BLUE FLAME NATURAL GAS HEATER
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. 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.
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Heater produces a clicking/ticking noise | 1. | Metal expanding while heating or con- | 1. | This is common with most heaters. If |
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Heater produces unwanted odors | 1. | Heater burning vapors from paint, hair | 1. | Ventilate room. Stop using odor causing |
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| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning statement at | 2. | Locate and correct all leaks (see Check- |
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| ing Gas Connections, page 11) |
Heater shuts off in use (ODS operates) | 1. | Not enough fresh air is available |
| 2. | Low line pressure |
| 3. | ODS/pilot is partially clogged |
1.Open window and/or door for ventilation
2.Contact local natural gas company
3.Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning and Maintenance, page 13)
Gas odor even when control knob is in OFF | 1. | Gas leak. See Warning statement at | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks (see Check- |
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| ing Gas Connections, page 11) |
| 2. | Control valve defective | 2. | Replace control valve |
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Gas odor during combustion | 1. | Foreign matter between control valve | 1. | Take apart gas tubing and remove for- |
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| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning statement at | 2. | Locate and correct all leaks (see Check- |
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Moisture/condensation noticed on windows | 1. | Not enough combustion/ventilation air | 1. | Refer to Air for Combustion and Venti- |
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