Specifications
9  L20-349 R3 
FRYER OPERATING 
LIGHTING PROCEDURE 
NOTE: The gas line of a new fryer installation may 
contain a considerable amount of air which will hinder 
immediate lighting. You may have to press in the control 
knob as long as several minutes before the pilot flame 
burns steadily. 
1.  Open the front door and ensure that the fryer’s 
thermostat knob is set to OFF. 
2.  Open the gas supply line inlet valve to the fryer by 
aligning the gas valve handle with the gas line piping. 
3.  Turn the gas control valve knob to align the PILOT 
setting with the valve mark.  Figure 6 shows the possible 
control knob positions. 
4. Press, and hold down, the valve control knob to 
allow pilot gas to flow. Apply a lighted match to the end 
of the pilot burner, until the pilot flame lights. 
NOTE: A butane lighter may also be used to light the 
pilot flame. 
Continue holding down the control knob for at least 
30
seconds until the pilot flame burns steadily, without 
going out. 
5.Release the control knob and observe that the pilot 
flame remains lighted. 
6.  Turn the gas control valve knob to align the ON 
setting with the valve mark. 
7.  Turn the thermostat knob to the desired tempera-
ture
.  Observe that the fryer’s main burners light to heat 
the kettle. 
Valve 
Mark 
ON 
OFF 
Figure 6. Gas Control Valve & Knob Positions
INSTRUCTIONS 
(Continued) 
SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE 
NOTE:
 Shutdown is 
recommended
 at the end of a 
workday or whenever no frying is scheduled for a 
p
eriod 
of several hours. To prevent damage, the fryer 
MUST
also be shutdown whenever there is no shortening in the 
kettle. 
1.  Turn the thermostat knob to OFF. 
2.  Turn the gas control valve knob to align the PILOT 
setting with the valve mark. Observe that the main 
burners’ flames go out. 
3. Press down and turn the gas control valve knob to 
align the OFF setting with the valve mark.  Observe that 
the pilot flame goes out. 
NOTE:  For extended periods of non-use 
or
 when 
servicing the fryer, close the gas supply line inlet valve to 
the fryer by turning the gas valve handle cross-wise with 
the gas line piping. 
Valve 
Mark 
OFF
ON 
Valve 
Mark 
PILO
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