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Owner's Operation and Installation Manual BLUE FLAME VENT-FREE NATURAL GAS SPACE HEATER OWNER’S OPERATION AND INSTALLATION MANUAL Do not store, or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance. 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 your gas supplier from a neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas supplier’s instructions. If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire department. Installation and service must be performed by a HB06MN-1 HB10MN-1 HB10TN-1 qualified installer, service agency or gas supplier. Table of Contents Important Safety Information.................................2 WARNING: Improper installation, Product Features.....................................................3 adjustment, alteration, service or mainte- Proper Ventilation & Fresh Air...............................4 nance can cause injury or property damage. Installation................................................................6 Refer to this manual for correct installation and operational procedures. For assistance or Operating Your Heater...........................................10 additional information consult a qualified Cleaning & Maintenance.......................................13 installer, service agency, or gas supplier. Trouble Shooting...................................................14 Specifications..........................................................17 This appliance may be installed in an aftermar- Parts List.................................................................19 ket* permanently located, manufactured (mobile) home, where not prohibited by local Warranty Information.............................................24 codes. WARNING: If the information in this This appliance is only for use with the type of gas indicated on the rating plate. This manual is not followed exactly, a fire or appliance is not convertible for use with other explosion may result causing property gases. damage, personal injury, or loss of life. *Aftermarket: Completion of sale, not for purpose of WARNING: This is an unvented gas-fired resale, from the manufacturer. heater. It uses air (oxygen) from the room in which it is installed. Provisions for WATER VAPOR: A BY-PRODUCT OF UNVENTED adequate combustion and ventilation air must ROOM HEATERS be provided. Refer to Air For Combus- Water vapor is a by-product of gas combustion. An tion and Ventilation section on page 4 of this unvented room heater produces approximately one manual. (1) ounce (30ml) of water for every 1,000 BTU’s (.3KW’s) of gas input per hour. Refer to page 3. Installer: Please leave these instructions with the A Division of Empire Comfort Systems,Inc. consumer. 918 Freeburg Avenue Belleville,IL 62220 Phone : 618-233-7420 or 1-800-851-3153 Consumer: Please retain these instructions for Fax : 618-233-7097 or 1-800-443-8648 future use. www.hearthrite.com IMPORTANT Keep the appliance area clear 8. Do not use heater if any part SAFETY INFORMATION and free from combustible has been under water. materials, gasoline, and other Immediately call a qualified service technician to inspect WARNINGS flammable vapors and liquids. the room heater and to 1. This appliance is only for use IMPORTANT: Read this replace any part of the control with the type of gas indicated owner’s manual carefully and system and any gas control on the rating plate. This completely before trying to which has been under water. appliance is not convertible for assemble, operate, or service 9. Turn off heater and let cool use with other gases. this heater. Improper use of 2. If you smell gas before servicing. Only a this heater can cause serious Shut off gas supply. qualified service person should injury or death from burns, Do not try to light any appliance. service and repair heater. fire, explosion, electrical Do not touch any electrical switch, 10. Operating heater above shock, and carbon monoxide do not use any phone in your elevations of 4,500 feet could poisoning. building. cause pilot outage. Immediately call your gas sup - 11. Do not install in a bathroom except model HB06MN. WARNING: Do not use any plier from a neighbor’s phone. accessory not approved for Follow the gas supplier’s instructions. DANGER: Carbon monoxide use with this heater. If you cannot reach your gas poisoning may lead to death! supplier, call the fire department. WARNING: Any change to 3. This heater needs fresh, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: this heater or its controls can outside air ventilation to run Early signs of carbon monoxide be dangerous. properly. This heater has an poisoning resemble the flu with Oxygen Depletion Sensor headaches, dizziness, or nausea. (ODS) safety shutoff system. If you have these signs, the heater Do not place clothing or other The ODS shuts down the may not be working properly. Get flammable material on or near heater if not enough fresh air fresh air at once! Have heater the appliance. Never place any is available. See Fresh Air For serviced. Some people are more objects on the heater. Combustion And Ventilation affected by carbon monoxide