Using Your Gas Fireplace During a Power Outage
Your gas fireplace may provide heat during a power outage using its battery backup. The location and battery requirements vary by model. Use the guide below to find and access your battery holder.
Kozy Heat Bayport, Nordik DV & Chaska Series
Where is the battery backup?
The battery backup holder is located underneath the firebox, behind the safety screen and lower louver bar.
How to access the batteries
Turn the fireplace off and allow it to cool completely.
Lift the safety screen up and off.
Lift the lower louver bar up and off.
Locate the battery holder underneath the firebox, as shown in the photo below.
Install four fresh AA batteries, following the +/− markings on the holder.
Reinstall the lower louver bar and safety screen before operating the fireplace.
Kozy Heat Nordik & Roosevelt Inserts
Where is the battery backup?
The battery holder does not fit inside the insert and is supplied separately in your owner’s manual bag. It connects to the battery backup wire installed on the left-hand side of the insert, behind the screen front.
How to connect the battery backup
Turn the insert off and allow it to cool completely.
Remove the screen front.
Locate the preinstalled battery backup wire on the left-hand side of the insert.
Retrieve the battery holder from your owner’s manual bag.
Install four fresh AA batteries, following the +/− markings on the holder
Plug the battery holder into the connector on the backup wire.
Once the battery pack is connected to the connector wire, place it to the left of the insert and reinstall the safety screen.
IMPORTANT: The wire uses a connector that resembles a 9-volt battery connector. It is for connecting the supplied battery holder only. DO NOT attach a 9-volt battery directly to this wire.
Kozy Heat Callaway & Nordik TL Series
Enviro C Series
Where is the battery backup?
The battery backup pack is located directly below the firebox, near the center of the fireplace, behind the safety screen and lower valance.
How to access the batteries
Turn the fireplace off and allow it to cool completely.
Remove the safety screen.
Remove the lower valance.
Locate the battery pack directly below the firebox, near the center from left to right, as shown in the photo below.
Install four fresh AA batteries, following the +/− markings on the holder.
Reinstall the lower valance and safety screen before operating the fireplace.
Jøtul Classic Freestanding Gas Stoves
Where is the battery backup?
The battery pack is secured with Velcro underneath the stove on the right-hand side, as shown in the photo below.
How to access the batteries
Turn the stove off and allow it to cool completely.
Reach around underneath the right-hand side of the stove.
Gently pull the battery pack free from the Velcro, taking care not to pull on the wires.
Install four fresh AA batteries, following the +/− markings on the holder.
Secure the battery pack back onto the Velcro before operating the stove.
Jøtul GF 370 Gas Stove
Where is the battery backup?
The battery pack is secured with Velcro underneath the stove on the left-hand side, as shown in the photo below.
How to access the batteries
Turn the stove off and allow it to cool completely.
Reach around underneath the left-hand side of the stove.
Gently pull the battery pack free from the Velcro, taking care not to pull on the wires.
Install four fresh AA batteries, following the +/− markings on the holder.
Secure the battery pack back onto the Velcro before operating the stove.
Jøtul GF 160 Gas Stove
Where is the battery backup?
The batteries are inside the control box labeled OFF–REMOTE–ON, behind the stove’s cast iron front door.
How to access the batteries
Turn the stove off and allow it to cool completely.
Grasp the right-hand side of the cast iron front door and pull it toward you to open.
Locate the control box labeled OFF–REMOTE–ON.
Find the two slide tabs at the upper-left and upper-right corners of the box.
Slide the tabs outward—the left tab to the left and the right tab to the right—as far as they will go. These tabs can be stiff and difficult to move.
Slide the battery tray out, as shown in the photo below.
Install four fresh AA batteries, following the +/− markings on the tray.
Slide the tray fully back into the box and return the tabs to their locked positions.
Leave the control switch in REMOTE for handheld remote operation, then close the cast iron front door.
The backup batteries are separate from the batteries in your handheld remote. Check both before storm season.
What works during an outage?
On models equipped for battery backup, the batteries power the ignition and burner controls so the fireplace can continue providing heat. The blower and decorative lighting require household electricity and will not operate on the standard battery backup. Available remote functions vary by model.
Once the backup batteries are installed, use your normal operating instructions to turn on the fireplace. Refer to your owner’s manual for model-specific requirements.
If you smell gas, stop. Leave the building and call your gas supplier from outside. Do not attempt to operate the fireplace or use electrical switches.