Product identification, Safety information – Desa FPVF33NRA User Manual
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13. Do not operate fireplace if any log is
broken. Do not operate fireplace if a log 
is chipped (dime-sized or larger). 
14. Turn fireplace off and let cool before
servicing. Only a qualified service person 
should service and repair fireplace.
15. Operating fireplace above elevations of
4,500 feet could cause pilot outage.
16. To prevent performance problems in
propane/LP units, do not use propane/
LP fuel tanks of less than 100 lbs. ca-
pacity (propane/LP units only).
17. Provide adequate clearances around air
openings.
PRODUCT
IDENTIFICATION
Figure 1 - Log Base Assembly
Piezo 
Ignitor
Optional 
Remote 
Control
Control 
Knobs
Firebox 
Hood 
Firebox 
Support 
Log Set (VYGF shown)
Remote Selector 
Switch (Optional)
Top Outer 
Casing 
Blower Assembly
(Optional)
Screen 
Assembly 
Figure 2 - Fireplace
Louver
3. 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
4. This fireplace shall not be installed in a
bedroom or bathroom.
5. Do not use this fireplace as a wood-burn-
ing fireplace. Use only the logs provided 
with the fireplace. 
6. Do not add extra logs or ornaments such
as pine cones, vermiculite or rock wool. 
Using these added items can cause soot-
ing. Do not add lava rock around base. 
Rock and debris could fall into the control 
area of fireplace.
7. To prevent the creation of soot, follow the
instructions in Cleaning and Maintenance, 
page 5.
8. Before using furniture polish, wax, carpet
cleaner or similar products, turn heater off. 
If heated, the vapors from these products 
may create a white powder residue within 
burner box or on adjacent walls or furni-
ture.
9. This fireplace needs fresh air ventilation to
run properly. This fireplace has an Oxygen 
Depletion Sensing (ODS) safety shutoff 
system. The ODS shuts down the fireplace 
if enough fresh air is not available. See Air 
for Combustion and Ventilation, page 6. If 
fireplace keeps shutting off, see Trouble-
shooting, page 6.
10. Do not run fireplace
• where flammable liquids or vapors are
used or stored
• under dusty conditions
11. Do not use this fireplace to cook food or
burn paper or other objects.
12. Do not use fireplace if any part has been
exposed to or under water. Immediately 
call a qualified service technician to in-
spect the fireplace and to replace any part 
of the control system and any gas control 
which has been under water. 
