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Operating Instructions and Owner’s Manual
Mr. Heater | Unvented Natural Gas Fired Room Heater
NEVER LEAVE THE HEATER UNATTENDED WHILE BURNING!
NEVER LEAVE THE HEATER UNATTENDED WHILE BURNING!
NEVER LEAVE THE HEATER UNATTENDED WHILE BURNING!
OPERATION
Low Pressure
Test Pressure Equal To or Less Than ½
psig (3.5 kPa)
1. Close equipment shutoff valve.
See Figure 13.
2. Pressurize supply piping system
by either using compressed air or
opening main gas valve on or near gas
meter.
3. Check all joints from the gas meter to
equipment shutoff valve. See Figure
14. Apply mixture of liquid soap and
water to gas joints. Bubbles forming
show a leak.
4. Correct all leaks at once.
5. Depressurize and relieve pressure from
supply piping system.
Pressure Testing Heater Gas
Connections
1. Make sure that the heater supply
piping system is connected and has
been leak tested as described above.
2. Make sure control knob of heater is in
OFF position.
3. Open equipment shutoff valve. See
Figure 13.
4. Open natural gas supply valve.
5. Check all joints from equipment
shutoff valve to control valve. See
Figure 14. Apply mixture of liquid
soap and water to gas joints. Bubbles
forming show a leak.
6. Correct all leaks at once.
7. Light heater. See Operating Your
Heater.
8. Turn off heater. See To Turn OFF Gas
to Appliance.
9. Replace lower front panel.
Figure 13
Figure 15
Figure 14
Equipment
Shutoff
Valve
Open
Closed
Igniter Button Control
Knob
To gas meter
Control Valve
Equipment Shutoff Valve
OPERATING YOUR HEATER
For Your Safety Read Before
Lighting
A. This appliance has a pilot that must be
lit by hand. When lighting the pilot,
follow these instructions exactly.
B. BEFORE LIGHTING smell all around
the appliance area for gas. Be sure to
smell next to the floor because some
gas is heavier than air and will settle
on the floor.
WHAT TO DO 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 you gas supplier from
a neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas
supplier’s instructions.
• If you can not reach your gas supplier,
call the fire department.
C. Use only your hand to push in or
turn the gas control knob. Never use
tools. If knob will not push in or turn
by hand, don’t try to repair it; call
a qualified service technician or gas
supplier. Force or attempted repair
may result in a fire or explosion.
D. Do not use this appliance if any part
has been underwater. Immediately call
a qualified service technician to inspect
the appliance and to replace any part
of the control system which has been
under water.
Lighting Instructions
1. STOP! Read the all safety information
included with and on the side of
heater.
2. Check that gas supply to heater is on.
3. Push in gas control knob and slightly
turn clockwise
to the OFF position
See Figure 15.
Note:
Knob cannot be turned from
PILOT to OFF unless knob is pushed in
slightly. Do not force.
4. Wait five (5) minutes to clear out any
gas. Then smell for gas, including
near the floor. If you smell gas, STOP!
Follow “B” in the safety information
above. If you do not smell gas, go to
the next step.
5. Turn counterclockwise
to PILOT/
IGN, if knob does not turn then
slightly depress and turn. Once knob
is in PILOT/ IGN depress for five (5)
seconds.
WARNING:
Electrical Grounding
Instructions: This heater is equipped
with a three-prong (grounding) plug for
your protection against shock hazard
and should be plugged into a properly
grounded three prong receptacle.
