F.TROUBLESHOOTING

With proper installation and maintenance, your new Gas Fireplace should provide years of trouble-free service. If you do experience a problem, refer to the Troubleshooting Guide below. This guide will assist a qualified service person in the diagnosis of problems and the corrective action to be taken.

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,

 

 

release the reset button and within the subsequent 20

 

 

seconds, press the down arrow on the remote handset until

 

 

you hear an additional long acoustic signal confirming the

 

 

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.

 

beeps might be heard prior to

 

 

b. Loose wire.

Secure wire.

the 5 seconds tone).

 

 

 

c. Receiver.

Replace receiver and reprogram.

 

 

 

 

d. Bent pins on 8 wire

Straighten pins on 8 wire connector.

 

connector.

 

 

 

 

 

e. Valve.

Replace valve.

 

 

 

4. No pilot flame and control

a. Air in the pilot supply line.

Purge the line or start ignition several times.

continues to spark.

 

 

b. Thermocouple circuit wired

Check polarity of the thermocouple wires.

 

 

incorrectly.

 

 

 

 

 

c. No spark at pilot burner

Check spark gap, check wiring connection. Check for spark

 

 

in location along cable.

 

d. Valve.

Replace valve. Do not over tighten.

 

e. Over tightened

Replace valve and thermocouple interrupter.

 

thermocouple interrupter.

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

off after 10 to30 seconds.

 

 

Valve operates manually.

 

 

6. Pilot is lit, sparking stops if

a. Thermocouple.

Replace thermocouple.

a flame is present. Valve shuts

 

 

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.

 

 

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

 

 

batteries/battery box and metal parts of the appliance may

 

 

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

 

 

position.

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

pressure must not exceed 50 mbar.

 

b. Ignitor gap is too large.

Verify that spark gap from ignitor to pilot hood is .43 cm.

 

 

 

 

c. Module is not grounded.

Verify module is securely grounded to metal chassis of

 

 

fireplace.

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