Desa VSGF28PTE Outdoor Fireplace User Manual


 
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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 bed-
room or bathroom.
5. Do not use this fireplace as a wood-burning
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 sooting. Do not
add lava rock around base. Rock and debris
could fall into the control area of fireplace.
7. This fireplace is designed to be smokeless. If
logs ever appear to smoke, turn off fireplace
and call a qualified service person.
Note:
Dur-
ing initial operation, slight smoking could
occur due to log curing and fireplace burning
manufacturing residues.
8. To prevent the creation of soot, follow the
instructions in Cleaning and Maintenance,
page 20.
9. 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.
10. This fireplace needs fresh air ventilation to
run properly. This fireplace has an Oxygen
Depletion Sensing (ODS) safety shutoff sys-
tem. The ODS shuts down the fireplace if not
enough fresh air is available. See Air for Com-
bustion and Ventilation, pages 6 through 8. If
fireplace keeps shutting off, see Troubleshoot-
ing, pages 21 through 24.
11. Do not run fireplace
• where flammable liquids or vapors are used
or stored
under dusty conditions
12. Do not use this fireplace to cook food or burn
paper or other objects.
SAFETY INFORMATION
Continued
13. Do not use fireplace if any part has been ex-
posed to or under water. Immediately call a
qualified service technician to inspect the fire-
place and to replace any part of the control
system and any gas control which has been
under water.
14. Do not operate fireplace if any log is broken.
Do not operate fireplace if a log is chipped
(dime-sized or larger).
15. Turn fireplace off and let cool before servic-
ing. Only a qualified service person should
service and repair fireplace.
16. Operating fireplace above elevations of 4,500
feet could cause pilot outage.
17. To prevent performance problems, do not use
propane/LP fuel tanks of less than 100 lbs.
capacity (propane/LP units only).
18. Provide adequate clearances around air
openings.
LOCAL CODES
Install and use fireplace with care. Follow all lo-
cal codes. In the absence of local codes, use the
latest 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