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SAFETy
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11. Keep all air openings in front and at bottom
of heater clear and free of debris. This will
insure enough air for proper combustion.
12. Do not run fireplace
• where flammable liquids or vapors are
used or stored.
• under dusty conditions.
13. Do not use this fireplace to cook food or
burn paper or other objects.
14. Never place any objects in the fireplace
or on logs.
15. Do not use fireplace if any part has been
under water. Immediately call a qualified
service technician to inspect the room
fireplace and to replace any part of the
control system and any gas control which
has been under water.
16. Turn off fireplace and let cool before
servicing. Only a qualified service person
should service and repair fireplace.
17. Operating fireplace above elevations of
4,500 feet could cause pilot outage.
18. Do not operate fireplace if any log is
broken. Do not operate fireplace if a log
is chipped (dime-sized or larger).
19. To prevent performance problems, do not
use propane/LP fuel tank of less than 100
lbs. capacity.
20. Provide adequate clearances around air
openings.
5. Do not use this fireplace as a wood-burn
-
ing fireplace. Use only the logs provided
with the fireplace.
6. Do not add extra logs or ornaments such
as pine cones, vermiculite or rock wool.
Using these added items can cause soot-
ing. Do not add lava rock around base.
Rock and debris could fall into the control
area of fireplace.
7. This fireplace is designed to be smokeless.
If logs ever appear to smoke, turn off fire
-
place and call a qualified service person.
Note: During initial operation, slight smok-
ing could occur due to log curing and fire
-
place burning manufacturing residues.
8. To prevent the creation of soot, follow the
instructions in
Cleaning
, page 18.
9. Before using furniture polish, wax, carpet
cleaner or similar products, turn fireplace
off. If heated, the vapors from these prod
-
ucts may create a white powder residue
within burner box or on adjacent walls or
furniture.
10. This fireplace needs fresh air ventilation to
run properly. This fireplace has an Oxygen
Depletion Sensing (ODS) safety shutoff
system. The ODS shuts down the fire
-
place if not enough fresh air is available.
See Air for
Combustion and Ventilation
,
page 7. If fireplace keeps shutting off, see
Troubleshooting
, page 19.
LOcAL cODES
Install and use fireplace with care. Follow all
local codes. In the absence of local codes,
use the latest edition of
The National Fuel
Gas Code ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54*
.
*Available from:
American National Standards Institute, Inc.
1430 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
National Fire Protection Association, Inc.
Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02269
State of Massachusetts:
The installation
must be made by a licensed plumber or
gas fitter in the Commonwealth of Mas
-
sachusetts.
Sellers of unvented propane or natural
gas-fired supplemental room heaters shall
provide to each purchaser a copy of 527
CMR 30 upon sale of the unit.
Vent-free gas products are prohibited for
bedroom and bathroom installation in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.