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TROUBLE- SHOOTING

Item

How Often

How To

Spark plug

Clean and regap every 600

See Spark Plug, pages 12 and 13.

 

hours operation or replace

 

 

as needed.

 

Fan blades

Clean every season or as needed. See Fan, page 19.

Motor

Not required/permanently lubricated

WARNING

Never service heater while it is plugged in, operating, or hot. Severe burns and electrical shock can occur.

OBSERVED FAULT

Heater ignites, but flame-out control shuts off heater after a short period of time (EDI models only).

POSSIBLE CAUSE

Wrong pump pressure

Dirty air output, air intake, and lint filters

Dirty fuel filter

Dirt in nozzle

Dirty photocell lens

Bad flame-out control

REMEDY

See Pump Pressure Adjustment, page 14.

See Air Output, Air Intake and Lint Filters, page 14.

See Fuel Filter, pages 10 and 11.

See Nozzle, pages 15 thru 17.

Clean photocell lens.

Replace flame-out control.

Heater will not ignite, but motor runs for a short period of

Wrong pump pressure

See Pump Pressure

 

Adjustment, page 14.

time.

Carbon deposits on spark plug and/or improper gap

Dirty fuel filter

Dirt in nozzle

Water in fuel tank

See Spark Plug, pages 12 and 13.

See Fuel Filter, pages 10 and 11.

See Nozzle, pages 15 thru 17.

Drain and flush fuel tank with clean kerosene. See Storage, page 8.

WARNING: High voltage!

Electronic ignitor not

Make sure electronic

grounded (earthed)

Bad electronic ignitor

ignitor mounting is tight.

Replace electronic

 

 

ignitor.

 

 

Motor does not start

Flame-out control not reset

Reset flame-out control

when heater is

(EDI models only)

button, see Figures 6 thru

plugged in, fan

 

8, pages 7 and 8.

rotates slowly or

Binding pump rotor

If fan is hard to turn, see

does not turn.

 

Pump Rotor, page 18.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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