Desa VTGF33NRA - Manual (Page 21)

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OPERATING FIREPLACE
FOR YOUR SAFETY
READ BEFORE LIGHTING
WARNING: If you do not fol-
low these instructions exactly,
a fire or explosion may result
causing property damage, per-
sonal injury or loss of life.
A. This appliance has a pilot which lights
automatically when using the supplied
wall switch or remote control. If you have
a power outage, the pilot may be lighted by
hand with push-button piezo ignitor. When
lighting the pilot, the following warnings
must be followed.
B. BEFORE LIGHTING smell all around the
appliance area for gas. Be sure to smell next
to the floor because some gas is heavier than
air and will settle on the floor.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
• Do not try to light any appliance.
• Do not touch any electric switch; do not
use any phone in your building.
• Immediately call your gas supplier from
a neighborʼs phone. Follow the gas
supplierʼs instructions.
• If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call
the fire department.
C. Electric Power Outage Only: Use only
your hand to turn the manual override
handle on the gas control knob. Never use
tools. If the knob will not turn by hand, donʼt
try to repair it, call a qualified service tech-
nician or gas supplier. Force or attempted
repair may result in a fire or explosion.
D. Do not use this appliance if any part has
been under water. Immediately call a
qualified service technician to inspect the
appliance and to replace any part of the
control system and any gas control which
has been under water.
NORMAL LIGHTING
INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING: You must oper-
ate this heater with the fireplace
screen in place. Make sure fire-
place screen is in place before
running heater.
NOTICE: During initial operation of
new heater, burning logs will give
off a paper-burning smell. Open
damper or window to vent smell.
This will only last a few hours.
1. STOP! Read the safety information, col-
umn 1.
2. Make sure equipment shutoff valve is fully
open.
3. Wait five (5) minutes to clear out any gas.
Smell for gas around heater and near floor.
If you smell gas, STOP! Follow “B” in the
safety information on warnings plate. If you
donʼt smell gas, go to the next step.
A. Using Supplied Wall Switch Assembly
1. Set manual ignition bypass switch on the
control panel to the OFF position (auto-
matic ignition position).
2. Press ON/OFF button. Hold for 6 seconds.
Gas valve will open and electronic ignition
will begin sparking to light pilot. LED will
light. Note: You may be running this heater
for the first time after connecting to gas sup-
ply or at the start of your heating season.
If so, the ON/OFF button may need to be
pressed again. This will allow air to bleed
from gas system. If several attempts to light
pilot fail, contact a qualified service person
or gas supplier for repairs. Until repairs
are made, light and operate manually (see
Manual Lighting Instructions for Electric
Power Outage, page 22).
3. When pilot flame is lit, the thermocouple is
heated by the flame. When thermocouple
becomes hot (5 to 15 seconds), main burner
will automatically light on high flame.
4. To lower flame, push HI/LO button on wall
switch once. Note: This fireplace does not
have a pilot-only mode.
CAUTION: Do not try to ad-
just heating levels by using the
equipment shutoff valve.