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3. Blow air through the ports/slots and holes
in the burner.
4. Check the injector holder located at the
end of the burner tube again. Remove
any large particles of dust, dirt, lint or pet
hair with a soft cloth or vacuum cleaner
nozzle.
5. Blow air into the primary air holes on the
injector holder.
6. In case any large clumps of dust have now
been pushed into the burner repeat steps
3 and 4.
Clean the pilot assembly also. A yellow tip on
the pilot flame indicates dust and dirt in the
pilot assembly. There is a small pilot air inlet
hole about two inches from where the pilot
flame comes out of the pilot assembly (see
Figure 34, page 24). With the unit off, lightly
blow air through the air inlet hole. You may
CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE
Continued
blow through a drinking straw if compressed
air is not available.
LOGS
• If you remove logs for cleaning, refer to
Installing Logs,
page 17, to properly replace
logs.
• Replace log(s) if broken or chipped (dime-
sized or larger).
MAIN BURNER
Periodically inspect all burner flame holes with
the heater running. All slotted burner flame
holes should be open with yellow flame pres
-
ent. All round burner flame holes should be
open with a small blue flame present. Some
burner flame holes may become blocked by
debris or rust, with no flame present. If so,
turn off heater and let cool. Remove blockage.
Blocked burner flame holes will create soot.
REPLACEMENT PARTS
Note: Use only original replacement parts.
This will protect your warranty coverage for
parts replaced under warranty.
PARTS UNDER WARRANTY
Contact authorized dealers of this product. If
they can’t supply original replacement part(s),
call DESA Heating, LLC at 1-866-672-6040.
When calling DESA Heating, LLC, have
ready
• your name
• your address
• model and serial numbers of your heater
• how heater was malfunctioning
• type of gas used (propane/LP or natural
gas)
• purchase date
Usually, we will ask you to return the part to
the factory.
PARTS NOT UNDER WARRANTY
Contact authorized dealers of this product. If
they can’t supply original replacement part(s),
call DESA Heating, LLC at 1-866-672-6040 for
referral information.
When calling DESA Heating, LLC, have
ready
• model number of your heater
• the replacement part number
WIRING DIAGRAM
(Remote-Ready Models Only)
AUTO
OFF
ON
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