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WARNING
WARNING ICON | G 001 |
If you smell gas
•Shut off gas supply.
•Do not try to light any appliance.
•Do not touch any electrical 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 supplier, call the fire department.
IMPORTANT: Operating heater where impurities in air exist may create odors. Cleaning supplies, paint, paint remover, cigarette smoke, cements and glues, new carpet or textiles, etc., create fumes. These fumes may mix with combustion air and create odors. These odors will disappear over time.
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| Heater produces a | 1. | Metal expanding while | 1. | This is common with | |||
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| Heater produces | 1. | Heater burning | vapors | 1. | Open window to ventilate | ||
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| Heater shuts off in use | 1. | Not enough fresh air is | 1. | Open window and/or door | |||
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| Gas odor even when | 1. | Gas leak. See Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks | |||
| control knob is in OFF |
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| 2. | Control valve defective | 2. | Replace control valve | |||
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| Gas odor during | 1. | Foreign matter between | 1. | Take apart gas tubing and | |||
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| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning | 2. | Locate and correct all leaks | |||
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| Log set cycles to pilot, | 1. | Thermostat sensing bulb | 1. | Reposition thermostat | |||
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| sensing bulb (see Instruc- | |||
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