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. Fol- low the gas supplier’s instructions.

If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire department.

IMPORTANT: Operating appliance 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. These odors will disappear over time.

OBSERVED PROBLEM

POSSIBLE CAUSE

REMEDY

Appliance produces a clicking/

1.

Metal expanding while

1.

This is common with most

ticking noise just after burners

 

heating or contracting while

 

appliances . If noise is

are lit or shut off

 

cooling

 

excessive, contact qualified

 

 

 

 

service person

 

 

 

 

 

Appliance produces unwanted

1.

Appliance burning vapors

1.

Open window to ventilate

odors

 

from paint, hair spray,

 

room. Stop using odor causing

 

 

glues, cleaners, chemicals,

 

products while appliance is

 

 

new carpet, etc . (See

 

running

 

 

IMPORTANT statement

 

 

 

 

above)

 

 

 

2.

Low fuel supply (propane/LP

2.

Refill supply tank (propane/LP

 

 

only)

 

only)

 

3.

Gas leak. See Warning

3.

Locate and correct all leaks (see

 

 

statement at top of

 

Checking Gas Connections,

 

 

page

 

page 8)

 

 

 

 

Appliance shuts off in use

1. Not enough fresh air is avail-

1.

Open window and/or door for

 

 

able

 

ventilation

 

2.

Low line pressure

2.

Contact local natural or

 

3.

Pilot is partially clogged

 

propane/LP gas company

 

3.

Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning

 

 

 

 

and Maintenance, page 12)

Gas odor even when control knob is in OFF position

1.Gas leak. See Warning statement at top of page

2.Control valve or gas control defective

1.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connections, page 8)

2.Replace control valve or gas control

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 (see

 

 

statement at

top of

 

Checking Gas Connections,

 

 

page

 

 

page 8)

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Desa MPF24VPA, MPF18VPA, MPF18VNA installation manual Statement at top, Gas leak. See Warning statement at top

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