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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.
OBSERVED PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE | REMEDY |
Heater produces a clicking/tick- ing noise just after burner is lit or shut off
1.Metal expanding while heating or contracting while cooling
1.This is common with most heat- ers. If noise is excessive, con- tact qualified service person
White powder residue forming within burner box or on adja- cent walls or furniture
1.When heated, vapors from fur- niture polish, wax, carpet cleaner, etc., may turn into white powder residue
1.Turn heater off when using furniture polish, wax, carpet cleaners, or similar products
Heater produces unwanted 1. | Heater burning vapors from |
odors | paint, hair spray, glues, etc. See |
| IMPORTANT statement above |
2. | Low fuel supply (propane/LP gas) |
3. | Gas leak. See Warning |
| statement at top of page |
1.Ventilate room. Stop using odor causing products while heater is running
2.Refill supply tank
3.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connec- tions, pages 12 and 13)
Heater shuts off in use (ODS | 1. Not enough fresh air is | 1. | Open window and/or door for | |
operates) |
| available |
| ventilation |
| 2. | Low line pressure | 2. | Contact local natural or pro- |
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| pane/LP gas company |
| 3. | ODS/pilot is partially clogged | 3. | Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning |
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Gas odor even when control | 1. Gas leak. See Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks | |
knob is in OFF position |
| statement at top of page |
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| tions, pages 12 and 13) |
| 2. | Control valve defective | 2. | Replace control valve |
Gas odor during combustion | 1. | Foreign matter between con- |
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| trol valve and burner |
| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning |
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1.Take apart gas tubing and re- move foreign matter
2.Locate and correct all leaks (see Checking Gas Connec- tions, pages 12 and 13)
Moisture/condensation noticed | 1. Not enough combustion/ven- | 1. Refer to Fresh Air for Com- |
on windows | tilation air | bustion and Ventilation re- |
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