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OWNER’S MANUAL
VENTILATION
WARNING: Provide at least a
one square foot opening of fresh,
outside air while running heater.
If proper fresh, outside air venti-
lation is not provided, carbon
monoxide poisoning can occur.
Provide proper fresh, outside air
ventilation before running heater.
OPERATION
WARNING: Review and un-
derstand the warnings in the
Safety Information section, page
2. They are needed to safely op-
erate this heater. Follow all local
codes when using this heater.
Figure 8 - Automatic Control Valve Button
and Piezo Ignitor Button
NOTICE: If heater is unplugged or
power outage occurs while heater
is running, the thermal limit de-
vice will stop fuel flow. A few sec-
onds occur before the thermal limit
device activates. During this short
time, flames may appear outside
the heater. This is normal. The
flames will go out when thermal
limit device activates.
To Stop Heater
1.
Tightly close propane supply valve on
propane tank(s).
2.
Wait a few seconds. Heater will burn
gas left in supply hose.
3.
Unplug heater.
To Restart Heater
1.
Wait five minutes after stopping heater.
2.
Repeat steps under To Start Heater.
WARNING: Be sure motor and
fan are running before pushing
in automatic control valve but-
ton. Flames could flash outside
heater if motor and fan are not
running.
6.
Push in and hold automatic control
valve button (see Figure 8). Push piezo
ignitor button (see Figure 8). Keep
pushing ignitor button until the burner
lights. When burner lights, keep auto-
matic control valve button pushed in.
Release button after 30 seconds. This
activates the automatic control system.
Note:
If heater fails to ignite, hose may
have air in it. If so, keep automatic con-
trol valve button pressed and wait 20 sec-
onds. Release automatic control valve
button and wait 20 seconds for unburned
fuel to exit heater. Repeat this step.
Piezo
Ignitor
Button
Automatic Control
Valve Button
To Start Heater
1.
Follow all installation, ventilation, and
safety information.
2.
Locate heater on stable and level sur-
face. Make sure strong drafts do not
blow into front or rear of heater.
3.
Plug power cord of heater into a three-
prong, grounded extension cord. Exten-
sion cord must be at least six feet long.
Extension cord must be UL listed.
Extension Cord Wire Size
Requirements
• Up to 50 ft long, use 18 AWG
rated cord.
• 51 to 100 ft long, use 16 AWG
rated cord.
• 101 to 200 ft long, use 14 AWG
rated cord.
4.
Plug extension cord into a 120 volt/60
hertz, 3-hole, grounded outlet. Motor
will start. Fan will turn, forcing air out
front of heater.
5.
Open propane supply valve on propane
tank(s) slowly. Note: If not opened
slowly, excess-flow check valve on pro-
pane tank will stop gas flow. You may
hear a click from the excess-flow check
valve closing. If this happens, reset the
excess-flow check valve by closing pro-
pane supply valve and open again slowly.
