Empire Products DVC-35IPT-1, DVC-35T-1 Safety Information For Users Of Lp-Gas, Lp-Gaswarning Odor

SAFETY INFORMATION FOR USERS OF LP-GAS

Propane (LP-Gas) is a flammable gas which can cause fires and explosions. In its natural state, propane is odorless and colorless. You may not know all the following safety precau- tions which can protect both you and your family from an accident. Read them carefully now, then review them point

by point with the members of your household. Someday when there may not be a minute to lose, everyone’s safety will depend on knowing exactly what to do. If, after reading the following information, you feel you still need more information, please contact your gas supplier.

LP-GAS WARNING ODOR

If a gas leak happens, you should be able to smell the gas because of the odorant put in the LP-Gas.

That’s your signal to go into immediate action!

•Do not operate electric switches, light matches, use your phone. Do not do anything that could ignite the gas.

•Get everyone out of the building, vehicle, trailer, or area. Do that IMMEDIATELY.

•Close all gas tank or cylinder supply valves.

•LP-Gas is heavier than air and may settle in low areas such as basements. When you have reason to suspect a gas leak, keep out of basements and other low areas. Stay out until firefighters declare them to be safe.

•Use your neighbor’s phone and call a trained LP-Gas service person and the fire department. Even though you may not continue to smell gas, do not turn on the gas again. Do not re-enter the building, vehicle, trailer, or area.

•Finally, let the service man and firefighters check for escaped gas. Have them air out the area before you return. Properly trained LP-Gas service people should repair the leak, then check and relight the gas appliance for you.

NO ODOR DETECTED - ODOR FADE

Some people cannot smell well. Some people cannot smell the odor of the chemical put into the gas. You must find out if you can smell the odorant in propane. Smoking can decrease your ability to smell. Being around an odor for a time can affect your sensitivity or ability to detect that odor. Sometimes other odors in the area mask the gas odor. People may not smell the gas odor or their minds are on something else. Thinking about smelling a gas odor can make it easier to smell.

The odorant in LP-gas is colorless, and it can fade under some circumstances. For example, if there is an underground leak, the movement of the gas through soil can filter the odorant. Odorants

in LP-Gas also are subject to oxidation. This fading can occur if there is rust inside the storage tank or in iron gas pipes.

The odorant in escaped gas can adsorb or absorb onto or into walls, masonry and other materials and fabrics in a room. That will take some of the odorant out of the gas, reducing its odor intensity.

LP-Gas may stratify in a closed area, and the odor intensity could vary at different levels. Since it is heavier than air, there may be more odor at lower levels. Always be sensitive to the slightest gas odor. If you detect any odor, treat it as a serious leak. Immediately go into action as instructed earlier.

SOME POINTS TO REMEMBER
• Learn to recognize the odor of LP-gas. Your local LP-Gas	to set too long before refilling. Cylinders and tanks which
Dealer can give you a “Scratch and Sniff” pamphlet. Use it	have been out of service for a time may develop internal rust
to find out what the propane odor smells like. If you suspect	which will cause odor fade. If such conditions are suspected
that your LP-Gas has a weak or abnormal odor, call your	to exist, a periodic sniff test of the gas is advisable. If you
LP-Gas Dealer.	have any question about the gas odor, call your LP-gas
• If you are not qualified, do not light pilot lights, perform	dealer. A periodic sniff test of the LP-gas is a good safety
	measure under any condition.
service, or make adjustments to appliances on the LP-Gas
system. If you are qualified, consciously think about the odor	• If, at any time, you do not smell the LP-Gas odorant and you
of LP-Gas prior to and while lighting pilot lights or perform-	think you should, assume you have a leak. Then take the same
ing service or making adjustments.	immediate action recommended above for the occasion when
• Sometimes a basement or a closed-up house has a musty	you do detect the odorized LP-Gas.
smell that can cover up the LP-Gas odor. Do not try to light	• If you experience a complete “gas out,” (the container is
pilot lights, perform service, or make adjustments in an area	under no vapor pressure), turn the tank valve off immediately.
where the conditions are such that you may not detect the	If the container valve is left on, the container may draw in
odor if there has been a leak of LP-Gas.	some air through openings such as pilot light orifices. If this
• Odor fade, due to oxidation by rust or adsorption on walls	occurs, some new internal rusting could occur. If the valve is
	left open, then treat the container as a new tank. Always be
of new cylinders and tanks, is possible. Therefore, people
	sure your container is under vapor pressure by turning it off
should be particularly alert and careful when new tanks or
	at the container before it goes completely empty or having
cylinders are placed in service. Odor fade can occur in new
	it refilled before it is completely empty.
tanks, or reinstalled old tanks, if they are filled and allowed
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