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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 above
1. Not enough fresh air is
available
2. Low line pressure
3. ODS/pilot is pa rtiall y
clogged
1. Gas leak. See Warning
statement above
2. Control valve defective
1. Foreign matter between con-
trol valve and burner
2. Gas leak. See Warning
statement above
1. Not enough combustion/ven
-
tilation air
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 combustion
Moisture/condensation noticed
on windows
REMEDY
1. Ventilate room. Stop using
odor causing products while
heater is running
2. Refill supply tank
3. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Connec
-
tions for Permanent Gas Sup
-
ply, page 10)
1. Open window and/or door for
ventilation
2. Contact local propane/LP gas
company
3. Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning
and Maintenance, page 13)
1. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Connec
-
tions for Permanent Gas Sup-
ply, page 10)
2. Replace control valve
1. Take apart gas tubing and
remove foreign matter
2. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Connec-
tions for Permanent Gas Sup
-
ply, page 10)
1. Provide more combustion
area. A minimum 10 square
inches of ventilation air must
be provided for adequate
combustion
TROUBLESHOOTING
Continued