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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 insert 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. These odors will disappear over time.
OBSERVED PROBLEM | POSSIBLE CAUSE | REMEDY |
Fireplace insert produces a clicking/ticking noise just after burners are 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 insert produces unwanted odors | 1. | Fireplace insert burning vapors from |
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| paint, hair spray, glues, cleaners, chemi- |
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| cals, new carpet, etc. (see IMPORTANT |
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| statement above) |
| 2. | Low fuel supply (propane/LP only) |
| 3. | Gas leak. See Warning statement |
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1.Open window and ventilate room. Stop using odor causing products while fire- place insert is running
2.Refill supply tank (propane/LP only)
3.Locate and correct all leaks (see Check- ing Gas Connections, pages 12 and 13)
Fireplace insert shuts off in use (ODS | 1. | Not enough fresh air is available |
operates) | 2. | Low line pressure |
| 3. | ODS/pilot is partially clogged |
1.Open window and/or door for ventilation
2.Contact local natural gas company
3.Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning and Maintenance, page 20)
Gas odor even when control knob is in OFF 1. | Gas leak. See Warning statement | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks (see Check- |
position | above |
| ing Gas Connections, pages 12 and 13) |
2. | Control valve defective | 2. | Replace control valve |
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Gas odor during combustion | 1. | Foreign matter between control valve |
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| and burner |
| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning statement |
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1.Take apart gas tubing and remove for- eign matter
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Check- ing Gas Connections, pages 12 and 13)
Dark residue on logs or inside of fireplace insert. Note: After removing all causes of residue deposits, completely clean fireplace and appliance of all residue before reusing appliance
1.Improper log placement
2.Drafts or other air currents affecting flame pattern
3.Air holes at burner inlet blocked
4.Burner flame holes blocked
1.Properly locate logs (see Installing Logs, page 14)
2.Eliminate source of drafts around heater
3.Clean out air holes at burner inlet. Peri- odically repeat as needed
4.Remove blockage
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