TROUBLE-SHOOTING
The following table lists possible problems and their likely causes. Most of these will require a
professionalservicemanandwerecommendthatthisworkbeperformedbyanAuthorisedTechnician.Ifa
problemcannotbesolvedafterreferringtothistable,pleasecallyourMasportgasfireDealerforhelp.
PROBLEM POSSIBLECAUSE(S) SOLUTION
Pilotwillnotlightandthereis
nostrongbluespark.
Faultybatteryinigniter(Santa
Feonly).
FitanewAAalkalinecellin
igniter.(Seeroutine
Maintenance).
Faultyelectrodewireorwire
connection(s).
Makesurewireisnotshorting
andconnectionsarefirmateach
end.
Pilotwillnotlighteven
thoughthereisastrongblue
spark.
Incorrectlightingprocedure. Followtheinstructionsinthis
manual.
Nogassupplyatheater. Checkforclosedgasvalve(s)or
faultygassupplylines.
Pilotfilterorjetblocked. Replacethefilterincontrolvalve
(BostonandOdessaonly).Clean
jet(Bothmodels).
NofuelinLPGsystem. ReplenishLPGsupply.
Pilotstaysalightbutmain
burnerwillnotlight.
Thermostat,(SantaFemodels),
isswitchedtoOFForsettoa
lowtemperature.
Checkthermostatsetting.Switch
toONorturntoahigher
temperature.
Smelloffluegasintheroom. Fluegasspillingfromthe
draughtdiverterattherearofthe
heater(BostonandOdessaonly).
Checkforflueblockage,negative
airpressureintheroomor
circumstancescausingdown-
draught.
Smellofgasintheroom. Pipefittingsmaybeleaking. Checkalljointsforleaks,
includingthegassupplysystem,
thepilotlightsupplytube,the
mainburnersupplytubeandall
connectionstothecontrolvalve
andpressurereducingvalve(NG
models).UseONLYaproper
leakchecksolution.NEVER
USEANOPENFLAMETO
CHECKFORLEAKS.
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