TROUBLESHOOTING
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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 |
Remote does not function (Re-
1.Battery is not install. Battery power is low
1.Replace
Fireplace produces a clicking/ ticking noise just after burners are lit or shut off
1.Metal expanding while heat- ing or contracting while cooling
1.This is common with most fireplaces. If noise is exces- sive, contact qualified service person
Fireplace produces unwanted 1. | Fireplace burning vapors |
odors | from paint, hair spray, glues, |
| cleaners, chemicals, new car- |
| pet, etc. (See IMPORTANT |
| statement above) |
2. | Low fuel supply (propane/LP |
| only) |
3. | Gas leak. See Warning |
| statement at top of page |
1.Open window to ventilate room. Stop using odor causing products while fireplace is running
2.Refill supply tank (propane/LP only)
3.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connec- tions, page 19)
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- |
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| pane/LP gas company |
| 3. | ODS/pilot is partially | 3. | Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning |
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| clogged |
| and Maintenance, page 30) |
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Gas odor even when control knob | 1. Gas leak. See Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks | |
is in OFF position |
| statement at top of page |
| (see Checking Gas Connec- |
| 2. | Control valve defective |
| tions, page 19) |
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| 2. | Replace control valve |
Gas odor during combustion | 1. | Foreign matter between con- |
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| trol valve and burner |
| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning |
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| statement at top of page |
1.Take apart gas tubing and re- move foreign matter
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connec- tions, page 19)
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