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
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 17)
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 21) |
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| |
Gas odor even when control | 1. Gas leak. See Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks | |
knob is in OFF position |
| statement at top of page |
| (see Checking Gas Connec- |
| 2. | Control valve defective |
| tions, page 17) |
|
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| 2. | Replace control valve |
Gas odor during combustion | 1. | Foreign matter between con- |
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| trol valve and burner |
| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning |
|
| 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 17)
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