Desa VSGF28NTE - Manual (Page 24)

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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.
Follow 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.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Continued
POSSIBLE CAUSE
1. Fireplace burning vapors from
paint, hair spray, glues, clean-
ers, chemicals, new carpet, etc.
(See IMPORTANT statement
above)
2. Gas leak. See Warning
statement above
1. Not enough fresh air is avail-
able
2. Low line pressure
3. ODS/pilot is partially clogged
1. Gas leak. See Warning
statement above
2. Control valve defective
1. Foreign matter between con-
trol valve and burner
2. Gas leak. See Warning
statement above
1. Not enough combustion/ven-
tilation air
REMEDY
1. Open window and ventilate
room. Stop using odor caus-
ing products while fireplace is
running
2. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Connec-
tions, page 15)
1. Open window and/or door for
ventilation
2. Contact local propane/LP gas
company
3. Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning
and Maintenance, page 20)
1. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Connec-
tions, page 15)
2. Replace control valve
1. Take apart gas tubing and re-
move foreign matter
2. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Connec-
tions, page 15)
1. Refer to Air for Combustion
and Ventilation requirements
(page 6)
OBSERVED PROBLEM
Fireplace produces unwanted
odors
Fireplace shuts off in use (ODS
operates)
Gas odor even when control
knob is in OFF position
Gas odor during combustion
Moisture/condensation noticed
on windows