Instructions / Assembly
Troubleshooting 
 SYMPTOM 
POSSIBLE CAUSE 
CORRECTIVE ACTION 
1. Pilot will not stay lit 
after following 
lighting instructions. 
A.  Generator producing 
insufficient millivolts. 
Check pilot flame – it must impinge on the generator from 1/4 to 3/8-inches . 
Be sure the thermocouple is fully inserted in its bracket. 
B.  Loose or dirty 
generator 
connections at gas 
valve. 
Clean and/or tighten the connections at the valve. 
C.  Generator defective. 
Check  the  generator  with millivolt meter. Take reading at  the  generator 
terminals of the valve with the valve placed in "Pilot" position. Disconnect the 
thermostat wires. The millivolt reading should be 450 millivolts or more. 
D.  Grounded thermostat 
wire. 
Remove the thermostat wires from the valve terminals. 
If the pilot now stays lit, trace the thermostat wiring circuit for a ground. May 
be grounded to heater, gas supply, nails or staples. 
E.  Defective valve. 
Replace the gas valve after above is verified. 
2. Pilot burning - no 
gas to the main 
burner. 
A.  Thermostat not turned 
to a position calling 
for heat. 
Set the thermostat to a position calling for heat. 
B.  Plugged burner 
orifice. 
Clean or replace. 
C.  Improperly wired or 
broken thermostat 
wires. 
Defective thermostat. 
Check  the  connections  at  valve  terminals.  If  valve  operates,  check  the 
thermostat wires. 
D.  Pilot generator may 
not be generating 
sufficient millivoltage 
to open valve. 
See 1A and 1C above. 
E.  Defective valve. 
Replace. 
3. Burner comes "ON" 
but goes OFF 
before blower turns 
ON. 
A.  Thermostat location. 
Check the  thermostat location. It  should  not  be in  the path of warm  air 
discharge from heater, near a lamp, or above a T.V. or stereo. 
B.  Defective thermostat. 
Check the thermostat calibration or replace. 
4. Heater not 
producing sufficient 
heat. 
A.  Heater may be too 
small for space being 
heated. 
Check heat sizing calculations. 
B.  Heater not burning at 
full rate. 
Check  for  low  gas  pressure  at  gas  valve.  It  should  be  4  inches  W.C.  for 
Natural Gas; 10.5 inches W.C. for L.P.G. Check for blocked burner orifice. 










