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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 insert where impurities in air exist may create odors. Clean-
ing 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.
OBSERVED PROBLEM
Fireplace insert produces
unwanted odors
Fireplace insert shuts off in
use (ODS operates)
Gas odor even when control
knob is in OFF position
Gas odor during combus-
tion
Dark residue on logs or inside
of fireplace insert. Note:
After removing all causes of
residue deposits, completely
clean fireplace and appliance
of all residue before reusing
appliance
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TROUBlEShOOTiNG
Continued
POSSIBLE CAUSE
1. Fireplace insert burning va-
pors from paint, hair spray,
glues, cleaners, chemi-
cals, new carpet, etc. (see
IMPORTANT statement
above)
2. Low fuel supply (propane/
LP only)
3. Gas leak. See Warning
statement above
1. Not enough fresh air is
available
2. Low line pressure
3. O D S / p i l o t i s p a r t i a l l y
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. B u r n e r f l a m e h o l e s
blocked
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REMEDY
1. Open window and venti-
late room. Stop using odor
causing products while
fireplace insert is running
2. Refill supply tank (propane/
LP only)
3. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Con-
nections, page 14)
1. Open window and/or door
for ventilation
2. Contact local natural gas
company
3. C l e a n O D S / p i l o t ( s e e
Cleaning and Maintenance,
page 23)
1. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Con-
nections, page 14)
2. Replace control valve
1. Take apart gas tubing and
remove foreign matter
2. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Con-
nections, page 14)
1. Properly locate logs (see
Installing Logs, page 17)
2. Eliminate source of drafts
around heater
3. Clean out air holes at burn-
er inlet. Periodically repeat
as needed
4. Remove blockage
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