® EVGL850N
VENTED TYPE DECORATIVE APPLIANCE
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.
OBSERVED PROBLEM | POSSIBLE CAUSE | REMEDY |
Fireplace produces a clicking/ticking noise just after burner is lit or shut off
1.Metal expanding while heating or con- tracting while cooling
1.This is common with most fireplaces. If noise is excessive, contact qualified ser- vice person
Fireplace produces unwanted odors | 1. | Fireplace burning vapors from paint, hair |
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| spray, glues, etc. (See IMPORTANT |
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| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning statement at |
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1.Ventilate room. Stop using odor caus- ing products while fireplace is running
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Gas Line
| 1. | Gas leak. See Warning statement at | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks (see Gas |
Gas odor even when control knob is in OFF |
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position | 2. | Control valve defective | 2. | Replace control valve |
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1. Foreign matter between control valve
Gas odor during combustionand burner
2. Gas leak. See Warning statement at top of page
1.Take apart gas tubing and remove for- eign matter
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Gas Line
| 1. | Improper log placement | 1. | Properly locate logs (see Log & Ember |
Dark residue on logs or inside of fireplace | 2. | Air holes at burner inlet blocked |
| Placement, page 10) |
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| 2. | Clean out air holes at burner inlets. Pe- |
| 3. | Burner flame holes blocked |
| riodically repeat as needed |
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| 3. | Remove blockage or replace burner |
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