Fixed our gas fireplace insert

We had a gas fireplace insert installed in our living room fireplace a few years ago. A Valor G3.5. We all love it. Except for the part where it stopped lighting after the first year. It would click repeatedly, and I could smell gas, but no spark would fly. I searched the web many times for clues on fixing it. The typical advice was to clean the lighting assembly, which I did repeatedly to no avail. Our installer’s advice was, in addition to cleaning it, to manually light it and keep the pilot light going throughout the cold season, so we did that last year. We are once again into fireplace season, so I renewed my search for a fix. I asked Gemini this time, and it gave me a list of things to try. The first suggestion was to look down below the unit and see if it was sparking somewhere else, which would indicate a short. Lo and behold, it was! I had to disassemble the interior to pinpoint it, which involved removing the logs and a couple base plates, but fortunately that was…

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