Desa VFRMV18PA, VFRMV18NA, VFRMV24NA, VFRMV24PA manual

TROUBLESHOOTING

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WARNING: 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. Fol- low 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.

OBSERVED PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE

REMEDY

Heater produces unwanted 1.	Heater burning vapors from
odors	paint, hair spray, glues,
	cleaners, chemicals, new
	carpet, etc. (See IMPOR-
	TANT statement above)
2.	Low fuel supply (propane/
	LP only)
3.	Gas leak. See Warning
	statement at top of page

1.Open window to ventilate room. Stop using odor caus- ing products while heater is running

2.Reﬁll supply tank (propane/LP only)

3.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connections, page 14)

Heater shuts off in use (ODS 1.	Not enough fresh air is avail-	1.	Open window and/or door for
operates)	able		ventilation
2.	Low line pressure	2.	Contact local natural or pro-
3.	ODS/pilot is partially		pane/LP gas company
3.	ODS/pilot is partially	3.	Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning
	clogged		and Maintenance, page 20)

Gas odor even when control knob is in OFF position

1.Gas leak. See Warning statement at top of page

2.Control valve or gas control defective

1.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connec- tions, page 14)

2.Replace control valve or gas control

Gas odor during combustion	1.	Foreign matter between	1.	Take apart gas tubing and
		control valve and burner		remove foreign matter
	2.	Gas leak. See Warning	2.	Locate and correct all leaks (see
		statement at top of page		Checking Gas Connections,
				page 14)

Log set cycles to pilot, but room temperaturedropstoalowerthanideal level before log set comes back on

1.Hand-held remote control is too close to heater

1.Move hand-held remote con- trol unit farther away from the heater

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