TROUBLE- | WARNING ICONG 001WARNING |
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If you smell gas | |
Continued | • 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. Follow 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.
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| Fireplace produces a | 1. | Metal expanding while | 1. | This is common with | |||
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| most fireplaces. If noise | |||
| just after burner is lit |
| while cooling |
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| Fireplace produces | 1. | Fireplace burning | 1. | Ventilate room. Stop | |||
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| vapors from paint, hair |
| using odor causing | |||
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| spray, glues, etc. (See |
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| 2. | Gas leak. See Warn- |
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| Connections, page 17) | |||
| Fireplace shuts off in |
| top of page | 1. | Open window and/or | |||
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| use (ODS operates) | 1. | Not enough fresh air is |
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| 3. | ODS/pilot is partially | 3. | Clean ODS/pilot (see | |||
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| Gas odor even when | 1. | Gas leak. See Warn- | 1. | Locate and correct all | |||
| control knob is in |
| leaks (see Checking Gas | |||||
| OFF position |
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| Connections, page 17) | |||
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| top of page | 2. | Replace control valve | |||
| Gas odor during | 2. | Control valve defective | 1. | Take apart gas tubing | |||
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| and burner | 2. | Locate and correct all | |||
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| 2. | Gas leak. See Warn- |
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| Connections, page 17) | |||
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