Operating Your Heater - Mr. Heater MHVFIH10LPT Operating Instructions And Owner's Manual

3/8" NPT Pipe Nipple
Ground Joint Union
Equipment
Shutoff Valve
From LP tank
(11" W.C. to 14"
W.C. Pressure)
3" Minimum
Figure 11
Low Pressure
Test Pressure Equal To or Less Than ½ psig (3.5 kPa)
1. Close equipment shutoff valve (see fi gure 12).
2. Pressurize supply piping system by either using
compressed air or opening propane/LP supply
valve.
3. Check all joints from the propane/LP supply
valve to equipment shutoff valve (see fi gure
13). Apply mixture of liquid soap and water to
gas joints. Bubbles forming show a leak.
4. Correct all leaks at once.
5. Depressurize and relieve pressure from supply
piping system.
Pressure Testing Heater Gas Connections:
1. Make sure that the heater supply piping sys-
tem is connected and has been leak tested as
described above.
2. Make sure control knob of heater is in OFF
position.
3. Open equipment shutoff valve (see fi gure 12).
4. Open propane/LP supply valve.
5. Check all joints from equipment shutoff valve
to control valve (see fi gure 13). Apply mixture
of liquid soap and water to gas joints. Bubbles
forming show a leak.
6. Correct all leaks at once.
7. Light heater (see Operating Your Heater, page 10.
8. Turn off heater (see To Turn OFF Gas to
Appliance, page 10.
9. Replace lower front panel.
Unvented Liquid Propane Fired Room Heater
Pressure
Regulator
Heater
Cabinet
Test Gauge
Connection
Tee Joint
Reducer Bushing
to 1/8" NPT
1/8" NPT Plug Tap
Tee Joint
Sediment
Pipe Nipple
Trap
Cap
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OPERATING YOUR HEATER

FOR YOUR SAFETY READ BEFORE LIGHTING
WARNING: If you do not follow these instructions
exactly, a fi re or explosion may result causing
property damage, personal injury or loss of life.
A. This appliance has a pilot that must be lighted
by hand. When lighting the pilot, follow these
instructions exactly.
B. BEFORE LIGHTING smell all around the
appliance area for gas. Be sure to smell next to
the fl oor because some gas is heavier than air
and will settle on the fl oor.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
•
Do not try to light any appliance.
•
Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use
any phone in your building.
•
Immediately call you gas supplier from a
neighbor's phone. Follow the gas supplier's
Equipment
Shutoff Valve
instructions.
Figure 12
•
If you can not reach your gas supplier, call the
fi re department.
• Use only your hand to push in or turn the gas
control knob. Never use tools. If knob will not
push in or turn by hand, don't try to repair it; call
a qualifi ed service technician or gas supplier.
Force or attempted repair may result in a fi re or
explosion.
Figure 13
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