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MAINTENANCE
!WARNING
PREPARATION FOR MAINTENANCE
Always disconnect the power and allow the electric fireplace to cool before performing any cleaning, maintenance or relocation of this electric fi replace. Turn controls to OFF and remove plug from outlet or turn off the house circuit breaker to electric fi replace receptacle.
Turn off electric fi replace or the house circuit breaker to the
fireplace before performing any cleaning and/or mainte- nance. Allow electric fi replace to cool completely.
Most halogen light bulbs are rated to last approximately 1800 hours. Like all light bulbs, halogen bulbs require peri- odic replacement. When the bulbs in your unit have burned out you will notice one or more of following:
COMMON OBSERVED PROBLEMS:
-There is no fl ame
-Flame or Ember bed is dim or dark in certain areas
-Flame is not moving or glowing
Your fi replace unit must be opened in order to replace the light bulbs. To reduce the number of times you need to open the unit, replace all bulbs at the same time if they are close to the end of their rated life.
There are a total of 8 halogen light bulbs (Type GX6.35, rated 120Volts, 35Watts) in your unit:
- 2 bulbs provide illumination for the ember bed
- 2 bulbs provide illumination for fl ame generation
- 4 extra bulbs for replace- ment
FIGURE 14
!WARNING
Do not install replacement bulbs that exceed specifi ed maximum watts.
The halogen light bulbs in your unit can become extremely hot. Allow at least 10 minutes between turning off the
fireplace and removing the light bulbs to avoid accidental burns.
CAUTION
Do not handle the lamp (bulbs) with bare fi ngers, oils from your skin will damage the bulbs whey they heat up. Use gloves or a clean dry cloth when handling bulbs.
FLAME GENERATION BULB REPLACEMENT
1.Remove the 7 screws from the bottom half of the back of fi replace shown in Figure 15. Remove back plate.
2.1.Locate the fl ame generation cylinder drum. It is con- structed of two removable halves. (See Figure 15) They are two (2) matte black sheet metal pieces with holes in them, either of which can be removed from the unit. (See Figure 15)
2.2.Remove the screw as shown in (Figure 15) that is used to secure the fl ame generation cylinder drum.
2.3.Squeeze half of drum cylinder until its top edge clears
the top drum track. Re- | FIGURE |
move the bottom edge |
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of the cylinder drum |
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from the bottom drum |
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track (See Figure 15). |
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This will give |
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you access to the |
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light bulbs. NOTE: Do |
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not exert excessive |
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pressures on the drum |
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cylinder as this may |
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cause damage. |
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3. Remove spring |
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clip. Hold socket and |
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pull out old bulb. (See |
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Figure 15) |
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4. Hold socket and |
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push in new bulb (DO |
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NOT exceed wattage). |
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Replace spring clip. |
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5. Repeat steps 3 and |
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4 for the second bulb. |
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6. Insert bottom edge |
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of removed cylinder |
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half into bottom drum |
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track. Gently squeeze |
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drum cylinder until its |
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top edge fi t into top |
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drum rack. Reattach |
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the screw that was |
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removed in step 2.2. |
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7. Secure the back- |
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plate of the unit to the |
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main unit by reat- |
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taching the 7 screws |
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removed from step 1. |
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(See Figure 15) |
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