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CAUTION: A mild gas flash
may occur within 10 seconds of
normal shutdown of this appli
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ance. Remain clear of the hearth
area for the entire shutdown pro
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cess to avoid possible injury.
1. STOP! Read the safety information on
page 10.
2. Make sure equipment shutoff valve is fully
open.
3. Set selector switch in the OFF position.
4. Press in and turn control knob clock-
wise
to the OFF position (see
Figure 11).
WARNING: Burners will
come on automatically within
one minute when the selector
switch is in the ON position after
the pilot is lit.
5. 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, page 10. If you
don’t smell gas, go to the next step.
6. Press in and turn control knob counter-
clockwise
to the PILOT position.
Press in control knob for five (5) seconds
(see Figure 11).
Note: You may be running this appliance for
the first time after hooking up to gas sup
-
ply. 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.
Figure 11 - Control Knob and Ignitor Button
Control Knob
Ignitor
ON/OFF
Switch
OPERATION
Continued
7. With control knob pressed in, press and
release ignitor button. This will light pilot.
If needed, keep pressing ignitor button
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 12.
8. Keep control knob pressed in for 30 sec
-
onds after lighting pilot. After 30 seconds,
release control knob.
• If control knob does not pop out when
released, contact a qualified service
person or gas supplier for repairs.
Note: If pilot goes out, repeat steps 4
through 8
.
9. Slightly push in and turn control knob coun-
terclockwise
to the ON position.
10. Wait one minute and switch selector
switch to the ON position to light burners.
Note: AUTO is not functional.
11. Set flame adjustment knob to any level
between HI and LO. Optional conversion
kit only.
Note: Unit is shipped from the factory with
preset flame and manual on/off switch
only (see Accessories on page 19 for
complete list of accessories and conver-
sion kits).
12. To leave pilot lit and shut off burners only:
turn control knob clockwise
to the
PILOT position, or use remote control
manual OFF button, or set selector switch
in the OFF position.
CAUTION: Do not try to ad-
just heating levels by using the
equipment shutoff valve.
WARNING: Make sure the
selector switch is in the OFF
position when you are away
from home for long periods of
time. Appliance will come on au
-
tomatically with selector switch
in the ON position.