TROUBLESHOOTING
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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 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 unwanted odors. | 1. | Heater | is burning vapors | from | 1. | Ventilate room. Stop using odor | |||||
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Gas odor exists even when control knob is in OFF position.
1. Gas leak. See Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks(see | |
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2. Control valve defective. | 2. | Replace control | valve. |
Gas odor during combustion. | 1. | Foreign matter between | control | 1. | Take | apart | gas tubing | and |
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Moisture/condensation noticed on | 1. | Not enough combustion/ventilation | 1. | Refer to Air for Combustion and | ||||
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