Desa A, B, C Owner's Operation And Installation Manual

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104415For more information, visit www.desatech.comFor more information, visit www.desatech.com16OPERATING HEATERWARNING: If you do not follow these instructionsexactly, a fire or explosion may result causing prop-erty damage, personal injury or loss of life.A. This appliance has a pilot which must be lighted by hand.When lighting the pilot, follow these instructions exactly.B. BEFORE LIGHTING smell all around the appliance areafor gas. Be sure to smell next to the floor because some gasis heavier than air and will settle on the floor.WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS• Do not try to light any appliance.• Do not touch any electric switch; do not use any phone inyour building.• Immediately call your gas supplier from a neighbor’sphone. Follow the gas supplier’s instructions.• If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire de-partment.C. Use only your hand to push in or turn the gas control knob.Never use tools. If the knob will not push in or turn byhand, don’t try to repair it, call a qualified service techni-cian or gas supplier. Force or attempted repair may resultin a fire or explosion.D. Do not use this appliance if any part has been under water.Immediately call a qualified service technician to inspectthe appliance and to replace any part of the control systemand any gas control which has been under water.FOR YOUR SAFETY READBEFORE LIGHTINGLIGHTING INSTRUCTIONSFigure 25 - Control Knob andIgnitor Button LocationWARNING:• If fireplace has glass doors, never operate thisheater with glass doors closed. If you operateheater with doors closed, heat buildup inside fire-place will cause glass to burst. Also if fireplaceopening has vents at the bottom, you must openthe vents before operating heater.• You must operate this heater with a fireplace screenin place. Make sure fireplace screen is closedbefore running heater.NOTICE: During initial operation of new heater, burn-ing logs will give off a paper-burning smell. Orangeflame will also be present. Open damper or window tovent smell. This will only last a few hours.Note: Home owners generally prefer to operate their heaterwith the chimney damper closed. This will put all the heat intothe room. However, there may be times you will desire the fullflames of the HI heat setting but will find the heat outputexcessive. You can open the chimney damper (if you have one)fully or partially to release some of the heat.WARNING: Damper handle will be hot if heater hasbeen running.1. STOP! Read the safety information column 1.2. Make sure equipment shutoff valve is fully open.3. Turn control knob clockwise Clockwise to the OFF position.4. Wait five (5) minutes to clear out any gas. Then smell forgas, including near the floor. If you smell gas, STOP! Fol-low “B” in the safety information, column 1. If you don’tsmell gas, go to the next step.5. Turn control knob counterclockwise C-clockwise to the PI-LOT position. Press in control knob for five (5) seconds(see Figure 25).Note: You may be running this heater for the first timeafter hooking up to gas supply. If so, the control knob mayneed to be pressed in for 30 seconds or more. This will allowair to bleed from the gas system.6. With control knob pressed in, press and release ignitor but-ton. This will light pilot. The pilot is attached to the frontburner. If needed, keep pressing ignitor button until pilot lights.Note: If pilot does not stay lit, contact a qualified serviceperson or gas supplier for repairs. Until repairs are made,light pilot with match. To light pilot with match, see ManualLighting Procedure on page 17.7. Keep control knob pressed in for 30 seconds after lightingpilot. After 30 seconds, release control knob.• If control knob does not pop out when released, contacta qualified service person or gas supplier for repairs.Note: If pilot goes out, repeat steps 3 through 7. This heaterhas a safety interlock system. Wait one (1) minute for sys-tem to reset before lighting pilot again.8. Turn control knob counterclockwise to desiredheating level. The burners should light. Set control knob toany heat level between HI and LO.Figure 26 - PilotControlKnobIgnitorButtonIgnitor ElectrodeThermocouple PilotBurnerOPERATING HEATER (THERMOSTAT CONTROLLED MODELS)For Your Safety Read Before LightingLighting InstructionsTHERMOSTAT-CONTROLLED MODELS