Desa Vanguard VMH26TNA Owner's Operation And Installation Manual

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2104060COMPACT CLASSIC HEARTH FIREPLACEVMH26TNA®DANGER: Carbon monoxidepoisoning may lead to death!SAFETYINFORMATIONCarbon Monoxide Poisoning: Earlysigns of carbon monoxide poisoning re-semble the flu, with headaches, dizziness,or nausea. If you have these signs, the fire-place may not be working properly. Getfresh air at once! Have fireplace serviced.Some people are more affected by carbonmonoxide than others. These include preg-nant women, people with heart or lung dis-ease or anemia, those under the influence ofalcohol, and those at high altitudes.Natural Gas: Natural gas is odorless. Anodor-making agent is added to natural gas.The odor helps you detect a natural gas leak.However, the odor added to natural gas canfade. Natural gas may be present even thoughno odor exists.Make certain you read and understand allwarnings. Keep this manual for reference. Itis your guide to safe and proper operation ofthis fireplace.WARNING ICON G 001WARNINGSIMPORTANT: Read this owner’smanual carefully and completelybefore trying to assemble, oper-ate, or service this fireplace. Im-proper use of this fireplace cancause serious injury or death fromburns, fire, explosion, electricalshock, and carbon monoxidepoisoning.WARNING: Any change tothis fireplace or its controls canbe dangerous.1. This appliance is only for use with thetype of gas indicated on the rating plate.This appliance is not convertible for usewith other gases.2. If you smell gas• shut off gas supply• do not try to light any appliance• do not touch any electrical 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 department3. This fireplace shall not be installed ina bedroom or bathroom.4. Never install the fireplace• in a recreational vehicle• where curtains, furniture, clothing, orother flammable objects are less than36 inches from the front, top, or sidesof the fireplace• as a fireplace insert• in high traffic areas• in windy or drafty areas5. Do not use this fireplace as a wood-burning fireplace. Use only the logsprovided with the fireplace.6. Do not add extra logs or ornamentssuch as pine cones, vermiculite, or rockwool. Using these added items cancause sooting. Do not add lava rockaround base. Rock and debris could fallinto the control area of fireplace.7. You must operate this fireplace with thefireplace screen in place. Make surefireplace screen is in place before run-ning fireplace.8. This fireplace is designed to be smoke-less. If logs ever appear to smoke, turnoff fireplace and call a qualified ser-vice person.Note: During initial op-eration, slight smoking could occur dueto log curing and fireplace burningmanufacturing residues.9. To prevent the creation of soot, followthe instructions in Cleaning and Main-tenance, page 23.10. Do not allow fans to blow directly intothe fireplace. Avoid any drafts that al-ter burner flame patterns. Ceiling fanscan create drafts that alter burner flamepatterns. Altered burner patterns cancause sooting.11. Before using furniture polish, wax, car-pet cleaner, or similar products, turnheater off. If heated, the vapors fromthese products may create a white pow-der residue within burner box or onadjacent walls or furniture.12. This fireplace needs fresh air ventila-tion to run properly. This fireplace hasan oxygen depletion sensor (ODS) pi-lot light safety system. The ODS shutsdown the fireplace if not enough freshair is available. See Air for Combus-tion and Ventilation, pages 5 through7. If fireplace keeps shutting off, seeTroubleshooting, pages 20 through 22.13. Do not run fireplace• where flammable liquids or vaporsare used or stored.• under dusty conditions.14. Do not use this fireplace to cook foodor burn paper or other objects.15. Never place any objects in the fireplaceor on logs.16. Fireplace front and screen becomesvery hot when running fireplace. Keepchildren and adults away from hot sur-faces to avoid burns or clothing igni-tion. Fireplace will remain hot for atime after shut-down. Allow surfacesto cool before touching.17. Carefully supervise young children whenthey are in same room with fireplace.18. Do not use fireplace if any part has beenunder water. Immediately call a quali-fied service technician to inspect theroom fireplace and to replace any partof the control system and any gas con-trol which has been under water.19. Turn off and unplug fireplace and letcool before servicing. Only a qualifiedservice person should service and re-pair fireplace.20. Operating fireplace above elevations of4,500 feet could cause pilot outage.21. Do not use a blower insert, heat ex-changer insert, or other accessory notapproved for use with this fireplace.22. Do not operate fireplace if any log isbroken. Do not operate fireplace if alog is chipped (dime-sized or larger).