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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.
OBSERVED PROBLEM | POSSIBLE CAUSE | REMEDY |
White powder residue forming within burner box or on adjacent walls or furniture
1.When heated, vapors from furniture pol- ish, wax, carpet cleaners, etc. may turn into white powder residue
1.Turn heater off when using furniture polish, wax, carpet cleaners, or similar products
Heater produces unwanted odors | 1. | Heater burning vapors from paint, hair |
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| 2. | Low fuel supply (propane/LP only) |
| 3. | Gas leak. See Warning statement at |
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1.Ventilate room. Stop using
2.Refill supply tank (propane/LP only)
3.Locate and correct all leaks (see Check- ing Gas Connections, page 13)
Heater shuts off in use (ODS operates) | 1. | Not enough fresh air is available | 1. | Open window and/or door for ventilation |
| 2. | Low line pressure | 2. | Contact local natural or propane/LP gas |
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| 3. | ODS/pilot is partially clogged | 3. | Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning and |
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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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| 2. | Control valve defective | 2. | Replace control valve |
Gas odor during combustion | 1. | Foreign matter between control valve |
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| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning statement at |
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1.Take apart gas tubing and remove for- eign matter
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Check- ing Gas Connections, page 13)
Moisture/condensation noticed on windows 1. Not enough combustion/ventilation air | 1. Refer to Fresh Air for Combustion and |
| Ventilation requirements (page 4) |
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