Desa Comfort Glow LFP33PR Owner's Operation And Installation Manual page 21

TROUBLESHOOTING
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OBSERVED PROBLEM
Fireplace produces a clicking/ticking noise
just after burners are lit or shut off
Fireplace produces unwanted odors
Fireplace shuts off in use (ODS operates)
Gas odor even when control knob is in OFF
position
Gas odor during combustion
Dark residue on logs or inside of fireplace
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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. Follow the
gas supplier's instructions.
• If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire department.
IMPORTANT: Operating heater 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. These odors
will disappear over time.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
1. Metal expanding while heating or con-
tracting while cooling
1. Fireplace burning vapors from paint, hair
spray, glues, cleaners, chemicals, new
carpet, etc. (see IMPORTANT statement
above)
2. Gas leak. See Warning statement
above
1. Not enough fresh air is available
2. Low line pressure
3. ODS/pilot is partially clogged
1. Gas leak. See Warning statement
above
2. Control valve defective
1. Foreign matter between control valve
and burner
2. Gas leak. See Warning statement
above
1. Improper log placement
2. Drafts or other air currents affecting
flame pattern
3. Air holes at burner inlet blocked
4. Burner flame holes blocked
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REMEDY
1. This is common with most fireplaces. If
1. Open window and ventilate room. Stop
2. Locate and correct all leaks (see Check-
1. Open window and/or door for ventila-
2. Contact local propane/LP gas company
3. Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning and
1. Locate and correct all leaks (see Check-
2. Replace control valve
1. Take apart gas tubing and remove
2. Locate and correct all leaks (see Check-
1. Properly locate logs (see Installing Logs,
2. Eliminate source of drafts around heater
3. Clean out air holes at burner inlets. Pe-
4. Remove blockage or replace burner
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noise is excessive, contact qualified ser-
vice person
using odor causing products while fire-
place is running
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tion
Maintenance, page 18)
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foreign matter
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riodically repeat as needed