SAFETY INFORMATION

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You must operate this fireplace insert with the fireplace insert screen and hood in place. Make sure fireplace insert screen and hood are in place before running fireplace insert.

Keep the appliance area clear and free from combustible ma- terials, gasoline and other flam- mable vapors and liquids.

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.Do not place propane/LP supply tank(s) in- side any structure. Locate propane/LP supply tank(s) outdoors (propane/LP units only).

3.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

4.This fireplace insert shall not be installed in a bedroom or bathroom.

5.Do not use this fireplace insert as a wood-burn- ing fireplace. Use only the logs provided with the fireplace insert.

6.Do not add extra logs or ornaments such as pine cones, vermiculite or rock wool. Using these added items can cause sooting. Do not add lava rock around base. Rock and debris could fall into the control area of fireplace insert.

7.This fireplace insert is designed to be smoke- less. If logs ever appear to smoke, turn off fireplace insert and call a qualified service person. Note: During initial operation, slight smoking could occur due to log curing and burning of manufacturing residues.

8.To prevent the creation of soot, follow the instruc- tions in Cleaning and Maintenance, page 23.

9.Before using furniture polish, wax, carpet cleaner or similar products, turn heater off. If heated, the vapors from these products may create a white powder residue within burner box or on adjacent walls or furniture.

10.This fireplace insert needs fresh air ventila- tion to run properly. This fireplace insert has an Oxygen Depletion Sensing (ODS) safety shutoff system. The ODS shuts down the fireplace insert if not enough fresh air is avail- able. See Air for Combustion and Ventilation, page 6. If fireplace insert keeps shutting off, see Troubleshooting, page 25.

11.Do not run fireplace insert

•where flammable liquids or vapors are used or stored

•under dusty conditions

12.Do not use this fireplace insert to cook food or burn paper or other objects.

13.Do not use fireplace insert if any part has been exposed to or under water. Immediately call a qualified service technician to inspect the fireplace insert and to replace any part of the control system and any gas control which has been under water.

14.Do not operate fireplace insert if any log is broken. Do not operate fireplace insert if a log is chipped (dime-sized or larger).

15.Turn fireplace insert off and let cool before servicing. Only a qualified service person should service and repair fireplace insert.

16.Operating fireplace insert above elevations of 4,500 feet could cause pilot outage.

17.To prevent performance problems with pro- pane/LP units, do not use propane/LP fuel tanks of less than 100 lb. capacity (propane/LP units only).

18.Provide adequate clearances around air openings.

19.The installer must mechanically attach the marking supplied with the vent-free fireplace insert to the inside of the firebox of the solid-fuel burning fireplace or listed firebox enclosure into which the unvented fireplace insert is installed.

20.Trim panels and surrounds must not seal ventilation openings in fireplace.

21.Cutting any sheet-metal parts of the solid-fuel burning fireplace or listed ventless firebox enclosure in which the vent-free fireplace insert is to be installed is prohibited.

22.If the factory-built fireplace has no gas ac- cess hole(s) provided, an access hole of 1.5" (37.5mm) diameter or less may be drilled through the lower sides or bottom of the firebox in a proper workmanlike manner. This access hole must be plugged with noncombustible insulation after the gas supply line has been installed.

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GS38 specifications

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