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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.
WARNING
TROUBLE-
SHOOTING
Continued
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
Heater produces a
clicking/ticking 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
Moisture/condensation
noticed on windows
REMEDY
1. This is common with
most heaters. If noise is
excessive, contact
qualified service person
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
Connections, page 14)
1. Open window and/or
door for ventilation
2. Contact local propane/LP
gas company
3. Clean ODS/pilot (see
Cleaning and Mainte-
nance, page 21)
1. Locate and correct all
leaks (see Checking Gas
Connections, page 14)
2. Replace control valve
1. Take apart gas tubing
and remove foreign
matter
2. Locate and correct all
leaks (see Checking Gas
Connections, page 14)
1. Refer to Air for Com-
bustion and Ventilation
requirements (page 5)
POSSIBLE
CAUSE
1. Metal expanding while
heating or contracting
while cooling
1. Heater burning vapors
from paint, hair spray,
glues, etc. See
IMPOR-
TANT
statement above
2. Low fuel supply
3. Gas leak.
See Warn-
ing statement at
top of page
1. Not enough fresh air is
available
2. Low line pressure
3. ODS/pilot is partially
clogged
1. Gas leak.
See Warn-
ing statement at
top of page
2. Control valve defective
1. Foreign matter be-
tween control valve
and burner
2. Gas leak.
See Warn-
ing statement at
top of page
1. Not enough combus-
tion/ventilation air
