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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. Follow the gas supplier’s instruc- tions.
•If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire department.
IMPORTANT: Operating appliance 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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Appliance produces unwanted | 1.Appliance burning vapors from paint, | 1.Open window to ventilate room. | |
odors | hair spray, glues, cleaners, chemicals, | Stop using odor causing products | |
| new carpet, etc. (See IMPORTANT | while appliance is running | |
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| 2.Low fuel supply (propane/LP | 2.Refill supply tank (propane/LP | |
| only) | only) | |
| 3.Gas leak. See Warning state- | 3.Locate and correct all leaks (see | |
| ment at top of page | Checking Gas Connections, page | |
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Appliance shuts off in use | 1.Low line pressure | 1.Contact local natural or propane/ | |
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Gas odor even when control knob | 1.Gas leak. See Warning state- | 1.Locate and correct all leaks (see |
is in OFF position | ment at top of page | Checking Gas Connections, page |
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| 2.Control valve or gas control de- | 2.Replace control valve or gas con- |
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Gas odor during combustion | 1.Gas leak. See Warning state- | 1.Locate and correct all leaks (see |
| ment at top of page | Checking Gas Connections, page |
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