SAFETY INFORMATION
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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 shall not be installed in a bed- room or bathroom.
5.Do not use this fireplace as a
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.
7.This fireplace is designed to be smokeless. If logs ever appear to smoke, turn off fireplace and call a qualified service person. Note: During initial operation, slight smoking could occur due to log curing and fireplace burning manufacturing residues.
8.To prevent the creation of soot, follow the instructions in Cleaning and Maintenance, page 20.
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 needs fresh air ventilation to run properly. This fireplace has an Oxygen Deple- tion Sensing (ODS) safety shutoff system. The ODS shuts down the fireplace if not enough fresh air is available. See Air for Combustion and Ventilation, page 6. If fireplace keeps shutting off, see Troubleshooting, page 22.
11.Do not run fireplace
•where flammable liquids or vapors are used or stored.
•under dusty conditions.
12.Do not use this fireplace to cook food or burn paper or other objects.
13.Never place any objects in the fireplace or on logs.
14.Do not use fireplace if any part has been under water. Immediately call a qualified service technician to inspect the room fireplace and to replace any part of the control system and any gas control which has been under water.
15.Turn off and unplug fireplace and let cool be- fore servicing. Only a qualified service person should service and repair fireplace.
16.Operating fireplace above elevations of 4,500 feet could cause pilot outage.
17.Do not operate fireplace if any log is broken. Do not operate fireplace if a log is chipped
18.To prevent performance problems, do not use propane/LP fuel tank of less than 100 lbs. capacity (propane/LP units only).
19.Provide adequate clearances around air openings.
Local Codes
Install and use fireplace with care. Follow all local codes. In the absence of local codes, use the latest edition of The National Fuel Gas Code ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54*.
*Available from:
American National Standards Institute, Inc.
1430 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
National Fire Protection Association, Inc.
Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02269
Product Information
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Cabinet
Screen
Log
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Control
Ignitor Knob
Button
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