Troubleshooting – Desa LMFP33NR(A) User Manual

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TROUBLESHOOTING

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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. Heater burning vapors from

paint, hair spray, glues, clean-

ers, chemicals, new carpet,

etc. (See IMPORTANT state-

ment above)

2. Low fuel supply (propane/LP

only)

3. Gas leak. See Warning

statement above

1. Not enough fresh air is avail-

able

2. Low line pressure

3. ODS/pilot is partially

clogged

1. Gas leak. See Warning

statement above

2. Control valve or gas control

defective

1. Foreign matter between con-

trol 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. Burner flame holes blocked

REMEDY

1. Open window to ventilate

room. Stop using odor caus-

ing products while heater is

running

2. Refill supply tank (propane/

LP only)

3. Locate and correct all leaks

(see Checking Gas Connec-

tions, page 16)

1. Open window and/or door for

ventilation

2. Contact local natural or pro-

pane/LP gas company

3. Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning

and Maintenance, page 24)

1. Locate and correct all leaks

(see Checking Gas Connec-

tions, page 16)

2. Replace control valve or gas

control

1. Take apart gas tubing and

remove foreign matter

2. Locate and correct all leaks

(see Checking Gas Connec-

tions, page 16)

1. Properly locate logs (see

Installing Logs, page 17)

2. Eliminate source of drafts

around heater

3. Clean out air holes at burner inlet.

Periodically repeat as needed

4. Remove blockage

OBSERVED PROBLEM

Fireplace produces unwanted

odors

Fireplace shuts off in use (ODS

operates)

Gas odor even when control knob

is in OFF position

Gas odor during combustion

Dark residue on logs inside

of their fireplace Note: After

removing all causes of residue

deposits, completely clean fire-

place and appliance off residue

before reusing appliance

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