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TROUBLE- SHOOTING

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WARNING

WARNING ICON

G 001

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. Follow 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

POSSIBLE

 

 

 

 

 

PROBLEM

CAUSE

 

 

REMEDY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heater produces a

1.

Metal expanding while

1.

This is common with

 

clicking/ticking noise

 

heating or contracting

 

most heaters. If noise is

 

just after burners are lit

 

while cooling

 

 

excessive, contact

 

or shut off

 

 

 

 

 

qualified service person

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heater produces

1.

Heater burning

vapors

1.

Open window to ventilate

 

unwanted odors

 

from

paint, hair

spray,

 

room. Stop using odor

 

 

 

glues,

cleaners,

chemi-

 

causing products while

 

 

 

cals, new carpet, etc. (See

 

heater is running

 

 

 

IMPORTANT statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

above)

 

2.

Refill supply tank

 

 

2.

Low fuel supply

 

 

 

3.

Gas leak. See Warning

3.

Locate and correct all leaks

 

 

 

statement at top of

 

(see Checking Gas Con-

 

 

 

page

 

 

 

nections, page 17)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heater shuts off in use

1.

Not enough fresh air is

1.

Open window and/or door

 

(ODS operates)

 

available

 

 

for ventilation

 

 

2.

Low line pressure

 

2.

Contact local propane gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

company

 

 

3.

ODS/pilot is partially

3.

Clean ODS/pilot (see

 

 

 

clogged

 

 

Cleaning and Mainte-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nance, page 25)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gas odor even when

1.

Gas leak. See Warning

1.

Locate and correct all leaks

 

control knob is in OFF

 

statement at top of

 

(see Checking Gas Con-

 

position

 

page

 

 

 

nections, page 17)

 

 

2.

Control valve defective

2.

Replace control valve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gas odor during

1.

Foreign matter between

1.

Take apart gas tubing and

 

combustion

 

control valve and burner

 

remove foreign matter

 

 

2.

Gas leak. See Warning

2.

Locate and correct all leaks

 

 

 

statement at top of

 

(see Checking Gas Con-

 

 

 

page

 

 

 

nections, page 17)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Log set cycles to pilot,

1.

Thermostat sensing bulb

1.

Reposition thermostat

 

but room temperature

 

needs to be repositioned

 

sensing bulb (see Instruc-

 

drops to a lower than

 

 

 

 

 

tions for Optional Position-

 

ideal level before log

 

 

 

 

 

ing of Thermostat Sensing

 

set comes back on

 

 

 

 

 

Bulb, page 29)

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