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SHOOTING | If you smell gas | |
Continued | • Shut off gas supply. | |
• Do not try to light any appliance. | ||
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•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.
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Heater produces a | 1. | Metal expanding while | 1. | This is common with |
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Heater produces un- | 1. | Heater burning vapors | 1. | Ventilate room. Stop us- |
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| 2. | Low fuel supply | 2. | Refill supply tank |
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Heater shuts off in use | 1. | Not enough fresh air is | 1. | Open window and/or |
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| 3. | ODS/pilot | is partially | 3. | Clean ODS/pilot (see |
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Gas odor even when | 1. | Gas leak. See Warn- | 1. | Locate and correct all |
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Gas odor during com- | 1. | Foreign matter between | 1. | Take apart gas tubing |
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