TROUBLESHOOTING
Continued
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.
Follow 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 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.
REMEDY
1. This is common with most heaters.
If noise is excessive, contact qual-
ified service person
1. Open window and ventilate room.
Stop using odor causing products
while heater is running
2. Locate and correct all leaks (see
Checking Gas Connections,
page
15)
1. Open window and/or door for
ventilation
2. Contact local gas company
3. Clean ODS/pilot (see
Cleaning
and Maintenance,
page 19)
1. Locate and correct all leaks (see
Checking Gas Connections,
page
15)
2. Replace control valve
1. Take apart gas tubing and remove
foreign matter
2. Locate and correct all leaks (see
Checking Gas Connections,
page
15)
POSSIBLE CAUSE
1. Metal expanding while heating or
contracting while cooling
1. Heater burning vapors from paint,
hair spray, glues, cleaners chemicals,
new carpet, etc. (see
IMPORTANT
statement above)
2. Gas
leak.
See WARNING
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
OBSERVED PROBLEM
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
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