Comfort Glow RADIANT FLAME RFN28TD Owner's Operation And Installation Manual page 18

VENT-FREE NATURAL GAS HEATER
TROUBLESHOOTING
Continued
• Shut off gas supply.
• Do not try to light any appliance.
• Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use any phone in your
• Immediately call your gas supplier from a neighbor's phone. Follow the
• 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.
OBSERVED PROBLEM
Heater produces a clicking/ticking noise
just after burner is lit or shut off
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
15,000 TO 28,000 BTU/HR
WARNING: If you smell gas
building.
gas supplier's instructions.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
1. Metal expanding while heating or con-
tracting while cooling
1. Heater burning vapors from paint, hair
spray, glues, etc. (see IMPORTANT
statement above)
2. 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 defective
1. Foreign matter between control valve
and burner
2. Gas leak. See Warning statement at
top of page
1. Not enough combustion/ventilation air.
REMEDY
1. This is common with most heaters. If
1. Ventilate room. Stop using odor caus-
2. Locate and correct all leaks (see Check-
1. Open window and/or door for ventilation
2. Contact local natural gas company
3. Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning and
1. Locate and correct all leaks (see Check-
2. Replace control valve
1. Take apart gas tubing and remove for-
2. Locate and correct all leaks (see Check-
1. Refer to Air for Combustion and Venti-
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noise is excessive, contact qualified ser-
vice person
ing products while heater is running
ing Gas Connections, page 13)
Maintenance, page 15)
ing Gas Connections, page 13)
eign matter
ing Gas Connections, page 13)
lation requirements (page 5)
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