TROUBLESHOOTING

Continued

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

Heater produces a clicking/tick- ing noise just after burner is lit or shut off

1.Metal expanding while heat- ing or contracting while cooling

1.This is common with most heat- ers. If noise is excessive, con- tact qualified service person

Heater produces unwanted odors 1.

Heater burning vapors from

 

paint, hair spray, glues, etc.

 

(see IMPORTANT statement

 

above)

2.

Low fuel supply (propane/LP

 

gas only)

3.

Gas leak. See Warning

 

statement above

1.Ventilate room. Stop using odor causing products while heater is running

2.Refill supply tank

3.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connec- tions, pages 13 and 14)

Heater shuts off in use (ODS op-

1. Not enough fresh air is avail-

1.

Open window and/or door for

erates)

 

able

 

ventilation

 

2.

Low line pressure

2.

Contact local natural or pro-

 

 

 

 

pane/LP gas company

 

3.

ODS/pilot is partially

3.

Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning

 

 

clogged

 

and Maintenance, page 19)

 

 

 

 

Gas odor even when control knob

1. Gas leak. See Warning

1.

Locate and correct all leaks

is in OFF position

 

statement above

 

(see Checking Gas Connec-

 

 

 

 

tions, pages 13 and 14)

 

2.

Control valve defective

2.

Replace control valve

Gas odor during combustion

1.

Foreign matter between con-

 

 

trol valve and burner

 

2.

Gas leak. See Warning

 

 

statement above

1.Take apart gas tubing and re- move foreign matter

2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connec- tions, pages 13 and 14)

Moisture/condensation noticed on

1. Not enough combustion/ven-

1. Refer to Air for Combustion

windows

tilation air

and Ventilation requirements

 

 

(page 5)

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