Vanguard VYGF33NRA Owner's Operation And Installation Manual - Operating
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UNVENTED NATURAL GAS FIREPLACE
®
LIGHTING
INSTRUCTIONS
OPERATING
FIREPLACE
FOR YOUR SAFETY
READ BEFORE
LIGHTING
WARNING: If you do not fol-
low these instructions exactly, a
fire or explosion may result caus-
ing property 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 area for gas. Be
sure to smell next to the floor because
some gas is 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 in your building.
• Immediately call your gas supplier
from a neighbor’s phone. Follow
the gas supplier’s instructions.
• If you cannot reach your gas sup-
plier, call the fire department.
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
by hand, don’t try to repair it, call a
qualified service technician or gas
supplier. Force or attempted repair
may result in a fire or explosion.
D. Do not use this appliance if any part
has been under water. Immediately
call a qualified service technician to
inspect the appliance and to replace
any part of the control system and
any gas control which has been un-
der water.
WARNING: You must operate
this heater with the fireplace
screen in place. Make sure fire-
place screen is in place before
running heater.
NOTICE: During initial operation
of new heater, burning logs will
give off a paper-burning smell.
Open damper or window to vent
smell. This will only last a few
hours.
1.
STOP! Read the safety information,
column 1.
2.
Make sure equipment shutoff valve
is fully open.
3.
Set switch to OFF position.
4.
Press in and turn control knob clock-
wise
to the OFF position.
5.
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 the safety in-
formation. If you don’t smell gas, go
to the next step.
6.
Press in and turn control knob coun-
terclockwise
to the PILOT
position. Press in control knob for
five (5) seconds (see Figure 25).
WARNING: Burners will come
on automatically within one
minute when the selector switch
is in the ON position after the
pilot is lit.
CAUTION: Do not try to adjust
heating levels by using the equip-
ment shutoff valve.
Note:
You may be running this
heater for the first time after hook-
ing up to gas supply. If so, the con-
trol knob may need to be pressed in
for 30 seconds or more. This will al-
low air to bleed from the gas system.
7.
With control knob pressed in, press
and release ignitor button. This will
light pilot. The pilot is attached to the
front burner. If needed, keep press-
ing ignitor button until pilot lights.
Note:
If pilot does not stay lit, con-
tact a qualified service person or gas
supplier for repairs. Until repairs are
made, light pilot with match. To light
pilot with match, see Manual Light-
ing Procedure on page 15.
8.
Keep control knob pressed in for 30
seconds after lighting pilot. After 30
seconds, release control knob.
• If control knob does not pop out
when released, contact a qualified
service person or gas supplier for
repairs.
Note:
If pilot goes out, repeat steps
4 through 8.
9.
Slightly push in and turn control
knob counterclockwise
to
the ON position.
10. Wait one minute and switch selector
switch to the ON position to light
burners.
11. Set flame adjustment knob to any
level between HI and LO.
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F
F
PIL
OT
O
N
L O
I H
AUTO
OFF
ON
Figure 25 - Control Knob and Ignitor Button Location (Shown as Supplied,
No Control Options)
Control Knob
Ignitor Button
Selector Switch
Flame Adjustment
Knob