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OPERATION CHARACTERISTICS
Observe the flames. The main burner flames should be blue at the base and a combination of blue and yellow at
the body and at the tips. Front flames in the ember burner should be 1/4” above the embers.
All Golden Blount vent-free gas log sets have been quality checked and tested to ensure proper operation and
performance. Both combustion and performance results are satisfactory, before shipping.
The installation site for any unvented appliance presents its own unique combustion environment. Specific factors
such as weather-tightness of the home, size of the room in which the log set is installed, central heating, ceiling
fans, altitude, drafts, pet hair, carpet lint, dryer lint, the size of the fireplace, paint or soot inside the fireplace, etc. all
have an influence on the proper operation of an unvented appliance and its ODS pilot system. A normally operating
unvented log set will demonstrate the following characteristics:
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A lively, realistic flame and front ember glow. The flame will be blue/yellow on the front burner and on the
rear burner.
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Clean-burning combustion that will produce no soot or smoke after normal break-in.
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Production of no odor, other than normal odors associated with the combustion of propane or natural gas.
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Production of water vapor. Water vapor helps to increase indoor humidity, which may be beneficial during
the dry heating season.
If you operate the unvented gas log set fueled by propane gas, operating characteristics may vary as the fuel in the
tank approaches empty (less than 1/4 full). Sooting and other increases in combustion by-products will occur. Turn
off the log set and refill the propane tank.
