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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. These odors will disappear over time.
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Heater produces a | 1. | Metal expanding while | 1. | This is common with | |
clicking/ticking noise |
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just after burner is lit |
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Heater produces | 1. | Heater burning vapors | 1. | Open window and | |
unwanted odors |
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| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning | 2. | Locate and correct all leaks | |
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Heater shuts off in use | 1. | Not enough fresh air is | 1. | Open window and/or door | |
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| 2. | Low line pressure | 2. | Contact local natural gas | |
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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 Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks | |
control knob is in OFF |
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| 2. | Control valve defective | 2. | Replace control valve | |
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Gas odor during | 1. | Foreign matter between | 1. | Take apart gas tubing and | |
combustion |
| control valve and burner |
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| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning | 2. | Locate and correct all leaks | |
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