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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.

OBSERVED PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE

REMEDY

Fireplace produces unwant- 1.	Fireplace burning vapors
ed odors	from paint, hair spray,
	glues, etc. (See IMPOR-
	TANT statement above)
2.	Low fuel supply (propane/
	LP)
3.	Gas leak. See Warning
	statement above

1.Ventilate room. Stop us- ing odor causing products while fireplace is running

2.Refill supply tank

3.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Con- nections, page 18)

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 propane/LP
				or natural gas company
	3.	ODS/pilot is partially	3.	Clean ODS/pilot (see
		clogged		Cleaning and Maintenance,
				page 23)

Gas odor even when control	1.	Gas leak. See Warning	1.	Locate and correct all leaks
knob is in OFF position		statement above		(see Checking Gas Con-
				nections, page 18)
	2.	Control valve defective	2.	Replace control valve

Gas odor during combus-	1.	Foreign matter between	1.	Take apart gas tubing and
tion		control valve and burner		remove foreign matter
	2.	Gas leak. See Warning	2.	Locate and correct all leaks
		statement above		(see Checking Gas Con-
				nections, page 18)

Moisture/condensation no-	1.	Not enough combustion/	1.	Refer to Air for Combustion
ticed on windows		ventilation air		and Ventilation require-
				ments (page 6)

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