Patent ID: 6915799

Claim:
A damper control device comprising, in combination: a fireplace and a flue, wherein products of combustion from the fireplace enter the flue; a damper positioned in a damper pipe operatively connected to the flue, wherein the damper is movable between a closed position where the damper pipe is blocked and an open position; a motor having a rotatable shaft extending therefrom operatively connected to the damper; and a control circuit which transmits a fireplace signal to open a gas valve to initiate combustion and to close a gas valve terminate combustion at the fireplace, and which receives a damper signal indicating whether the damper is in the closed position or the open position; wherein when a fire is desired at the fireplace, the control circuit sends the fireplace signal to open the gas valve after receiving the damper signal indicating that the damper is in the open position; and a status module comprising at least one indicator which indicates the status of whether the fireplace signal has been sent.