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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 re 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,
cleaners, chemicals, new
carpet, etc. (See IMPOR-
TANT statement 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. ODS/pilot is partially
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. Rell supply tank (propane/
LP only)
3. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Con-
nections, page 16)
1. Open window and/or door
for ventilation
2. Contact local natural or
propane/LP gas company
3. Clean ODS/pilot (see
Cleaning and Maintenance,
page 25)
1. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Con-
nections, page 16)
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 16)
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 combustion
Log set cycles to pilot, but
room temperature drops to a
lower than ideal level before
log set comes back on