TROUBLESHOOTING
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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 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.
OBSERVED PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE | REMEDY |
Fireplace produces unwanted 1. | Fireplace burning vapors from |
odors | paint, hair spray, glues, etc. |
| (See IMPORTANT statement |
| above) |
2. | Low fuel supply (propane/LP) |
3. | Gas leak. See Warning |
| statement above |
1.Ventilate room. Stop using odor causing products while fireplace is running
2.Refill supply tank
3.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connec- tions, page 18)
Fireplace shuts off in use (ODS | 1. Not enough fresh air is avail- | 1. | Open window and/or door for | |
operates) |
| able |
| ventilation |
| 2. | Low line pressure | 2. | Contact local propane/LP or |
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| natural gas company |
| 3. | ODS/pilot is partially clogged | 3. | Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning |
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| and Maintenance, page 22) |
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Gas odor even when control | 1. Gas leak. See Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks | |
knob is in OFF position |
| statement above |
| (see Checking Gas Connec- |
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| tions, page 18) |
| 2. | Control valve defective | 2. | Replace control valve |
Gas odor during combustion | 1. | Foreign matter between con- |
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| trol valve and burner |
| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning |
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| statement above |
1.Take apart gas tubing and re- move foreign matter
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connec- tions, page 18)
Moisture/condensation noticed | 1. Not enough combustion/ven- | 1. Refer to Air for Combustion |
on windows | tilation air | and Ventilation requirements |
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