TROUBLE- SHOOTING
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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. 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.
OBSERVED | POSSIBLE |
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PROBLEM | CAUSE | REMEDY |
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Heater produces a | 1. Metal expanding while | 1. This is common with |
clicking/ticking noise | heating or contracting | most heaters. If noise is |
just after burner is lit | while cooling | excessive, contact |
or shut off |
| qualified service person |
Heater produces | 1. | Heater burning vapors |
unwanted odors |
| from paint, solvents, |
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| glues, etc. See IMPOR- |
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| TANT statement above |
| 2. | Low fuel supply |
| 3. | Gas leak. See Warn- |
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| top of page |
1.Ventilate room. Stop using odor causing products while heater is running
2.Refill supply tank
3.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connections, page 15)
| 1. | Not enough fresh air is |
Heater shuts off in |
| available |
use (ODS operates) | 2. | Low line pressure |
| 3. | ODS/pilot is partially |
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1.Open window and/or door for ventilation
2.Contact local propane gas company
3.Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning and Mainte- nance, page 21)
Gas odor even when | 1. | Gas leak. See Warn- | 1. | Locate and correct all |
control knob is in |
| ing statement at |
| leaks (see Checking Gas |
OFF position |
| top of page |
| Connections, page 15) |
| 2. | Control valve defec- | 2. | Replace control valve |
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Gas odor during | 1. | Foreign matter be- |
combustion |
| tween control valve |
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| and burner |
| 2. | Gas leak. See Warn- |
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| top of page |
1.Take apart gas tubing and remove foreign matter
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connections, page 15)
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