Vanguard Heating VS30PR, VS24PR Trouble, Shooting, Continued, Checking Gas Connections, page

TROUBLE-	OBSERVED PROBLEM	POSSIBLE CAUSE	REMEDY
SHOOTING
	Heater produces a	1. Turning control knob to HI	1. Turn control knob to LO position and
Continued	whistling noise when	position when burners are cold	let warm up for a minute
	burners are lit	2. Air in gas line	2. Operate burners until air is removed
			from line. Have gas line checked by
			local natural gas company
		3. Air passageways on heater	3. Observe minimum installation
		blocked	clearances (see pages 9-12)
		4. Dirty or partially clogged burner	4. Clean burners (see Cleaning and
		orifice(s)	Maintenance, page 23) or replace
			burner orifice(s)

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 PROBLEM	POSSIBLE CAUSE	REMEDY
Heater produces a click-	1. Metal expanding while heating	1. This is common with most heaters. If
ing/ticking noise just after	or contracting while cooling	noise is excessive, contact qualified
burners are lit or shut off		service person
Heater produces	1. Heater burning vapors from	1. Open window to ventilate room. Stop
unwanted odors	paint, hair spray, glues, cleaners,	using odor causing products while
	chemicals, new carpet, etc. (See	heater is running
	IMPORTANT statement above)
	2. Low fuel supply	2. Refill supply tank
	3. Gas leak. See Warning state-	3. Locate and correct all leaks (see
	ment above	Checking Gas Connections, page 15)
Heater shuts off in use	1. Not enough fresh air is available	1. Open window and/or door for ventila-
(ODS operates)		tion
	2. Low line pressure	2. Contact local propane (LP) gas company
	3. ODS/pilot is partially clogged	3. Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning and
		Maintenance, page 23)
Gas odor even when	1. Gas leak. See Warning state-	1. Locate and correct all leaks (see
control knob is in OFF	ment above	Checking Gas Connections, page 15)
position	2. Gas control defective	2. Replace gas control
Gas odor during	1. Foreign matter between control	1. Take apart gas tubing and remove
combustion	valve and burner	foreign matter
	2. Gas leak. See Warning state-	2. Locate and correct all leaks (see
	ment above	Checking Gas Connections, page 15)
Log set cycles to pilot,	1. Hand-held remote control unit	1. Move hand-held remote control unit
but room temperature	needs to be moved away from	farther away from the heater
drops to a lower than	heater
ideal level before log set
comes back on
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