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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. Heater burning vapors from
paint, hair spray, glues,
cleaners, chemicals, new
carpet, etc. (See
IMPOR-
TANT
statement above)
2. Gas leak.
See Warning
statement above
1. Gas leak.
See Warning
statement above
2. Control valve defective
1. Foreign matter between
control valve and burner
2. Gas leak.
See Warning
statement above
REMEDY
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 14)
1. Locate and correct all leaks
(see
Checking Gas Con-
nections
, page 14)
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 14)
OBSERVED PROBLEM
Heater produces unwanted
odors
Gas odor even when control
knob is in OFF position
Gas odor during combustion
SPECIFICATIONS
MODEL HDVF3018P
• Rating: 16,000/30,000 Btu/Hr
• Gas Type: Propane/LP
• Ignition: Piezo
• Manifold Pressure: 8" W.C.
• Inlet Gas Pressure (inches of water):
• Max. 14" W.C., Min.* 11" W.C.
• Shipping Weight: 25 lbs.
MODEL HDVF3018N
• Rating: 16,000/30,000 Btu/Hr
• Gas Type: Natural
• Ignition: Piezo
• Manifold Pressure: 3.5" W.C.
• Inlet Gas Pressure (inches of water):
• Max. 10.5" W.C., Min.* 5" W.C.
• Shipping Weight: 25 lbs.
*For the purpose of input adjustment