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WARNING: 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. Fol
-
low the gas supplier’s instructions.
• If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire department.
IMPORTANT:
Operating fireplace where impurities in air exist may create odors. Cleaning
supplies, paint, paint remover, cigarette smoke, cements and glues, new carpet or textiles,
etc., create fumes. These fumes may mix with combustion air and create odors. These odors
will disappear over time.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
1. Fireplace burning vapors
from paint, hair spray,
glues, cleaners, chemi
-
cals, new carpet, etc. (See
IMPORTANT
statement
above)
2. Low fuel supply (propane/
LP only)
3. Gas leak.
See Warning
statement at top of page
1. Not enough fresh air is
available
2. Low line pressure
3. OD S/pil ot i s p arti al ly
clogged
1. Gas leak.
See Warning
statement at top of page
2. Control valve defective
1. Foreign matter between
control valve and burner
2. Gas leak.
See Warning
statement at top of page
REMEDY
1. Open window to venti
-
late room. Stop using odor
causing products while
fireplace is running
2. Refill supply tank (propane/
LP only)
3. Locate and correct all leaks
(see
Checking Gas Con-
nections
, page 17)
1. Open window and/or door
for ventilation
2. Contact local natural or
propane/LP gas company
3. Clean ODS/pilot (see
Cleaning and Maintenance,
page 23)
1. Locate and correct all leaks
(see
Checking Gas Con-
nections
, page 17)
2. Replace control valve
1. Contact a qualified service
technician to remove for
-
eign matter
2. Locate and correct all leaks
(see
Checking Gas Con-
nections
, page 17)
OBSERVED PROBLEM
Fireplace produces unwant
-
ed odors
Fireplace shuts off in use
(ODS operates)
Gas odor even when control
knob is in OFF position
Gas odor during combustion
