Installation – Desa FPVF33PRA User Manual

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INSTALLATION

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2. Cap off open end of gas pipe where equipment

shutoff valve was connected.

3. Pressurize supply piping system by either

opening propane/LP supply tank valve for

propane/LP gas or opening main gas valve

located on or near gas meter for natural gas

or using compressed air.

4. Check all joints of gas supply piping system.

Apply noncorrosive leak detection fluid to all

joints. Bubbles forming show a leak.

5. Correct all leaks at once.

6. Reconnect fireplace and equipment shutoff

valve to gas supply. Check reconnected fittings

for leaks.

Test Pressures Equal To or Less Than
1/2 PSIG (3.5 kPa)

1. Close equipment shutoff valve (see Figure 25).

2. Pressurize supply piping system by either

opening propane/LP supply tank valve for

propane/LP gas or opening main gas valve

located on or near gas meter for natural gas

or using compressed air.

3. Check all joints from gas meter to equipment

shutoff valve for natural gas or propane/LP sup-

ply to equipment shutoff valve for propane/LP

(see Figures 26 or 27). Apply noncorrosive

leak detection fluid to all joints. Bubbles

forming show a leak.

4. Correct all leaks at once.
pRESSURE TESTING FIREpLACE GAS
CONNECTIONS

1. Open equipment shutoff valve (see Figure 25).

2. Open main gas valve located on or near gas

meter for natural gas or open propane/LP

supply tank valve.

3. Make sure control knob of fireplace is in the

OFF position.

4. Check all joints from equipment shutoff valve

to gas control valve (see Figures 26 or 27).

Apply noncorrosive leak detection fluid to all

joints. Bubbles forming show a leak.

5. Correct all leaks at once.

6. Light fireplace (see Operating Fireplace, page

19. Check all other internal joints for leaks.

7. Turn off fireplace (see To Turn Off Gas to

Appliance, page 21).

Figure 25 - Equipment Shutoff Valve

Open

Closed

Equipment
Shutoff
Valve

Figure 27 - Checking Gas Joints for

Propane/LP Gas

Equipment
Shutoff Valve

Gas Control Valve

Gas Meter

Figure 26 - Checking Gas Joints for

Natural Gas

Equipment Shutoff Valve

Propane/LP
Supply Tank

Gas Control Valve

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