Continued

TROUBLE- SHOOTING

Item

How Often

How To

Spark plug

Clean and regap every 600

See Spark Plug, pages 12 and 13.

 

hours operation or replace

 

 

as needed.

 

Fan blades

Clean every season or as needed. See Fan, page 19.

Motor

Not required/permanently lubricated

!WARNING

Never service heater while it is plugged in, operating, or hot. Severe burns and electrical shock can occur.

OBSERVED FAULT

Heater ignites, but flame-out control shuts off heater after a short period of time

POSSIBLE CAUSE

Wrong pump pressure

Dirty air output, air intake, and lint filters

Dirty fuel filter

Dirt in nozzle

Dirty photocell lens

Bad flame-out control

REMEDY

See Pump Pressure Adjustment, page 14.

See Air Output, Air Intake

and Lint Filters, page 14.

See Fuel Filter, pages 10 and 11.

See Nozzle, pages 15 thru 17.

Clean photocell lens.

Replace flame-out control.

Heater will not ignite, but motor runs for a short period of time.

Wrong pump pressure

See Pump Pressure

 

Adjustment, page 14.

Carbon deposits on spark

See Spark Plug, pages 12

plug and/or improper gap

and 13.

Dirty fuel filter

See Fuel Filter, pages 10

 

and 11.

Dirt in nozzle

See Nozzle, pages 15 thru

Water in fuel tank

17.

 

Drain and flush fuel tank with clean kerosene. See Storage, page 8.

!WARNING: High voltage!

 

 

Electronic ignitor not

Make sure electronic

 

 

grounded (earthed)

 

 

Bad electronic ignitor

ignitor mounting is tight.

 

 

Replace electronic

 

 

 

 

 

 

ignitor.

 

 

Motor does not start

Flame-out control not reset

Reset flame-out control

 

when heater is

 

button, see Figures 6 thru

 

plugged in, fan

 

8, pages 7 and 8.

 

rotates slowly or

Binding pump rotor

If fan is hard to turn, see

 

does not turn.

 

 

Pump Rotor, page 18.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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