TROUBLESHOOTING

Continued

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.

OBSERVED PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE

REMEDY

Fireplace produces unwant- 1.

Fireplace burning vapors

ed odors

from paint, hair spray,

 

glues, cleaners, chemi-

 

cals, new carpet, etc. (See

 

IMPORTANT statement

 

above)

2.

Low fuel supply (propane/

 

LP only)

3.

Gas leak. See Warning

 

statement at top of page

1.Open window to venti- late room. Stop using odor causing products while fireplace is running

2.Refill supply tank (propane/

LP only)

3.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Con- nections, page 14)

Fireplace shuts off in use

1. Not enough fresh air is

1.

Open window and/or door

(ODS operates)

 

available

 

for ventilation

 

2.

Low line pressure

2.

Contact local natural or

 

 

 

 

propane/LP gas company

 

3.

ODS/pilot is partially

3.

Clean ODS/pilot (see

 

 

clogged

 

Cleaning and Maintenance,

 

 

 

 

page 20)

 

 

 

 

Gas odor even when control

1. Gas leak. See Warning

1.

Locate and correct all leaks

knob is in OFF position

 

statement at top of page

 

(see Checking Gas Con-

 

 

 

 

nections, page 14)

 

2.

Control valve defective

2.

Replace control valve

 

 

 

 

Gas odor during combustion

1. Foreign matter between

1.

Take apart gas tubing and

 

 

control valve and burner

 

remove foreign matter

 

2.

Gas leak. See Warning

2.

Locate and correct all leaks

 

 

statement at top of page

 

(see Checking Gas Con-

 

 

 

 

nections, page 14)

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