Troubleshooting – Desa SVYD18PRA User Manual

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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 fire department.

POSSIBLE cAUSE

1. When heated, vapors from

furniture polish, wax, carpet

cleaners, etc. may turn into

white powder residue

1. Battery is not installed. Bat-

tery power is low

1. Metal expanding while heating

or contracting while cooling

REMEDY

1. Turn heater off when using

furniture polish, wax, carpet

cleaners or similar products

1. Replace 9-volt batteries in

receiver and hand-held remote

control

1. This is normal with most heat-

ers. If noise is excessive, contact

qualified service person

OBSERVED PROBLEM

White powder residue forming

within burner box or on adjacent

walls or furniture

Remote does not function

Heater produces a clicking/tick-

ing noise just after burner is lit

or shut off

TROUBLESHOOTING

Continued

IMPORTANT:

Operating fireplace 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.

POSSIBLE cAUSE

1. Heater burning vapors from paint,

hair spray, glues, cleaners, chemi-

cals, new carpet, etc. (See IM-

PORTANT

statement above)

2. Gas leak. See Warning

statement at top of page

1. Not enough fresh air is avail-

able

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 con-

trol valve and burner

2. Gas leak. See Warning

statement at top of page

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 13 and 14)

1. Open window and/or door for

ventilation

2. Contact local propane/LP or

natural gas company

3. Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning

and Maintenance, page 18)

1. Locate and correct all leaks

(see Checking Gas Connec-

tions, pages 13 and 14)

2. Replace control valve

1. Take apart gas tubing and

remove foreign matter

2. Locate and correct all leaks

(see Checking Gas Connec-

tions, pages 13 and 14)

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

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