Never use wood or plastic, it may break and block the parts.
Never spray any cleaning product on the emitter grid or burner area.
6.Troubleshooting
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Burner won’t light | Blockage in orifice | Clean orifice |
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| Gas pressure is low | Replace cylinder |
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| Thermocouple is not operating | Replace thermocouple |
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| Dirt build up around pilot orifice | Clean pilot orifice |
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| There may be a leak in the system | fuel line and fuel line to heater | |||||||
Pilot won’t stay lit | that | has been detected by the | head. | Be | sure | Regulator | |||
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| High | wind condition blowing out | location. | use | heater | in | winds: | ||
| pilot flame | Do not | |||||||
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| Heater not leveled | Level the heater |
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| The burner tilted | Straighten burner |
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Carbon build up | Dirt or film on dome and emitter | Clean dome and emitter |
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