Operating Heater
Continued
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. Make sure there are no obstructions across openings of fireplace.
•You must operate this heater with a fireplace screen in place. Make sure fireplace screen is closed before running heater.
NOTICE:Duringinitialoperationof new heater, burning logs will give
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 on page 19.
2.Make sure equipment shutoff valve is fully open.
3.Set switch to OFF position.
4.Press in and turn control knob clockwise 
to the OFF position (see Figure 29).
5.Wait five (5) minutes to clear out any gas. Then smell for gas, including near the floor. If you smell gas, STOP! Follow “B” in the safety information, page 19. If you don’t smell gas, go to the next step.
6.Press in and turn control knob counter-
clockwise 
to the PILOT position. Press in control knob for five (5) seconds (see Figure 29).
Note: You may be running this heater for the first time after hooking up to gas sup- ply. If so, the control knob may need to be pressed in for 30 seconds or more. This will allow air to bleed from the gas system.
7.With control knob pressed in, press and release ignitor button on left side of log set. This will light pilot. The pilot is attached to the front of
Note: If pilot does not stay lit, contact a qualified service person or gas supplier for repairs. Until repairs are made, light pilot with match. To light pilot with match, see
Manual Lighting Procedure, page 21.
8.Keep control knob pressed in for 30 seconds after lighting pilot. After 30 seconds, release control knob.
• If control knob does not pop out when released, contact a qualified service person or gas supplier for repairs.
Note: If pilot goes out, repeat steps 4 through 8, page 20 and above.
9.Slightly push in and turn control knob coun-
terclockwise 
to the ON position. If using a
| Flame | Control | |
| Knob in OFF | ||
| Adjustment | ||
Ignitor | Position | ||
Knob | |||
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AUTO
OFF
ON
Selector Switch
Figure 29 - Control Knob, Ignitor Button
and AUTO/OFF/ON Switch
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