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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. Fol
-
low 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.sup-
plies, 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.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
1..Heater. burning. vapors. from.
paint, hair spray, glues, clean
-
ers, chemicals, new carpet,
etc..(See.
IMPORTANT
.state-
ment.above)
2..Low. fuel. supply. (propane/
LP.only)
3. Gas leak.
See Warning
statement at top of page
1..Not. enough. fresh. air. is.
available
2..Low.line.pressure
3..O D S / p i l o t . i s . p a r t i a l l y.
clogged
1. Gas leak.
See Warning
statement at top of page
2..Control.valve.or.gas.control.
defective
1..Foreign. matter. between.
control.valve.and.burner
2. Gas leak.
See Warning
statement at top of page
1...Hand-held.remote.control.is.
too.close.to.heater
REMEDY
1..Open. window. to. venti-
late.room..Stop.using.odor.
causing. products. while.
heater.is.running
2. Refill supply tank (propane/
LP.only)
3..Locate.and.correct.all.leaks.
(see.
Checking Gas Con-
nections
, page 15)
1..Open.window.and/or.door.
for.ventilation
2..Contact. local. natural. or.
propane/LP.gas.company
3..Clean. ODS/pilot. (see.
Cleaning and Mainte-
nance
, page 26)
1..Locate.and.correct.all.leaks.
(see.
Checking Gas Con-
nections
, page 15)
2..Replace. control. valve. or.
gas.control
1..Take.apart.gas.tubing.and.
remove.foreign.matter
2..Locate.and.correct.all.leaks.
(see.
Checking Gas Con-
nections
, page 15)
1..Move. hand-held. remote.
control. unit. farther. away.
from.the.heater.
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 during combus
-
tion
Log set cycles to pilot, but
room.temperature.drops.to.a.
lower.than.ideal.level.before.
log.set.comes.back.on