Desa SMA18VPA, SBJ24VNA, SBJ18VPA, SMA24VNA WARNING If you smell gas Shut off gas supply

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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 a clicking/tick-	1.	Metal expanding while heat-	1.	This is common with most heat-
ing noise just after burner is lit		ing or contracting while		ers. If noise is excessive, contact
or shut off		cooling		qualified service person
Heater produces unwanted	1.	Heater burning vapors from	1.	Open window to ventilate
odors		paint, hair spray, glues,		room. Stop using odor caus-
		cleaners, chemicals, new		ing products while heater is
		carpet, etc. (See IMPOR-		running
		TANT statement above)	2.	Refill supply tank (propane/LP
	2.	Low fuel supply (propane/
		LP only)		only)
	3.	Gas leak. See Warning	3.	Locate and correct all leaks (see
		statement at top of page		Checking Gas Connections,
				page 15)
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 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 Connec- tions, page 15)

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 page		Checking Gas Connections,
				page 15)

Log set cycles to pilot, but room temperaturedropstoalowerthanideal 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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