Desa LMFP33PR(B) Indoor Fireplace User Manual


 
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TROUBLESHOOTING
Continued
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 re department.
IMPORTANT: Operating replace 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. Heater burning vapors from
paint, hair spray, glues, clean-
ers, chemicals, new carpet,
etc. (See IMPORTANT state-
ment above)
2. Low fuel supply (propane/LP
only)
3. 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 or gas control
defective
1. Foreign matter between con-
trol valve and burner
2. Gas leak. See Warning
statement above
1. Improper log placement
2. Drafts or other air currents
affecting ame pattern
3. Air holes at burner inlet
blocked
4. Burner ame holes blocked
REMEDY
1. Open window to ventilate
room. Stop using odor caus-
ing products while heater is
running
2. Rell supply tank (propane/
LP only)
3. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Connec-
tions, page 16)
1. Open window and/or door for
ventilation
2. Contact local natural or pro-
pane/LP gas company
3. Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning
and Maintenance, page 24)
1. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Connec-
tions, page 16)
2. Replace control valve or gas
control
1. Take apart gas tubing and
remove foreign matter
2. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Connec-
tions, page 16)
1. Properly locate logs (see
Installing Logs, page 17)
2. Eliminate source of drafts
around heater
3.
Clean out air holes at burner inlet.
Periodically repeat as needed
4. Remove blockage
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
Dark residue on logs inside
of their replace Note: After
removing all causes of residue
deposits, completely clean re-
place and appliance off residue
before reusing appliance