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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 | ||
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Heater produces a clicking/tick- | 1. | Metal expanding while heating | 1. | This is common with most heat- |
ing noise just after burner is lit |
| or contracting while cooling |
| ers. If noise is excessive, contact |
or shut off |
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Heater produces unwanted | 1. | Heater burning vapors from | 1. | Open window and ventilate |
odors |
| paint, hair spray, glues, |
| room. Stop using odor caus- |
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| cleaners, chemicals, new |
| ing products while heater is |
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| carpet, etc. (See IMPOR- |
| running |
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| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning | 2. | Locate and correct all leaks |
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| tions, page 11) |
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Heater shuts off in use (ODS | 1. | Not enough fresh air is | 1. | Open window and/or door for |
operates) |
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| 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 | ||
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| clogged |
| and Maintenance, page 14) |
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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 |
| statement at top of |
| (see Checking Gas Connec- |
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| tions, page 11) |
| 2. | Control valve defective | 2. | Replace control valve |
Gas odor during combustion | 1. | Foreign matter between con- |
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| trol valve and burner |
| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning |
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1.Take apart gas tubing and remove foreign matter
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connec- tions, page 11)
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