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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. Clean- ing 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.
OBSERVED PROBLEM
Heater produces unwanted odors.
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1. Heater is burning vapors | from | 1. | Ventilate room. Stop using odor | |||
paint, | hair | spray, | glues, | etc. |
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Heater shuts off in use (ODS operates). | 1. | Not enough fresh air is available. | 1. | Open | window | and/or door for | |||||||
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Gas odor even when control knob is | 1. | Gas | leak. | See | Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leak s(see | ||||||
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Moisture/condensation | noticed on | 1. | Not | enough combustion/ventilation | 1. | Refer to | Air for Combustion and | ||||||
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