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| WARNING |
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SHOOTING |
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Continued |
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| • Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use |
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| any phone in your building. |
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| • Immediately call your gas supplier from a |
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| neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas supplier’s |
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| • If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the |
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| fire department. |
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| OBSERVED | POSSIBLE | REMEDY |
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| PROBLEM | CAUSE |
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| Heater produces a | 1. Metal expanding while | 1. This is common with |
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| clicking/ticking noise | heating or contracting | most heaters. If noise is |
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| just after burner is lit | while cooling. | excessive, contact quali- |
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| fied service person. |
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| Heater produces | 1. Heater burning vapors | 1. Ventilate room. Stop us- |
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| unwanted odors. | from paint, hair spray, | ing odor causing products |
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| glues, etc. | while heater is running. |
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| 2. Low fuel supply. |
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| 2. Refill supply tank. |
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| 3. Gas leak. See Warning |
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| 3. Find and correct all |
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| statement at top of |
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| leaks (see Checking Gas |
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| page. |
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| Connections, page 13). |
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| Heater shuts off in | 1. Heater not venting | 1. Check venting system. If |
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| use. | correctly. Vent safety | damaged or blocked, |
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| switch shuts off heater. | repair. If venting system |
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| is OK, have qualified |
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| service person replace |
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| vent safety switch, wire |
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| harness, or thermocouple |
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| interrupter. |
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| 2. Low line pressure. | 2. Contact local propane |
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| 3. Pilot partially clogged. | gas company. |
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| 3. Clean pilot (see Clean- |
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| ing and Maintenance, |
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| page 23). |
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| Gas odor even when | 1. Gas leak. See Warning | 1. Find and correct all leaks |
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| control knob is in | statement at top of | (see Checking Gas |
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| OFF position. | page. | Connections, page 13). |
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| 2. Control valve damaged. | 2. Replace control valve. |
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| Gas odor during | 1. Foreign matter between | 1. Take apart gas tubing and |
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| combustion. | control valve and burner. | remove foreign matter. |
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| 2. Gas leak. See Warning | 2. Find and correct all leaks |
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| statement at top of |
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| (see Checking Gas |
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| Connections, page 13). |
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| 3. Foreign fumes in area of |
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| 3. Ventilate area around |
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| heater being drawn |
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| through burner combus- | heater to remove any |
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