Desa VGL18PRA Owner's Operation And Installation Manual

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www.desatech.com112882-01B 19OPERATING HEATERFOR 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 must belighted by hand. When lighting the pilot,follow these instructions exactly.B. BEFORE LIGHTING smell all around theappliance area for gas. Be sure to smell nextto the floor because some gas is heavier thanair 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 notuse any phone in your building.• Immediately call your gas supplier froma neighborʼs phone. Follow the gassupplierʼs instructions.• If you cannot reach your gas supplier, callthe fire department.C. Use only your hand to push in or turn thegas control knob. Never use tools. If theknob will not push in or turn by hand, donʼttry to repair it, call a qualified service tech-nician or gas supplier. Force or attemptedrepair may result in a fire or explosion.D. Do not use this appliance if any part has beenunder water. Immediately call a qualifiedservice technician to inspect the applianceand to replace any part of the control systemand any gas control which has been underwater.INSTALLATIONContinuedFigure 27 - Installing Logs #5 and #6Log #6Log #5Log #2Log #3LIGHTINGINSTRUCTIONSWARNING:• 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 opening of fireplace.• You must operate this heaterwith a fireplace screen in place.Make sure fireplace screen isclosed before running heater.NOTICE: During initial operationof new heater, burning logs willgive off a paper-burning smell.Orange flame will also be pres-ent. Open damper or window tovent smell. This will only last afew hours.Note: Home owners generally prefer to op-erate their heater with the chimney damperclosed. This will put all the heat into the room.However, there may be times you will desirethe full flames of the HI heat setting but willfind the heat output excessive. You can openthe chimney damper (if you have one) fully orpartially to release some of 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 isfully open.3. Press in and turn control knob clockwiseto the OFF position (see Figure 28,page 20).4. Wait five (5) minutes to clear out any gas.Then smell for gas, including near the floor.If you smell gas, STOP! Follow “B” in thesafety information, column 1. If you donʼtsmell gas, go to the next step.