Desa Vanguard VMH26TPC Owner's Operation And Installation Manual

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www.desatech.com 113111-01B4SAFETY INFORMATIONContinued3. If you smell gas• shut off gas supply• do not try to light any appliance• do not touch any electrical switch; do notuse any phone in your building• immediately call your gas supplier from aneighbor’s phone. Follow the gas supplier’sinstructions• if you cannot reach your gas supplier, callthe fire department4. This fireplace shall not be installed in a bed-room or bathroom.5. Do not use this fireplace as a wood-burningfireplace. Use only the logs provided with thefireplace.6. Do not add extra logs or ornaments such aspine cones, vermiculite, or rock wool. Usingthese added items can cause sooting. Do notadd lava rock around base. Rock and debriscould fall into the control area of fireplace.7. This fireplace is designed to be smokeless. Iflogs ever appear to smoke, turn off fireplaceand call a qualified service person.Note: Dur-ing initial operation, slight smoking couldoccur due to log curing and fireplace burningmanufacturing residues.8. To prevent the creation of soot, follow theinstructions in Cleaning and Maintenance,page 22.9. Before using furniture polish, wax, carpetcleaner, or similar products, turn heater off. Ifheated, the vapors from these products maycreate a white powder residue within burnerbox or on adjacent walls or furniture.10. This fireplace needs fresh air ventilation torun properly. This fireplace has an OxygenDepletion Sensing (ODS) safety shutoff sys-tem. The ODS shuts down the fireplace if notenough fresh air is available. See Air for Com-bustion and Ventilation, pages 6 through 8. Iffireplace keeps shutting off, see Troubleshoot-ing, pages 23 through 26.11. Do not run fireplace• where flammable liquids or vapors are usedor stored.• under dusty conditions.12. Do not use this fireplace to cook food or burnpaper or other objects.13. Do not use fireplace if any part has been underwater. Immediately call a qualified service tech-nician to inspect the room fireplace and to re-place any part of the control system and anygas control which has been under water.14. Turn off and unplug fireplace and let cool be-fore servicing. Only a qualified service per-son should service and repair fireplace.15. Operating fireplace above elevations of 4,500feet could cause pilot outage.16. Do not operate fireplace if any log is broken.Do not operate fireplace if a log is chipped(dime-sized or larger).17. To prevent performance problems, do not usepropane/LP fuel tank of less than 100 lbs. ca-pacity (propane/LP only).18. Provide adequate clearances around airopenings.LOCAL CODESInstall and use fireplace with care. Follow all lo-cal codes. In the absence of local codes, use thelatest edition of The National Fuel Gas Code, ANSIZ223.1/NFPA 54*.*Available from:American National Standards Institute, Inc.1430 BroadwayNew York, NY 10018National Fire Protection Association, Inc.Batterymarch ParkQuincy, MA 02269PRODUCTIDENTIFICATIONFigure 1 - Vent-Free Gas CompactFireplaceIgnitor ButtonScreenFireplaceCabinetLogsControl Knob