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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. Fol- low 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. These odors will disappear over time.
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Fireplace produces unwanted | 1. Heater burning vapors from | 1. | Open window to ventilate room. | ||
odors |
| paint, hair spray, glues, |
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| 2. | TANT statement above) | 2. | Refill supply tank (propane/LP | |
| Low fuel supply (propane/LP | ||||
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| Gas leak. See Warning | Locate and correct all leaks | |||
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Fireplace shuts off in use (ODS | 1. Not enough fresh air is | 1. | Open window and/or door for | ||
operates) | 2. | available | 2. | ventilation | |
| Low line pressure | Contact local natural or pro- | |||
| 3. | ODS/pilot is partially | 3. | pane/LP gas company | |
| Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning | ||||
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Gas odor even when control knob | 1. Gas leak. See Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks | ||
is in OFF position |
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| 2. | Control valve or gas control | 2. | tions, page 15) | |
| Replace control valve or gas | ||||
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Gas odor during combustion | 1. Foreign matter between | 1. | Take apart gas tubing and | ||
| 2. | control valve and burner | 2. | remove foreign matter | |
| Gas leak. See Warning | Locate and correct all leaks | |||
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