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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 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
Heater produces unwanted	1. Heater burning vapors from		1.	Open window to ventilate
odors		paint, hair spray, glues, clean-		room. Stop using odor caus-
		ers, chemicals, new carpet,		ing products while heater is
		etc. (See IMPORTANT state-		running
		ment above)	2.	Refill supply tank (propane/LP
	2.	Low fuel supply (propane/LP
		only)		only)
	3.	Gas leak. See warning state-	3.	Locate and correct all leaks (see
		ment at top of page		Checking Gas Connections,
				page 14)
Heater shuts off in use (ODS	1. Not enough fresh air is avail-		1.	Open window and/or door for
operates)		able		ventilation
	2.	Low line pressure	2.	Contact local natural or pro-
	3.	ODS/pilot is partially		pane/LP gas company
			3.	Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning
		clogged		and Maintenance, page 21)
Gas odor even when control knob	1. Gas leak. See warning state-		1.	Locate and correct all leaks
is in OFF position		ment at top of page		(see Checking Gas Connec-
	2.	Control valve or gas control		tions, page 14)
			2.	Replace control valve or gas
		defective		control
Gas odor during combustion	1. Foreign matter between con-		1.	Take apart gas tubing and
		trol valve and burner		remove foreign matter
	2.	Gas leak. See warning state-	2.	Locate and correct all leaks (see
		ment at top of page		Checking Gas Connections,
				page 14)

Log set cycles to pilot, but room temperature drops to a lower than ideal level before log set comes back on

1.Hand-held remote control is too close to heater

1.Move hand-held remote con- trol unit farther away from the heater

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