TROUBLESHOOTING
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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. Fol- low 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 sup- plies, 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.
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White powder residue form- | 1. | When heated, vapors from | 1. | Turn heater off when us- |
ing within burner box or on |
| furniture polish, wax, carpet |
| ing furniture polish, wax, |
adjacent walls or furniture |
| cleaner, etc., may turn into |
| carpet cleaners or similar |
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Heater shuts off in use (ODS | 1. | Not enough fresh air is | 1. | Open window and/or door |
operates) |
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| for ventilation |
| 2. | Low line pressure | 2. | Contact local natural or |
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| 3. | ODS/pilot is partially | 3. | Clean ODS/pilot (see |
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| Cleaning, page 16) |
Heater produces unwanted 1. | Heater burning vapors from |
odors | paint, hair spray, glues, etc. See |
| IMPORTANT statement above |
2. | Low fuel supply (propane/ |
| LP gas only) |
3. | Gas leak. See Warning |
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1.Ventilate room. Stop us- ing odor causing products while heater is running
2.Refill supply tank
3.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Con- nections, page 12)
1. | Gas leak. See Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks |
Gas odor even when control | statement at top of page |
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knob is in OFF position |
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2. | Control valve defective | 2. | Replace control valve |
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Gas odor during combustion 1. Foreign matter between | 1. | Take apart gas tubing and | |
| control valve and burner |
| remove foreign matter |
2. | Gas leak. See Warning | 2. | Locate and correct all leaks |
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Heater produces a whistling 1. Air in gas line noise when burner is lit
2. Air passageways on heater blocked
3. Dirty or partially clogged burner orifice
1.Operate burner until air is removed from line. Have gas line checked by local natural or propane/LP gas company
2.Observe minimum installa- tion clearances (see Figure 4, page 8)
3.Clean burner (see Clean- ing, page 16) or replace burner orifice
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