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4. 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 neighborʼs phone. Follow the gas
supplierʼs instructions
• if you cannot reach your gas supplier, call
the fire department
5. This heater shall not be installed in a bedroom
or bathroom unless installed as a vented appli
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ance (Variable Manually-Controlled Models
Only) (see Installing Damper Clamp Acces-
sory for Vented Operation, page 11).
6. Before installing in a solid fuel burning
fireplace, the chimney flue and firebox must
be cleaned of soot, creosote, ashes and loose
paint by a qualified chimney cleaner. Creosote
will ignite if highly heated. A dirty chimney
flue may create and distribute soot within
the house. Inspect chimney flue for damage.
If damaged, repair flue and firebox before
operating heater.
7. Do not burn solid-fuel in a masonry or UL127
factory-built fireplace in which a vent-free
room heater is installed.
8.
If fireplace has glass doors, never operate this
heater with glass doors closed. If you operate
heater with doors closed, heat buildup inside fire-
place will cause glass to burst. Make sure there are
no obstructions across openings of fireplace.
9.
This log heater is designed to be smokeless. If
logs ever appear to smoke, turn off heater and
call a qualified service person. Note: During
initial operation, slight smoking could occur
due to log curing and heater burning manufac-
turing residues.
10.
To prevent the creation of soot, follow the instruc-
tions in Cleaning and Maintenance, page 23.
11. 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 furniture.
12. This heater needs fresh, outside air ventilation
to run properly. This heater has an Oxygen De
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pletion Sensing (ODS) safety shutoff system.
The ODS shuts down the heater if not enough
fresh air is available. See Air for Combustion
and Ventilation, page 5. If heater keeps shutting
off, see Troubleshooting, page 25.
13. Do not run heater
• where flammable liquids or vapors are
used or stored
• under dusty conditions
14. Do not use this heater to cook food or burn
paper or other objects.
15. Do not use heater if any part has been exposed
to or under water. Immediately call a qualified
service technician to inspect the room heater
and to replace any part of the control system and
any gas control which has been under water.
16. Do not operate heater if any log is broken. Do
not operate heater if a log is chipped (dime-
sized or larger).
17. Turn heater off and let cool before servicing.
Only a qualified service person should service
and repair heater.
18. Operating heater above elevations of 4,500
feet could cause pilot outage.
19.
Provide adequate clearances around air
openings.
LOCAL CODES
Install and use heater with care. Follow all local
codes. In the absence of local codes, use the lat
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est edition of The National Fuel Gas Code, ANSI
Z223.1/NFPA 54*.
*Available from:
American National Standards Institute, Inc.
1430 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
National Fire Protection Association, Inc.
Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02269
Note: Where listed vented decorative logs are
required, thermostat operation is not permitted.
SAFETY INFORMATION
Continued
State of Massachusetts: The installa-
tion must be made by a licensed plumber
or gas fitter in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
Sellers of unvented propane or natural
gas-fired supplemental room heaters shall
provide to each purchaser a copy of 527
CMR 30 upon sale of the unit.
Vent-free gas products are prohibited for
bedroom and bathroom installation in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.