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TROUBLESHOOTING
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WARNING: If you smell gas
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Shut off gas supply.
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Do not try to light any appliance.
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Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use any phone in your building.
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Immediately call your gas supplier from a neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas
supplier’s instructions.
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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, cigaretle 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 unwanted odors.
Heater shuts off in use (ODS operates).
Gas odor even when control knob is
in OFF position.
Gas odor exists during combustion.
Heater produces a clicking/ticking
noise just after burner is lit or shut off.
Moisture/condensation noticed on
windows.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
1. Heater is burning vapors from
paint, hair spray, glues, etc.
(See IMPORTANT statement
above).
2 . G a s l e a k . S e e W a r n i n g
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 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.
1. Metal expanding while heating
or contracting while cooling.
1. Not enough combustion/ventilation
air.
REMEDY
1. Ventilate room. Stop using odor
causing products while heater
is running.
2. Locate and correct all leaks(see
Checking Gas Connections,
Page 10).
1. Open window and/or door for
ventilation.
2. Contact local natural gas
company.
3. Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning
Page 13).
1. Locate and correct all leaks(see
Checking Gas Connections,
Page 10).
2. Replace control valve.
1. Take apart gas tubing and
remove foreign matter.
2. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Connections,
Page 10).
1. This is common with most
heaters. If noise is excessive,
contact qualified service person.
1. Refer to Air for Combustion and
Ventilation requirements (Page
4).
