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. 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. These odors will disappear over time.

 

OBSERVED PROBLEM

POSSIBLE CAUSE

REMEDY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heater produces a clicking/ticking noise

1.

Metal expanding while heating or

1.

This is common with most heaters.

 

just after burner is lit or shut off

 

contracting while cooling

 

If noise is excessive, contact qual-

 

 

 

 

 

ified service person

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heater produces unwanted odors

1.

Heater burning vapors from paint,

1.

Open window and ventilate room.

 

 

 

hair spray, glues, cleaners chemicals,

 

Stop using odor causing products

 

 

 

new carpet, etc. (see IMPORTANT

 

while heater is running

 

 

 

statement above)

2.

Locate and correct all leaks (see

 

 

2.

Gas leak. See WARNING

 

Checking Gas Connections, page

 

 

 

statement at top of page

 

15)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 gas company

 

 

3.

ODS/pilot is partially clogged

3.

Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning

 

 

 

 

 

and Maintenance, page 19)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gas odor even when control knob is in

1.

Gas leak. See WARNING

1.

Locate and correct all leaks (see

 

OFF position

 

statement at top of page

 

Checking Gas Connections, page

 

 

 

 

 

15)

 

 

 

 

2.

Control valve defective

2.

Replace control valve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gas odor during combustion

1.

Foreign matter between control

1.

Take apart gas tubing and remove

 

 

 

valve and burner

 

foreign matter

 

 

2.

Gas leak. See WARNING

2.

Locate and correct all leaks (see

 

 

 

statement at top of page

 

Checking Gas Connections, page

 

 

 

 

 

15)

 

 

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New Buck Corporation GAS STOVE HEATER WARNING If you smell gas Shut off gas supply, Do not try to light any appliance