F.TROUBLESHOOTING
With proper installation and maintenance, your new Gas Fireplace should provide years of
Electronic Ignition System
Symptom | Possible Causes | Corrective Actions | |
1. No transmission, motor does | a. Receiver must learn new | Press and hold the receiver’s reset button until you hear 2 | |
not turn. | code. | acoustic signals. After the second longer acoustic signal, | |
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| release the reset button and within the subsequent 20 | |
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| seconds, press the down arrow on the remote handset until | |
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| you hear an additional long acoustic signal confirming the | |
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| new code is set. | |
2. No ignition. No tone. | a. Receiver | Replace receiver and reprogram code. | |
3. No ignition; one 5 seconds | a. ON/OFF switch is in OFF | Push switch to ON position. | |
continuous tone (7 shorts | position. |
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beeps might be heard prior to |
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b. Loose wire. | Secure wire. | ||
the 5 seconds tone). | |||
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| c. Receiver. | Replace receiver and reprogram. | |
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| d. Bent pins on 8 wire | Straighten pins on 8 wire connector. | |
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| e. Valve. | Replace valve. | |
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4. No pilot flame and control | a. Air in the pilot supply line. | Purge the line or start ignition several times. | |
continues to spark. |
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b. Thermocouple circuit wired | Check polarity of the thermocouple wires. | ||
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| c. No spark at pilot burner | Check spark gap, check wiring connection. Check for spark | |
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| in location along cable. | |
| d. Valve. | Replace valve. Do not over tighten. | |
| e. Over tightened | Replace valve and thermocouple interrupter. | |
| thermocouple interrupter. |
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| f. Receiver. | Replace receiver and reprogram code. | |
5. Pilot is lit and control | a. Receiver. | Replace receiver and reprogram code. | |
continues to spark. Valve shuts |
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off after 10 to30 seconds. |
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Valve operates manually. |
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6. Pilot is lit, sparking stops if | a. Thermocouple. | Replace thermocouple. | |
a flame is present. Valve shuts |
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b. Low inlet pressure to valve. | Confirm sufficient inlet pressure to the valve. Adjust or | ||
off after 10 to 60 seconds. | |||
| replace inlet regulator if necessary. | ||
Valve does not work manually. |
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| c. Valve. | Replace valve and the thermocouple interrupter. | |
7. 3 short beeps while the | a. Batteries are low. | Replace batteries - quality alkaline recommended. | |
motor turns. |
| WARNING: Creating an electrical short between the | |
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| batteries/battery box and metal parts of the appliance may | |
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| render the receiver inoperable. | |
8. Pilot flame lights but there is | a. Manual override know (if | Turn Manual override know to ON position. | |
no main gas flow. | equipped) is in MAN |
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| b. Valve turned don to pilot | Turn flame to high fire by pressing up button on remote | |
| flow. | handset. | |
| c. Low inlet pressure to valve. | Confirm sufficient inlet pressure to the valve. Adjust or | |
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| replace inlet regulator if necessary. | |
9. Pilot sparks, but pilot will not | a. Correct gas supply. | Verify that incoming gas line ball valve is “open”. Verify that | |
light. |
| inlet pressure reading is within acceptable limits, inlet | |
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| pressure must not exceed 50 mbar. | |
| b. Ignitor gap is too large. | Verify that spark gap from ignitor to pilot hood is .43 cm. | |
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| c. Module is not grounded. | Verify module is securely grounded to metal chassis of | |
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| fireplace. |
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