Desa Tech S26PTA - Manual (Page 21)

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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.
Follow 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. These odors will disappear over time.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Continued
POSSIBLE CAUSE
1. Heater burning vapors from
paint, hair spray, glues, cleaners,
chemicals, new carpet, etc. (See
IMPORTANT statement above)
2. Gas leak. See Warning
statement above
1. Not enough fresh air is avail-
able
2. Low line pressure
3. ODS/pilot is partially 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. Excessive line or manifold
pressure
2. Dirty primary air holes
REMEDY
1. Open window and ventilate
room. Stop using odor caus-
ing products while heater is
running
2. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Connec-
tions, pages 10 and 11)
1. Open window and/or door for
ventilation
2. Contact local propane/LP gas
company
3. Clean ODS/pilot (see Clean-
ing and Maintenance, pages
16 and 17)
1. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Connec-
tions, pages 10 and 11)
2. Replace control valve
1. Take apart gas tubing and re-
move foreign matter
2. Locate and correct all leaks
(see Checking Gas Connec-
tions, pages 10 and 11)
1. Check manifold pressure and
correct as needed
2. Clean burner air holes (see
Cleaning and Maintenance,
pages 16 and 17).
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
Burner flame is excessively
large and is very near or touches
the top of firebox