than pages 4 through 6. others. These include pregnant Due to high temperatures, heater 4. Keep all air openings in the front women, persons with heart or lung should be kept out of and bottom of heater clear disease or anemia, those under the traffic and away from furniture and free of debris. This will influence of alcohol, and those and draperies. insure enough air for proper at high altitudes. combustion. Surface of heater becomes 5. If heater shuts off. Do not Natural Gas: Natural gas is odorless. relight until you provide fresh very hot when running heater. An odor-making agent is added to outside air. If heater keeps Keep children and adults away natural gas. The odor helps you de- shutting off, have it serviced. from hot surface to avoid burns tect a natural gas leak . However, 6. Do not operate heater or clothing ignition. Heater will the odor added to natural gas can where flammable liquids or remain hot for a time after shut fade. Natural gas may be present vapors are used or stored down. Allow surface to cool under dusty conditions even though no odor exists. Make before touching. 7. Turn heater off before using certain you read and understand all furniture polish, wax, carpet warnings. Keep this manual for Carefully supervise young cleaner, or similar products, If reference. It is your guide to safe and children when they are in the heated, the vapors from these proper operation of this heater. same room with heater. products may create a white powder residue within burner Make sure grill guard is in box or on adjacent walls or place before running heater. furniture. 2 PRODUCT FEATURES LOCAL CODES Install and use heater with care. Follow all local Ignitor codes. In the absence of local codes, use the Button Control latest edition of National Fuel Gas Code ANSZ223.1, Knob also known as NFPA 54*. *Available from : American National Standards Institute, Inc. 1430 Broadway Grill New York, NY 10018 National Fire Protection Association, Inc. Burners Batterymarch Park Lower Quincy, MA 02269 Front Heater Panel Cabinet QUALIFIED INSTALLING AGENCY Installation and replacement of gas piping, gas utilization equipment or accessories and repair and servicing of equipment shall be performed only by a Figure1-Vent-Free Natural Gas Heater qualified agency. The term “qualified agency” means SAFETY DEVICE any individual, firm, corporation, or company that A standard requirement for all vent-free room either in person or through a representative is en- heaters. This heater has a pilot with an Oxygen gaged in and is responsible for (a) the installation, Depletion Sensor(ODS) safety shutoff system. testing, or replacement of gas piping or (b) the The ODS/pilot shuts off the heater if there is connection, installation, testing, repair, or servicing of not enough fresh air. equipment; that is experienced in such work; that is familiar with all precautions required, and that has PIEZO IGNITION SYSTEM complied with all the requirements of the authority This heater is equipped with a piezo ignitor. having jurisdiction. This system requires no matches, batteries, or State of Massachusetts: The installation must be other sources to light heater. made by a licensed plumber or gas fitter in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. THERMOSTATIC HEAT CONTROL ON Sellers of unvented propane or natural gas-fired supplemental room heaters shall provide to each THERMOSTAT MODELS purchaser a copy of 527 CMR 30 upon sale of the These heaters have a control valve with a unit. thermostat sensing bulb. This results in the In the state of Massachusetts, unvented propane or greatest heater comfort and may result in nature gas-fired space heaters shall be prohibited lower gas bills. in bedrooms and bathrooms. UNPACKING 1. Remove heater from carton. 2. Remove all protective packaging applied to heater for shipment. 3. Check heater for any shipping damage. If heater is damaged. promptly inform dealer where you bought heater. WATER VAPOR: A BY-PRODUCT OF UNVENTED ROOM HEATERS Water vapor is a by-product of gas combustion. An The following steps will help insure that water vapor unvented room heater produces approximately one does not become a problem. (1) ounce (30ml) of water for every 1,000 BTU’s 1. Be sure the heater is sized properly for the (.3KW’s) of gas input per hour. application, including ample combustion air and Unvented room heaters are recommended as supple- circulation air. mental heat (a room) rather than a primary heat 2. If high humidity is experienced, a dehumidifier source (an entire house). In most supplemental heat may be used to help lower the water vapor content applications, the water vapor does not create a of the air. problem. In most applications, the water vapor en- 3. Do not use an unvented room heater as the hances the low humidity atmosphere experienced primary heat source. during cold weather. 3 FRESH AIR FOR Unusually Tight Construction Confined and COMBUSTION AND The air that leaks around doors and Unconfined Space windows may provide enough fresh VENTILATION The National Fuel Gas Code ANS air for combustion and ventilation.
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