OPERATING HEATER

FOR YOUR SAFETY READ

BEFORE LIGHTING

WARNING: If you do not fol- low these instructions exactly, a fire or explosion may result causing property damage, per- sonal 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 neighborʼs phone. Follow the gas supplierʼs instructions.

If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire department.

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, donʼt try to repair it, call a qualified service tech- nician 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

If fireplace has glass doors, never operate this heater with glass doors closed. If you op- erate heater with doors closed, heat buildup inside fireplace will cause glass to burst. Also iffireplaceopeninghasventsat the bottom, you must open the vents before operating heater.

You must operate this heater withafireplacescreeninplace. Make sure fireplace screen is closed before running heater.

NOTICE:Duringinitialoperationof new heater, burning logs will give offapaper-burningsmell.Orange flame will also be present. Open damper or window to vent smell. This will only last a few hours.

Note: Home owners generally prefer to op- erate 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, col- umn 1.

2.Make sure equipment shutoff valve is fully open.

3.Set switch in the OFF position.

4.Press in and turn control knob clockwise to the OFF position (see Figure 18, page 17).

WARNING: Burner will come on automatically within one min- ute when the switch is in the ON position after the pilot is lit.

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Desa SMA18VNA, SMA24VPA, SBJ24VPA, SBJ18VNA Operating Heater, For Your Safety Read Before Lighting, Lighting Instructions