TROUBLE- SHOOTING
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 | POSSIBLE |
|
PROBLEM | CAUSE | REMEDY |
|
|
|
Heater produces a | 1. Metal expanding while | 1. This is common with |
clicking/ticking noise | heating or contracting | most heaters. If noise is |
just after burner is lit or | while cooling | excessive, contact |
shut off |
| qualified service person |
Heater produces | 1. | Heater burning | vapors | |
unwanted odors |
| from | paint, hair | spray, |
|
| glues, | cleaners, | chemi- |
|
| cals, new carpet, etc. (See | ||
|
| IMPORTANT statement | ||
|
| above) |
| |
| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning | ||
|
| statement at top of | ||
|
| page |
|
|
1.Open window and ventilate room. Stop using odor causing products while heater is running
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connections, page 18)
28
TECHNICAL SERVICE
Heater shuts off in use | 1. | Not enough fresh air is | 1. | Open window and/or |
|
(ODS operates) |
| available |
| door for ventilation |
|
| 2. | Low line pressure | 2. | Contact local natural |
|
|
|
|
| gas company |
|
| 3. | ODS/pilot is partially | 3. | Clean ODS/pilot (see |
|
|
| clogged |
| Cleaning and Mainte- |
|
|
|
|
| nance, page 25) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gas odor even when | 1. | Gas leak. See Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all |
|
control knob is in OFF |
| statement at top of |
| leaks (see Checking Gas |
|
position |
| page |
| Connections, page 18) |
|
| 2. | Control valve defective | 2. | Replace control valve |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Gas odor during | 1. | Foreign matter between | 1. Take apart gas tubing and |
| |
combustion |
| control valve and burner |
| remove foreign matter |
|
| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning | 2. | Locate and correct all |
|
|
| statement at top of |
| leaks (see Checking Gas |
|
|
| page |
| Connections, page 18) |
|
You may have further questions about installation, operation, or troubleshooting. If so, contact DESA International’s Technical Service Department at
103515
