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Trouble- shooting

With proper installation, operation, and maintenance your gas fireplace will provide years of trouble-free service. If you do experience a problem, this troubleshooting guide will assist a qualified service person in the diagnosis of a problem and the corrective action to be taken. This troubleshooting guide can only be used by a qualified service technician.

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Standing Pilot Troubleshooting

 

Symptom

Possible Cause

Corrective Action

1. After repeated

a. Defective ignitor

Check the spark at the electrode and

 

triggering of the red

 

pilot. If no spark and electrode wire is

 

or black piezo

 

properly connected, replace the ignitor.

 

button, the spark

b. Defective pilot or

Using a match, light the pilot. If the

 

ignitor will not light

 

pilot lights, turn off the pilot and

 

the pilot.

misaligned

 

trigger the red or black piezo button

 

 

electrode (spark at

 

 

again. If the pilot lights, an improper

 

 

electrode)

 

 

gas/air mixture caused the bad

 

 

 

 

 

 

lighting and a longer purge period is

 

 

 

recommended. If the pilot will not

 

 

 

light, ensure that the gap at the

 

 

 

electrode and pilot is 0.3 cm to have

 

 

 

a strong spark. If the gap is OK,

 

 

 

replace the pilot.

 

 

c. No gas or low gas

Check the remote shut-off valves

 

 

from the fireplace. Usually, there is a

 

 

pressure

 

 

valve near the gas main. There can

 

 

 

 

 

 

be more than one (1) valve between

 

 

 

the fireplace and the main.

 

 

d. No LP in the tank

Check the LP (propane) tank. You

 

 

may be out of fuel.

 

 

 

2.

The pilot will not stay

a. Defective

Check that the pilot flame impinges

 

lit after carefully

thermocouple

on the thermocouple. Clean and/or

 

following the lighting

 

adjust the pilot for maximum flame

 

instructions.

 

impingement.

 

 

 

Ensure that the thermocouple

 

 

 

connection at the gas valve is fully

 

 

 

inserted and tight (hand tighten plus

 

 

 

1/4 turn).

 

 

 

Disconnect the thermocouple from

 

 

 

the valve, place one millivolt meter

 

 

 

lead wire on the tip of the

 

 

 

thermocouple and the other meter

 

 

 

lead wire on the thermocouple

 

 

 

copper lead. Start the pilot and hold

 

 

 

the valve knob in. If the millivolt

 

 

 

reading is less than 15mV, replace

 

 

 

the thermocouple.

 

 

b. Defective valve

If thermocouple is producing more

 

 

 

than 15 millivolts, replace faulty valve.

3.

The pilot is burning,

a. ON/OFF switch or

Check the ON/OFF switch and wires

wires defective

for proper connections. Place the

 

there is no gas

 

jumper wires across the terminals

 

burner, the valve

 

at the switch. If the burner comes on,

 

knob is in the ON

 

replace the defective switch. If the

 

position, and the

 

switch is OK, place the jumper wires

 

ON/OFF switch is in

 

across the switch wires at the gas

 

the ON position.

 

valve. If the burner comes on, the

 

 

 

wires are faulty or connections are

 

 

 

bad.

 

 

b. Thermopile may

If the pilot flame is not close enough

 

 

physically to the thermopile, adjust

 

 

not be generating

 

 

the pilot flame.

 

 

sufficient

 

 

 

 

 

millivoltage

Be sure the wire connections from

 

 

 

the thermopile at the gas valve

 

 

 

terminals are tight and that the

 

 

 

thermopile is fully inserted into the

 

 

 

pilot bracket.

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