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, clean- |
| ers, chemicals, new carpet, |
| etc. (See IMPORTANT state- |
| ment 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 Connec- tions, page 13)
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. | Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning | ||
|
| clogged |
| and Maintenance, page 19) |
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| |
Gas odor even when control knob | 1. Gas leak. See Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks | |
is in OFF position |
| statement at top of page |
| (see Checking Gas Connec- |
| 2. | Control valve defective |
| tions, page 13) |
| 2. | Replace control valve | ||
Gas odor during combustion | 1. | Foreign matter between con- |
|
| trol valve and burner |
| 2. | Gas leak. See See Warn- |
|
| ing statement at top of |
|
| page |
1.Take apart gas tubing and remove foreign matter
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connec- tions, page 13)
Log set cycles to pilot, but room | 1. Thermostat sensing bulb | 1. Reposition thermostat sensing |
temperature drops to a lower than | needs to be repositioned | bulb (see Optional Position- |
ideal level before log set comes |
| ing of Thermostat Sensing |
back on |
| Bulb, page 24) |
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