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SAFETY INFORMATION
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You must operate this fireplace
insert with the fireplace insert
screen and hood in place. Make
sure fireplace insert screen and
hood are in place before run-
ning fireplace insert.
Keep the appliance area clear
and free from combustible ma-
terials, gasoline, and other flam-
mable vapors and liquids.
1. This appliance is only for use with the type of
gas indicated on the rating plate. This appli-
ance is not convertible for use with other gases.
2. Do not place propane/LP supply tank(s) in-
side any structure. Locate propane/LP supply
tank(s) outdoors (propane/LP units only).
3. 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. Follow the gas supplier’s
instructions
• if you cannot reach your gas supplier, call
the fire department
4. This fireplace insert shall not be installed in a
bedroom or bathroom.
5. Do not use this fireplace insert as a wood-
burning fireplace. Use only the logs provided
with the fireplace insert.
6. Do not add extra logs or ornaments such as pine
cones, vermiculite, or rock wool. Using these
added items can cause sooting. Do not add lava
rock around base. Rock and debris could fall
into the control area of fireplace insert.
7. This fireplace insert is designed to be smoke-
less. If logs ever appear to smoke, turn off fire-
place insert and call a qualified service per-
son.
Note:
During initial operation, slight
smoking could occur due to log curing and
burning of manufacturing residues.
8. To prevent the creation of soot, follow the in-
structions in
Cleaning and Maintenance,
page 23.
9. Before using furniture polish, wax, carpet
cleaner, or similar products, turn heater off. If
heated, the vapors from these products may
create a white powder residue within burner
box or on adjacent walls or furniture.
10. This fireplace insert needs fresh air ventila-
tion to run properly. This fireplace insert has
an Oxygen Depletion Sensing (ODS) safety
shutoff system. The ODS shuts down the fire-
place insert if not enough fresh air is avail-
able. See
Air for Combustion and Ventilation,
page 6. If fireplace insert keeps shutting off,
see
Troubleshooting,
page 25.
11. Do not run fireplace insert
• where flammable liquids or vapors are used
or stored
• under dusty conditions
12. Do not use this fireplace insert to cook food
or burn paper or other objects.
13. Do not use fireplace insert if any part has been
exposed to or under water. Immediately call a
qualified service technician to inspect the fire-
place insert and to replace any part of the con-
trol system and any gas control which has been
under water.
14. Do not operate fireplace insert if any log is
broken. Do not operate fireplace insert if a log
is chipped (dime-sized or larger).
15. Turn fireplace insert off and let cool before
servicing. Only a qualified service person
should service and repair fireplace insert.
16. Operating fireplace insert above elevations of
4,500 feet could cause pilot outage.
17. To prevent performance problems with pro-
pane/LP units, do not use propane/LP fuel
tanks of less than 100 lb. capacity (propane/
LP units only).
18. Provide adequate clearances around air
openings.
19. The installer must mechanically attach the
marking supplied with the vent-free fireplace
insert to the inside of the firebox of the solid-
fuel burning fireplace or listed firebox enclo-
sure into which the unvented fireplace insert
is installed.
20. Trim panels and surrounds must not seal ven-
tilation openings in fireplace.
21. Cutting any sheet-metal parts of the solid-fuel
burning fireplace or listed ventless firebox
enclosure in which the vent-free fireplace in-
sert is to be installed is prohibited.
22. If the factory-built fireplace has no gas ac-
cess hole(s) provided, an access hole of 1.5
inch (37.5 mm) diameter or less may be drilled
through the lower sides or bottom of the fire-
box in a proper workmanlike manner. This
access hole must be plugged with noncom-
bustible insulation after the gas supply line
has been installed.
