Kenmore 122.16648900, User Manual

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WARNING
Never lean over the grill cooking area while
lighting your gas grill. Keep your face and body
a safe distance (at least 18 inches) from the
cooking grid surface when lighting your grill by
match.
If Grill Still Fails To Light
1. Check gas supply and connections for leaks. Check
that all wires connections are secure.
2. Repeat basic lighting procedure. If your grill still fails
to operate, turn the gas off at source, turn the control
knobs to OFF, then check the following:
• Misalignment of burner tubes over orifices
Correction: Reposition burner tubes over orifices.
•Obstruction in gas line
Correction: Remove fuel line from grill. Do not smoke!
Open gas supply for 1 second to clear any obstruction
from fuel line. Close off gas supply at source and
reconnect fuel line to grill.
• Plugged orifice
Correction: Remove burners from grill, carefully lift
each burner up and away from gas valve orifice.
Remove the orifice from gas valve and gently clear any
obstruction with a fine wire. Then reinstall all orifices,
burners, and cooking components.
3. If an obstruction is suspected in gas valves, please
call for repair service at 1-800-4-MY-HOME.
4. If the grill still does not light you may need to purge air
from the gas line or reset the regulator excess gas flow
device.
Note: This procedure should be done every time
a new LP gas tank is connected to your grill.
To purge air from your gas line and/or reset the
regulator excess gas flow device:
• Turn the control knob to OFF position.
• Turn off the gas at the tank valve.
• Disconnect regulator from LP gas tank.
• Let unit stand for 5 minutes.
• Reconnect regulator to the LP gas tank.
• Turn the tank valve on slowly until ¼ to ½ open.
• Open the grill lid.
• Set control knobs to OFF. Push and turn any control
knob to HIGH.
• Turn control knobs to HIGH until all the burners are lit
• You may start to use the grill
5. If all checks or corrections have been made and you
still have questions about operating your gas grill, call
the
Customer Service Helpline 8 AM – 5 PM PST,
Monday through Friday at 1-800-913-8999
WARNING
Should a “FLASH-BACK” fire occur in/or
around the burner tubes, follow the instructions
below. Failure to comply with these instructions
could result in a fire or explosion that could
cause serious bodily injury, death, or property
damage.
• Shut off gas supply to the gas grill.
• Turn the control knobs to OFF position.
• Put out any flame with a proper fire extinguisher.
• Open grill lid.
• Once the grill has cooled down, clean the burner
tubes and burners according to the cleaning
instructions found on page 11~12.
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Manually Lighting Your Grill by Match
1. Take the manual lighting stick
2. Insert a match into the lighting stick.
3. Follow steps 1 through 5 of the Basic Lighting
Procedure.
4. Light the match and extend the lighting stick to
cooking grid surface.
5. Turn the desired control knob to the HI/position
setting to release gas. The burner should light
immediately.
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