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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.
OBSERVED PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE | REMEDY |
Heater produces unwanted 1. | Heater burning vapors from |
odors | paint, hair spray, glues, cleaners, |
| chemicals, new carpet, etc. (See |
| IMPORTANT statement above) |
2. | Gas leak. See Warning |
| statement above |
1.Open window and ventilate room. Stop using odor caus- ing products while heater is running
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connec- tions, pages 14 and 15)
Heater shuts off in use | 1. | Not enough fresh air is available | 1. | Open window and/or door for |
(ODS operates) temperature |
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drops to a lower than ideal level | 2. | Low line pressure | 2. | Contact local propane/LP or |
before log set comes back on |
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| 3. | ODS/pilot is partially clogged | 3. | Clean ODS/pilot (see Clean- |
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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 above |
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| tions, pages 14 and 15) |
| 2. | Control valve defective | 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 |
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1.Take apart gas tubing and re- move foreign matter
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connec- tions, pages 14 and 15)
Logs set cycles to pilot, but room 1. Thermostat sensing bulb needs to be repositioned
1.Reposition thermostat sensing bulb (see Optional Positioning of Thermostat Sensing Bulb, beginning on page 29
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