L.B. White AW060, Owner'S Manual And Instructions

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Guardian Agricultural Animal Confinement Building Heaters
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Owner’s Manual • Guardian
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LPG and natural gas have a man-made odorant added
specifically for detection of fuel gas leaks. If a gas
leak occurs, you should be able to smell the fuel gas.
THAT’S YOUR SIGNAL TO GO INTO IMMEDIATE
ACTION!
■ Do not take any action that could ignite the fuel gas.
Do not operate any electrical switches. Do not pull
any power supply or extension cords. Do not light
matches or any other source of flame. Do not use
your telephone.
■ Get everyone out of the building and away from the
area immediately.
■ Close all LPG tank or cylinder fuel supply valves, or
the main fuel supply valve if you use natural gas.
■ LPG is heavier than air and may settle in low areas.
When you have reason to suspect a leak, keep out
of all low areas.
■ Natural gas is lighter than air and collect around
rafters or ceilings.
■ Use your neighbor’s phone and call your fuel gas
supplier and your fire department. Do not re-enter
the building or area.
■ Stay out of the building and away from the area until
declared safe by the firefighters and your fuel gas
supplier.
■ FINALLY, let the fuel gas service person and the
firefighters check for escaped gas. Have them air
out the building and area before you return. Properly
trained service people must repair the leak, check
for further leakages, and then relight the appliance
for you.
■ Some people cannot smell well. Some people
cannot smell the odor of the man-made chemical
added to LPG or natural gas. You must determine if
you can smell the odorant in these fuel gases.
■ Learn to recognize the odor of LPG and natural
gas. Local gas dealers will be more than happy to
give you a “scratch and sniff” pamphlet. Use it to
become familiar with the fuel gas odor.
■ Smoking can decrease your ability to smell. Being
around an odor for a period of time can affect your
sensitivity to that particular odor. Odors present in
animal confinement buildings can mask fuel gas
odor.
■ The odorant in LPG and natural gas is colorless
and the intensity of its odor can fade under some
circumstances.
■ If there is an underground leak, the movement of
gas through the soil can filter the odorant.
■ LPG odor may differ in intensity at different levels.
Since LPG is heavier than air, there may be more
odor at lower levels.
■ Always be sensitive to the slightest gas odor. If
you continue to detect any gas odor, no matter how
small, treat it as a serious leak. Immediately go
into action as discussed previously.
Fuel Gas Odor
Safety Precautions
Odor Fading - No
Odor Detected
WARNING
Asphyxiation Hazard
■ Do not use this brood heater for heating human living quarters.
■ Do not use in unventilated areas.
■ The flow of combustion and ventilation air must not be obstructed.
■ Proper ventilation air must be provided to support the combustion air requirements of the brood heater being
used.
■ Refer to the specification section of the brood heater’s Owner’s Manual, brood heater dataplate, or
contact the L.B. White Company to determine combustion air ventilation requirements of the brood heater.
■ Lack of proper ventilation air will lead to improper combustion.
■ Improper combustion can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning in humans leading to serious injury or death.
Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning can include headaches, dizziness and
difficulty in breathing.
■ Symptoms of improper combustion affecting livestock can be disease, lower feed conversion, or death.