Desa FVSA18M, VVSA24M, VVDA24M, VVDA18M Operating Appliance, For Your Safety Read Before Lighting

OPERATING APPLIANCE

For Your Safety Read Before Lighting

Curing Logs

Lighting Instructions

To Turn Off Gas To Appliance

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OPERATING APPLIANCE

FOR YOUR SAFETY READ

BEFORE LIGHTING

WARNING: Keep flue open when operating unit.

WARNING: If you do not follow these instructions exactly, a fire or explosion may result causing prop- erty damage, personal 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 neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas supplier’s instructions.

•If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire de- partment.

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, don’t try to repair it, call a qualified service techni- cian 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.

CURING LOGS

LIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS

1.STOP! Read the safety information, column one.

2.Make sure equipment shutoff valve is fully open.

3.Press in and turn control knob clockwise to the OFF position.

4.Wait five (5) minutes to clear out any gas. Then smell for gas around log set and near floor. If you smell gas, STOP! See Safety Information, page 2. If you don’t smell gas, go to the next step.

5.Turn control knob counterclockwise to the PILOT position and press in. Keep control knob pressed in for five

(5) seconds.

Note: You may be running this log set for the first time after hooking up to gas supply. If so, the control knob may need to be pressed in for 30 seconds or more. This will al- low air to bleed from the gas system.

•If control knob does not pop up when released, contact a qualified service person or gas supplier for repairs.

6.With control knob pressed in, push down and release igni- tor button. This will light pilot. Visually locate the pilot on the control valve cover by the edge of the burner pan to look for flame. If needed, keep pressing ignitor button un- til pilot lights.

Note: If the pilot will not stay lit after several tries, turn the gas control knob to "OFF" and call your service tech- nician or gas supplier.

7.Keep control knob pressed in for 30 seconds after lighting pilot. After 30 seconds, release control knob.

Note: If pilot goes out, repeat steps 3 through 7.

8.Turn control knob counterclockwise to the ON position. Burner should light. If burner does not light, call a qualified service person.

Control Knob

Pilot

During the 2-3 hour appliance break-in period, you may detect	Ignitor
an odor from the appliance as the various paints and com-
pounds used in the manufacturing of this log set cure. This is a
normal and temporary situation that is not cause for alarm.
However, you may want to provide extra ventilation to the room
during this time.

	ON	OFF
	FROM "PILOT" POSITION
On	SLIGHT PUSH TO		Off
		PULL PUSH
		TURN OFF
ON OFF	FROM "PILOT" POSITION SLIGHT PUSH TO TURN OFF PULL PUSH	SLIGHT PUSH TO TURN OFF PULL PUSH	POSITION"PILOT"FROM OFFON

To ensure proper curing of the logs:

Figure 15 - Ignitor and Control Knob

• Ignite a 2" flame and maintain it for 1 hour.

Thermocouple

• Burn the logs in consecutive 1 hour periods raising the flame an additional 2" to full flame height for a total of three hours.

Pilot

Burner

Figure 16 - Thermocouple and Pilot

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