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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. Fol-
low 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 sup-
plies, 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.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
1. Metal expanding while heat-
ing or contracting while
cooling
1..Heater. burning. vapors.
from paint, hair spray,
glues, cleaners, chemi-
cals, new carpet, etc. (See
IMPORTANT
. statement.
above)
..Gas. leak..
See Warning
statement above
1..Not. enough. fresh. air. is.
available
2. Low line pressure
3..ODS/pilot. is. partially.
clogged
1..Gas. leak..
See Warning
statement above
..Control.valve.defective
1. Foreign matter between
control.valve.and.burner
..Gas. leak..
See Warning
statement above
OBSERVED PROBLEM
Heater.produces.a.clicking/tick-
ing noise just after burner is lit
or.shut.off
Heater produces unwanted
odors
Heater.shuts.off.in.use.(ODS.
operates)
Gas odor even when control
knob.is.in.OFF.position
Gas.odor.during.combustion
REMEDY
1. This is normal with most
heaters.. If. noise. is. exces-
sive, contact qualified ser-
vice.person
1. Open window and venti-
late.room..Stop.using.odor.
causing products while
heater.is.running
..Locate.and.correct.all.leaks.
(see.
Checking Gas Con-
nections
, page 16)
1. Open window and/or door
for.ventilation
..Contact. local. natural. or.
propane/LP.gas.company
3..Clean. ODS/pilot. (see.
Cleaning
, page 25)
1..Locate.and.correct.all.leaks.
(see.
Checking Gas Con-
nections
, page 16)
..Replace.control.valve
1..Take.apart.gas.tubing.and.
remove.foreign.matter
..Locate.and.correct.all.leaks.
(see.
Checking Gas Con-
nections
, page 16)
TROUBLESHOOTING
Continued