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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
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low the gas supplier’s instructions.
• If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire department.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Continued
IMPORTANT:
Operating fireplace 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.
POSSIBLE cAUSE
1. When heated, vapors from
furniture polish, wax, carpet
cleaners, etc. may turn into
white powder residue
1. Battery is not installed. Bat-
tery power is low
1. Metal expanding while
heating or contracting while
cooling
1. Heater burning vapors from
paint, hair spray, glues,
cleaners, chemicals, new
carpet, etc. (See
IMPOR-
TANT
statement above)
2. Gas leak.
See Warning
statement at top of page
1. Not enough fresh air is
available
2. Low line pressure
3. OD S/pil ot i s p arti al ly
clogged
1. Gas leak.
See Warning
statement at top of page
2. Control valve defective
1. Foreign matter between
control valve and burner
2. Gas leak.
See Warning
statement at top of page
REMEDY
1. Turn heater off when us
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ing furniture polish, wax,
carpet cleaners or similar
products
1. Replace 9-volt batteries
in receiver and hand-held
remote control
1.
This is normal with most heat
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ers. If noise is excessive, con
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tact qualified service person
1. Open window and venti
-
late room. Stop using odor
causing products while
heater is running
2. Locate and correct all leaks
(see
Checking Gas Con-
nections
, page 13)
1. Open window and/or door
for ventilation
2. Contact local propane/LP
or natural gas company
3. Clean ODS/pilot (see
Cleaning and Maintenance
,
page 18)
1. Locate and correct all leaks
(see
Checking Gas Con-
nections
, page 13)
2. Replace control valve
1. Take apart gas tubing and
remove foreign matter
2. Locate and correct all leaks
(see
Checking Gas Con-
nections
, page 13)
OBSERVED PROBLEM
White powder residue form
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ing within burner box or on
adjacent walls or furniture
Remote does not function
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
