TROUBLE- SHOOTING.
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. 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
PROBLEM
POSSIBLE
CAUSEREMEDY
Heater produces a clicking/ticking noise
ust after burner is lit or shut off
Heater produces unwanted odors
Heater shuts off in use
(ODS operates)
Gas odor even when control knob is in OFF
)osition
Gas odorduring combustion
Logs set cycles m pilot, but room
temperature drops to a lower than ideal level
before log set comes back on
1.Metal expanding while heating or contracting while cooling
1.Heater burning vapors from paint, hair spray, glues, cleaners, chemi- cals, new carpet, etc.
(See IMPORTANT statement above)
2.Gas leak. See Warning statement at top of page
1.Not enough fresh air is available
2.Low line pressure
3.ODS/pilot is partially clogged
1.Gas leak. See Warning statement at top of page
2.Control valve defective
1.Foreign matter between control valve and burner
2.Gas leak. See Warning statement at top of page
1.Thermostat sensing bulb needs to be repositioned.
1.This is common with most heaters. If noise is excessive, contact qualified service person
1.Open window and ventilate room. Stop using odor causing products while heater is running
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connections, page 17)
1.Open window and/or door for ventilation
2.Contact local natural gas company
3.Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning and Mainte- nance, page 25)
I.Locate and correct all
leaks (see Checking Gas Connections, page 17)
2.Replace control valve
1.Take apart gas tubing and remove foreign matter
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connections, page 17)
1.Reposition thermostat sensing bulb (see instruc- tionsfor Optional Positioning of Thermostat Sensing Bulb, page 29.
