Lighting Instructions; To Turn Off Gas To Appliance; Manual Lighting Procedure - Desa Vanguard VP600BA Owner's Operation And Installation Manual

OPERATING
HEATER
Continued
LIGHTING
INSTRUCTIONS
1. STOP! Read the safety information,
page 10, column 3.
2. Make sure equipment shutoff valve
is fully open.
3. Turn control knob clockwise
to the OFF position.
4. Wait five (5) minutes to clear out any
gas. Then smell for gas, including near
the floor. If you smell gas, STOP! Fol-
low "B" in the safety information on
page 10, column 3. If you don't smell
gas, go to the next step.
5. Press in control knob and turn coun-
terclockwise
C-clockwise
position. Keep control knob pressed
in for five (5) seconds (see Figure 16).
Note: You may be running this
heater for the first time after hook-
ing up to gas supply. If so, the con-
trol knob may need to be pressed in
for 30 seconds. This will allow air to
bleed from the gas system.
• If control knob does not pop up
when released, contact a qualified
service person or gas supplier for
repairs.
6. With control knob pressed in, push
down and release ignitor button. This
will light pilot. The pilot is attached
to the front of burner. The pilot can
be seen through the glass panel. If
needed, keep pressing ignitor button
until pilot lights.
Note: If pilot does not stay lit, refer
to Troubleshooting, pages 13 through
15. Also contact a qualified service
person or gas supplier for repairs.
Until repairs are made, light pilot
with match. To light pilot with match,
see Manual Lighting Procedure.
7. Keep control knob pressed in for 30
seconds after lighting pilot. After 30
seconds, release control knob.
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• If control knob does not pop up
when released, contact a qualified
service person or gas supplier for
repairs.
Note: If pilot goes out, repeat steps
3 through 7.
8. Turn control knob counterclockwise
C-clockwise
main burner should light. Set control
knob to any heat level between HIGH
and LOW. To turn control knob from
HIGH to a lower setting, press in the
control knob and turn counterclock-
Clockwise
wise
Note: Both HIGH and LOW are
locked positions. You must press in
control knob before turning it from
these positions.
CAUTION: Do not try to ad-
just heating levels by using the
to the PILOT
equipment shutoff valve.
Ignitor Button
IGNITOR
Figure 16 - Control Knob In The OFF
Position
Thermocouple
Figure 17 - Pilot
OWNER'S MANUAL
to the HIGH position. The
.
C-clockwise
Control Knob
OFF
PILOT
HIGH
LOW
Ignitor
Pilot
Electrode
Burner
11
TO TURN OFF GAS
TO APPLIANCE
Shutting Off Heater
1. Turn control knob clockwise
to the PILOT position.
2. Press in control knob and turn clock-
wise to the OFF position.
Clockwise
Shutting Off Burner Only (pilot
stays lit)
Turn control knob clockwise
the PILOT position.
MANUAL LIGHTING
PROCEDURE
1. Remove front panel (see Figure 10,
page 8).
2. Follow steps 1 through 5 under Light-
ing Instructions.
3. With control knob pressed in, strike
match. Hold match to pilot until pi-
lot lights.
4. Keep control knob pressed in for 30
seconds after pilot is lit. After 30 sec-
onds, release control knob. Follow
step 8 under Lighting Instructions.
5. Replace front panel.
Clockwise
to
Clockwise