WARNING
TROUBLESHOOTING
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.
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Heater produces a | 1. | Metal expanding while heating or con- | 1. This is common with most heaters. If noise |
clicking/ticking noise |
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just after burner is lit or |
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shut off |
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Heater produces | 1. | Heater burning vapors from paint, hair | 1. Ventilate room. Stop using odor causing |
unwanted odors |
| spray, glues, etc. (see IMPORTANT state- | products while heater is running |
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| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning statement at top of | 2. Locate and correct all leaks (see “Checking |
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Heater shuts off in use | 1. | Not enough fresh air is available |
(ODS operates) | 2. | Low line pressure |
| 3. | ODS/pilot is partially clogged |
1.Open window and/or door for ventilation
2.Contact local propane/LP company
3.Clean ODS/pilot (see “Cleaning and Main- tenance,” page 26)
Gas odor even when | 1. | Gas leak. See Warning statement at top of | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks (see “Checking |
control knob is in OFF |
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| Gas Connections,” page 18) |
position | 2. | Control valve defective | 2. | Replace control valve |
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Gas odor during com- | 1. | Foreign matter between control valve and | 1. Take apart gas tubing and remove foreign | |
bustion |
| burner | matter | |
| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning statement at top of | 2. | Locate and correct all leaks (see “Checking |
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