Important safety information, Warning, This is a heating appliance – Empire Comfort Systems SR-18-3 User Manual

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• An unvented room heater having an input rating of more than

6,000 Btu per hour shall not be installed in a bathroom.

• An unvented room heater having an input rating of more than

10,000 Btu per hour shall not be installed in a bedroom or

bathroom.

• Due to high temperatures, the appliance should be located

out of traffic and away from furniture and draperies.

• Children and adults should be alerted to the hazard of high

surface temperature and should stay away to avoid burns or

clothing ignition.

• Young children should be carefully supervised when they are

in the same room with the appliance.

• Do not place clothing or other flammable material on or near

the appliance.

• Due to high surface temperatures, keep children, clothing

and furniture away.

• WARNING: Do not use a blower insert, heat exchanger insert

or other accessory not approved for use with heater.

• Installation and repair should be done by a QUALIFIED

SERVICE PERSON. The appliance should be inspected before

use and at least annually by a professional service person.

More frequent cleaning may be required due to excessive lint

from carpeting, bedding materials, etc. It is imperative that

control compartments, burners and circulating air passageways

of the appliance be kept clean.

• DO NOT use this room heater if any part has been under water.

Immediately call a qualified service technician to inspect the

room heater and to replace any part of the control system and

any gas control which has been under water.

• WARNING: ANY CHANGE TO THIS HEATER OR ITS

CONTROLS CAN BE DANGEROUS.

Any safety screen or guard removed for servicing an appliance

must be replaced prior to operating the heater.

• Keep appliance area clear and free from combustible materials,

gasoline and other flammable vapors and liquids.

• WARNING: Failure to keep the primary air opening(s) of the

burner(s) clean may result in sooting and property damage.

WARNING

When used without adequate combustion and ventilation air,

heater may give off CARBON MONOXIDE, an odorless,

poisonous gas.

Do not install heater until all necessary provisions are

made for combustion and ventilation air. Consult the writ-

ten instructions provided with the heater for information

concerning combustion and ventilation air. In the absence

of instructions, refer to the National Fuel Gas Code, ANSI

Z223.1, Section 5.3 or applicable local codes.

This heater is equipped with a PILOT LIGHT SAFETY SYS-

TEM designed to turn off the heater if not enough fresh air is

available.

DO NOT TAMPER WITH PILOT LIGHT SAFETY

SYSTEM!

If heater shuts off, do not relight until you provide fresh air.
If heater keeps shutting off, have it serviced. Keep burner and

control compartment clean.

CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING MAY LEAD TO

DEATH.

Early signs of carbon monoxide poisoning resemble the flu,

with headache, dizziness and/or nausea. If you have these

signs, heater may not be working properly. Get fresh air at

once! Have heater serviced.
Some people — pregnant women, persons with heart or lung

disease, anemia, those under the influence of alcohol, those

at high altitudes — are more affected by carbon monoxide

than others.
The pilot light safety system senses the depletion of oxygen

at its location. If this heater is installed in a structure having a

high vertical dimension, the possibility exists that the oxygen

supply at the higher levels will be less than that at the heater. In

this type of application, a fan to circulate the structure air will

minimize this effect. The use of this fan will also improve the

comfort level in the structure. When a fan is used to circulate

air, it should be located so that the air flow is not directed at

the burner.

THIS IS A HEATING APPLIANCE

DO NOT OPERATE THIS APPLIANCE WITHOUT FRONT PANEL INSTALLED.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

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