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OPERATION
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NOTICE: During initial operation
of new heater, burning logs will
give off a paper-burning smell.
Orange flame will also be pres
-
ent. Open damper or window to
vent smell. This will only last a
few hours.
Note: Home owners generally prefer to oper-
ate their heater with the chimney damper
closed. This will put all the heat into the room.
However, there may be times you will desire
the full flames of the HI heat setting but will
find the heat output excessive. You can open
the chimney damper (if you have one) fully or
partially to release some of the heat.
WARNING: Damper handle
will be hot if heater has been
running.
1. STOP! Read the safety information,
page 20.
2. Make sure equipment shutoff valve is
fully open.
WARNING: Burners will
come on automatically within
one minute when the selector
switch is in the ON position after
the pilot is lit.
3. Press in and turn control knob clock-
wise
to the OFF position (see
Figure 21).
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, page 18. If you
don’t smell gas, go to the next step.
5. Press in and turn control knob counter-
clockwise
to the PILOT position.
Press in control knob for five (5) seconds
(see Figure 21).
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. With control knob pressed in, press and
release ignitor button. This will light pilot.
The pilot is attached to the front burner. If
needed, keep pressing ignitor button until
pilot lights.
Figure 21 - Control Knob and Ignitor
Button Location (Shown as Supplied, No
Control Options)
Flame Adjustment Knob
Control
Knob
Ignitor
Button
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.
• 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.
8. Slightly push in and turn control knob coun-
terclockwise
to the ON position.
9. Wait one minute and switch selector
switch, if optional remote control is used,
to the ON position to light burners. Note:
AUTO is only functional when using
GWMT1 or GWMS2 optional accesso-
ries.
.
10. Set flame adjustment knob to any level
between HI and LO.
11. 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.
