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 log set 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.
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Log set produces a clicking/tick- | 1. | Metal expanding | while | 1. | This is common with most | ||
ing noise just after burners are lit |
| heating or contracting while |
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or shut off |
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Log set produces unwanted | 1. | Log | set burning | vapors | 1. | Open window to ventilate | |
odors |
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| room. Stop using odor causing | |
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| glues, cleaners, chemicals, |
| products while appliance is | |||
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| new carpet, etc . (See |
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| Gas leak. See Warning | ||||||
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Gas odor even when control knob | 1. | Gas leak. See Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks | |||
is in OFF position |
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| Control valve or gas control | Replace control valve or gas | |||||
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Gas odor during combustion | 1. | Gas leak. See Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks |
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