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TROUBLESHOOTING
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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 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.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
1. Heater burning vapors from
paint, hair spray, glues, etc.
See IMPORTANT statement
above
2. Low fuel supply
3. Gas leak. See Warning
statement at top of page
1. Not enough fresh air is avail
-
able
2. Low line pressure
3. ODS/pilot is partially
clogged
4. Tip over switch activated
from bumping heater
1. Gas leak. See Warning
statement at top of page
2. Control valve defective
1. Not enough combustion/ven
-
tilation air
REMEDY
1. Ventilate room. Stop using
odor-causing products while
heater is running
2. Replace propane/LP gas
cylinder
3. Locate and correct all leaks
1.
Provide more combustion area.
A minimum 10 square inches of
ventilation air must be provided
for adequate combustion
2. Replace propane/LP gas
cylinder
3. Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning
and Maintenance, page 8)
4. Relight heater
1. Locate and correct all leaks
2. Replace control valve
1. Provide more combustion
area. A minimum 10 square
inches (65 square cm) of ven
-
tilation air must be provided
for adequate combustion
OBSERVED PROBLEM
Heater produces unwanted
odors
Heater shuts off in use
Gas odor even when control knob
is in OFF position
Moisture/condensation noticed
on windows