Lighting

Lighting Instructions

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-clockwiseto the PILOT position. Press in control knob for five

(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 paper-burning smell. Orange flame will also be present. Open damper or window to vent smell. This will only last a few hours.

Thermocouple