Desa VGC18NR Owner's Manual

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www.desatech.com122526-01B 23OPERATIONFOR YOUR SAFETYREAD BEFORE LIGHTINGWARNING: If you do not fol-low these instructions exactly,a fire or explosion may resultcausing property damage, per-sonal injury or loss of life.A. This appliance has a pilot which mustbe lighted by hand. When lighting the pi-lot, follow these instructions exactly.B. BEFORE LIGHTING smell all aroundthe appliance area for gas. Be sure tosmell next to the floor because somegas is heavier than air and will settleon the floor.WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS• Do not try to light any appliance.• Do not touch any electric switch; donot use any phone in your building.• Immediately call your gas supplierfrom a neighbor’s phone. Follow thegas supplier’s instructions.• If you cannot reach your gas supplier,call the fire department.C. Use only your hand to push in or turnthe gas control knob. Never use tools.If the knob will not push in or turn byhand, don’t try to repair it, call a quali-fied service technician or gas supplier.Force or attempted repair may result ina fire or explosion.D. Do not use this appliance if any parthas been under water. Immediately calla qualified service technician to inspectthe appliance and to replace any part ofthe control system and any gas controlwhich has been under water.LIGHTINGINSTRUCTIONSWARNING:• If fireplace has glass doors,never operate this heater withglass doors closed. If you op-erate heater with doors closed,heat buildup inside fireplacewill cause glass to burst. Makesure there are no obstructionsacross openings of fireplace.• You must operate this heaterwith a fireplace screen in place.Make sure fireplace screen isclosed before running heater.NOTICE: During initial operation ofnew heater, burning logs will giveoff a paper-burning smell. Orangeflame will also be present. Opendamper or window to vent smell.This will only last a few hours.Note: Home owners generally prefer to operatetheir heater with the chimney damper closed.This will put all the heat into the room. However,there may be times you will desire the full flamesof the HI heat setting but will find the heat outputexcessive. You can open the chimney damper (ifyou have one) fully or partially to release someof the heat.WARNING: Damper handlewill be hot if heater has beenrunning.1. STOP! Read the safety information, col-umn 1.2. Make sure equipment shutoff valve is fullyopen.3. Set switch to OFF position.4. Press in and turn control knob clockwiseto the OFF position (see Figure 39,page 24).5. Wait five (5) minutes to clear out any gas.Then smell for gas, including near thefloor. If you smell gas, STOP! Follow “B”in the safety information, column 1. If youdon’t smell gas, go to the next step.