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LIGHTING
INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING
• If fireplace has glass doors,
never operate this heater with
glass doors closed. If you op
-
erate heater with doors closed,
heat buildup inside fireplace
will cause glass to burst. Make
sure there are no obstructions
across openings of fireplace.
• You must operate this heater
with a fireplace screen in place.
Make sure fireplace screen is
closed before running heater.
NOTICE: During initial operation of
new heater, burning logs will give
off a paper-burning smell. Orange
flame will also be present. Open
damper or window to vent smell.
This will only last a few hours.
Note: Home owners generally prefer to operate
their heater with chimney damper closed. This
will put all of the heat into room. However, there
may be times you will desire full flames of HI
heat setting but will find heat output excessive.
You can open chimney damper (if you have
one) fully or partially to release some heat.
WARNING: Damper handle
will be hot if heater has been
running.
1. STOP! Read the safety information on
page 18.
2. Make sure equipment shutoff valve is fully
open.
3. Press in and turn control knob clockwise
to the OFF position.
4. Wait five (5) minutes to clear out any gas.
Then smell for gas, including near the
floor. If you smell gas, STOP! Follow “B”
in the safety information on page 18. If
you don’t smell gas, go to the next step.
OPERATION
Continued
5. Press in control knob and turn counter-
clockwise
to the PILOT position
(see Figure 24). The ignitor will spark
once. Keep control knob pressed in for 5
seconds. If control knob does not pop up
when released, contact a qualified service
person or gas supplier for repairs.
Note: You may be running this heater
for the first time after hooking up to gas
supply. If so, the control knob may need
to be pressed in for 30 seconds or more.
This will allow air to bleed from the gas
system.
6. Turn control knob clockwise
to
OFF position. Press in control knob and
turn counterclockwise
to PILOT
position. This will light pilot. Pilot is at
-
tached to rear of burner. If needed, repeat
this process until pilot lights.
Note: If pilot does not stay lit, contact a
qualified service person or gas supplier for
repairs. Until repairs are made, light pilot
with match. To light pilot with match, see
Manual Lighting Procedure,
page 20
.
7. Keep control knob pressed in for 30 sec
-
onds after lighting pilot. After 30 seconds,
release control knob.
Note: If pilot goes out, repeat steps 3
through 7.
• If control knob does not pop out when
released, contact a qualified service
person or gas supplier for repairs.
8. Slightly press and turn control knob coun-
terclockwise
to desired heating
level. The burner should light. Set control
knob to HI or LO.
WARNING: Do not operate
heater between PILOT and HIGH
positions.
9. To leave pilot lit and shut off burners only,
turn control knob clockwise
to the
PILOT position.
Figure 24 - Control Knob and Ignitor
Button Location
PILOT
OFF
LO
HI
Control Knob
