Child Safety And Your Fireplace - Valor H3 1000JN Homeowner's Manual

Child safety and your fireplace

DANGER
A heating gas appliance does require safe handling. For this reason, we very strongly recommend children not be
allowed to touch the fi replace or its controls.
Read and carefully follow all safety warnings and operating instructions contained in this manual, and follow
these important child safety precautions and recommendations:
• Parts of your Valor Fireplace become extremely
hot while in operation. The glass viewing window
temperature can exceed 500º F at full capacity.
• Do not let children touch the glass or any parts
of your fi replace even after it is turned off , as the
surfaces will remain hot for some time.
• Momentary contact with a hot glass surface can
cause a severe burn, even if the fi replace is operat-
ing at reduced heating capacity.
• The glass window will remain hot for an extended
period of time after the fi replace has been turned
off . Make sure that children are prevented from
touching the fi replace during the cool down pe-
riod.
• Children and adults should be alerted to the haz-
ards of high surface temperature and should stay
away to avoid burns or clothing ignition.
• Toddlers and young children must be closely
supervised at all times when they are in the same
room as the operating fi replace. They lack full
awareness of danger and rely on your protection.
Toddlers, in particular, do not have the motor skills
and response refl exes to withdraw in the event of
accidental contact with a hot surface.
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Hot glass
will cause burns.
Do not touch glass
until cooled.
Never allow children
to touch glass.
A barrier designed to reduce
the risk of burns from the hot
viewing glass is provided with this
appliance and must be installed for
the protection of children and
other at-risk individuals.
• A physical barrier is strongly recommended if
there are young children, or at-risk individuals in
the house. Install an approved after-market safety
gate to keep toddlers, young children and other at-
risk individuals a safe distance from the fi replace.
• Keep the remote control handset out of reach of
children at all times. A wall mount storage support
is provided with your remote control handset.
• Make sure that the fi replace, including the pilot
light, is completely turned off when children are
present and close supervision and safety barri-
ers are not available—see pages 9 and 10 of this
manual.
• If the fi replace is not going to be used for the
summer or any extended period of time, remove
the batteries from the remote control handset
and battery holder under the fi rebox. It is recom-
mended that batteries are replaced annually in
any event—see page 11.