Vanguard VN10A Owner's Operation And Installation Manual - Vent-Free Natural Gas Heater

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VENT-FREE NATURAL GAS HEATER

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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning:

 Early signs

of carbon monoxide poisoning resemble the

flu, with headaches, dizziness, or nausea. If

you have these signs, the heater may not be

working properly. Get fresh air at once!

Have heater serviced. Some people are more

affected by carbon monoxide than others.

These include pregnant women, persons

with heart or lung disease or anemia, those

under the influence of alcohol, and those at

high altitudes.

Natural Gas:

 Natural gas is odorless. An

odor-making agent is added to natural gas.

The odor helps you detect a natural gas leak.

However, the odor added to natural gas can

fade. Natural gas may be present even though

no odor exists.

Make certain you read and understand all

warnings. Keep this manual for reference. It

is your guide to safe and proper operation of

this heater.

SAFETY

INFORMATION

WARNING ICON

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 WARNINGS

IMPORTANT: Read this owner’s

manual carefully and completely

before trying to assemble, oper-

ate, or service this heater. Im-

proper use of this heater can

cause serious injury or death from

burns, fire, explosion, and car-

bon monoxide poisoning.

 DANGER: Carbon monoxide

poisoning may lead to death!

1.

This appliance is only for use with the

type of gas indicated on the rating plate.

This appliance is not convertible for use

with other gases.

2.

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. Follow the

gas supplier’s instructions

• if you cannot reach your gas supplier,

call the fire department

3.

Heater model VN10A shall not be in-

stalled in a bathroom.

4.

Always run heater with control knob

at LOW or HIGH locked positions

(VN10A) or ON position (VN6D).

Never set control knob between locked

positions. Poor combustion may result.

5.

This heater needs fresh, outside air ven-

tilation to run properly. This heater has

an oxygen depletion sensing (ODS)

safety shutoff system. The ODS shuts

down the heater if not enough fresh air

is available. See Air for Combustion

and Ventilation, pages 4 through 6.

6.

Keep all air openings in front and bot-

tom of heater clear and free of debris.

This will insure enough air for proper

combustion.

7.

If heater shuts off, do not relight until

you provide fresh, outside air. If heater

keeps shutting off, have it serviced.

8.

Do not run heater

• where flammable liquids or vapors

are used or stored

• under dusty conditions

9.

Before using furniture polish, wax, car-

pet cleaner, or similar products, turn

heater off. If heated, the vapors from

these products may create a white pow-

der residue within burner box or on

adjacent walls or furniture.

10. Do not use heater if any part has been

under water. Immediately call a quali-

fied 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.

11. Turn off heater and let cool before ser-

vicing. Only a qualified service person

should service and repair heater.

12. Operating heater above elevations of

4,500 feet could cause pilot outage.

 WARNING: Any change to

this heater or its controls can be

dangerous.

Do not place clothing or other

flammable material on or near

the appliance. Never place any

objects on the heater.

Surface of heater becomes very

hot when running heater. Keep

children and adults away from

hot surface to avoid burns or

clothing ignition. Heater will re-

main hot for a time after shut-

down. Allow surface to cool be-

fore touching.

Carefully supervise young chil-

dren when they are in the same

room with heater.

Make sure grill guard is in place

before running heater.

Keep the appliance area clear and

free from combustible materials,

gasoline and other flammable

vapors and liquids.

Due to high temperatures, the

appliance should be located out

of traffic and away from furniture

and draperies.

 WARNING: Do not use any

accessory not approved for use

with this heater.