Troubleshooting – FMI COMFORT FLAME CDCFPRB User Manual

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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 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. Fireplace burning vapors

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 at top of page

1. Not enough fresh air is

available

2. Low line pressure

3. OD S/pil ot i s p arti al ly

clogged

1. Gas leak. See Warning

statement at top of page

2. Control valve defective

1. Foreign matter between

control valve and burner

2. Gas leak. See Warning

statement at top of page

REMEDY

1. Open window to venti-

late room. Stop using odor
causing products while
fireplace 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 or

propane/LP gas company

3. Clean ODS/pilot (see

Cleaning and Maintenance,
page 20)

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)

ObSERvED PRObLEM

Fireplace produces unwant-
ed odors

Fireplace shuts off in use
(ODS operates)

Gas odor even when control
knob is in OFF position

Gas odor during combustion

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