TO 30,000 BTU/HR

TROUBLESHOOTING

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. Followthe 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.

OBSERVED PROBLEM

POSSIBLE CAUSE

 

 

Heater produces

a clicking/ticking noise

1.

Metal expanding while heating or con-

just after burner

is lit or shut off

 

tracting

while

cooling

 

 

Heater produces

unwanted odors

1.

Heater

burning

vapors

from paint,

hair

 

 

 

spray, glues, etc. (See IMPORTANT

 

 

 

statement above)

 

 

 

 

2.

Low fuel supply

 

at

 

 

3.

Gas leak. SeeWaming

statement

 

 

 

top of page

 

 

 

REMEDY

1.This is common with most heaters. If noise is excessive, contact qualified ser- vice person

1.Ventilate room. Stop using odor caus- ing products while heater is running

2.Refill supply tank

3.Locate and correct all leaks (see Check- ing Gas Connections, page 13)

Heater shuts off in use (ODS operates)

1.

Not

enough fresh air is available

 

1.

Open window and/or door for ventilation

 

2.

Low

line pressure

 

 

2.

Contact

local propane/LP

gas company

 

3.

ODS/pilot is partially clogged

 

3.

Clean

 

ODS/pilot

(see

Cleaning

and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maintenance,

page

15)

 

 

 

 

Gas odor even when control knob is in OFF

1.

Gas leak. SeeWarnlng

statement

at

1.

Locate

and correct all leaks

(see Check-

position

 

top of page

 

 

 

ing Gas Connections, page 13)

 

 

2.

Control valve defective

 

 

2.

Replace

control valve

 

 

 

 

Gas odor during combustion

1.

Foreign matter between control valve

1.

Take apart gas

tubing

and remove

for-

 

 

and burner

 

 

 

eign matter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Gas leak. SeeWarnlng

statement

at

2.

Locate

and correct all leaks

(see Check-

 

 

top of page

 

 

 

ing Gas Connections, page

13)

 

Moisture/condensation notieedonwiodows

1.

Not enough combustion/ventilation

air.

1.

Refer

to Air for Combustion

and Venti-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lation

requirements

(page

5)

 

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