Page 2 - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning:; WARNINGS; DANGER: Carbon monoxide
2 102490 NATURAL GAS HEATER VANGUARD VN10T Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Early signs of carbon monoxide poisoning re-semble the flu, with headaches, dizziness,or nausea. If you have these signs, the heatermay not be working properly. Get fresh airat once! Have heater serviced. Some peopleare more affec...
Page 3 - OWNER’S MANUAL; LOCAL CODES; American National Standards Institute, Inc.; UNPACKING; Remove heater from carton.; Safety Pilot; Figure 1 - Model VN10T Vent-Free Natural Gas Heater; WARNING: This heater shall; Continued
3 102490 OWNER’S MANUAL LOCAL CODES Install and use heater with care. Follow alllocal codes. In the absence of local codes,use the latest edition of National Fuel GasCode ANSI Z223.1, also known as NFPA54*. *Available from: American National Standards Institute, Inc. 1430 Broadway New York, NY 10018...
Page 4 - Includes the room in which you; Unusually Tight Construction
4 102490 NATURAL GAS HEATER VANGUARD VN10T AIR FORCOMBUSTION ANDVENTILATION Continued DETERMINING AIR FLOWFOR HEATER LOCATION Determining if You Have aConfined or Unconfined Space Use this worksheet to determine if you havea confined or unconfined space. Space: Includes the room in which you will in...
Page 5 - VENTILATION AIR; Figure 2 - Ventilation Air from Inside Building; Ventilation Air From Outdoors; Do not provide openings
5 102490 OWNER’S MANUAL VENTILATION AIR Ventilation Air From InsideBuilding This fresh air would come from an adjoin-ing unconfined space. When ventilating toan adjoining unconfined space, you mustprovide two permanent openings: one within12" of the ceiling and one within 12" of thefloor on ...
Page 6 - Marking Screw Locations; Determine where you will locate heater.; Figure 5 - Mounting Screw Locations; JOINING WALL; For convenience and efficiency, install heater; CHECK GAS TYPE
6 102490 NATURAL GAS HEATER VANGUARD VN10T 2. Mark two mounting screw locations onwall (see Figure 5). INSTALLING HEATER TOWALL Marking Screw Locations 1. Determine where you will locate heater. Figure 5 - Mounting Screw Locations Mounting Screw Locations 10 7/8" Minimum To Maintain 8" Clear...
Page 7 - Keyhole Slots; Removing Front Panel Of Heater; Mark screw location on wall.; Installing Two Mounting Screws; Wall anchors and mounting screws; Attaching to wall stud method; For attaching mounting screw to wall stud; Figure 6 - Folding Anchor; Figure 8 - Tightening Anchors
7 102490 OWNER’S MANUAL er Placing Heater On MountingScrews 1. Locate two keyhole slots on back panelof heater (see Figure 9). 2. Place large openings of slots overscrewheads. Slide heater down untilscrews are in small portion of slots. Figure 11 - Installing Bottom MountingScrew Figure 9 - Location...
Page 8 - Figure 12 - Gas Connection; Check gas line pressure; WARNING: Never connect
8 102490 NATURAL GAS HEATER VANGUARD VN10T IMPORTANT: Hold pressure regulator with wrench when connecting it to gas piping and/ or fittings. Figure 12 - Gas Connection * An A.G.A. design-certified manual shutoff valve with 1/8" NPT tap is an acceptablealternative to test gauge connection. Purcha...
Page 9 - Figure 13 - Manual Shutoff Valve; Open; Figure 14 - Checking Gas Joints; Correct all leaks at once.; WARNING: Never use an open
9 102490 OWNER’S MANUAL PRESSURE TESTINGHEATER GASCONNECTIONS 1. Open manual shutoff valve (see Figure13). 2. Open main gas valve located on or neargas meter. 3. Make sure control knob of heater is inthe OFF position. 4. Check all joints from manual shutoffvalve to control valve (see Figure 14).Appl...
Page 10 - Ignitor Electrode; CAUTION: Do not try to adjust; The thermostat sensing bulb mea-; Shutting Off Heater; Ignitor Button
10 102490 NATURAL GAS HEATER VANGUARD VN10T 1. Remove front panel (see Figure 10,page 7). 2. Follow steps 1 through 5 under Light-ing Instructions. 3. With control knob pressed in, strikematch. Hold match to pilot until pi-lot lights. 4. Keep control knob pressed in for 10seconds after pilot is lit....
Page 11 - BURNER FLAME PATTERN; Figure 19 - Correct Burner Flame Pattern; CABINET; Air Passageways; WARNING: Turn off heater; Pilot Burner; PILOT FLAME PATTERN; Figure 18 - Incorrect Pilot Flame Pattern
11 102490 OWNER’S MANUAL BURNER FLAME PATTERN Figure 19 shows a correct burner flamepattern. Figure 20 shows an incorrect burnerflame pattern. Figure 19 - Correct Burner Flame Pattern Figure 20 - Incorrect Burner Flame Pattern If burner flame pattern is incorrect, as shownin Figure 20 • turn heater ...
Page 12 - TROUBLESHOOTING; POSSIBLE CAUSE
12 102490 NATURAL GAS HEATER VANGUARD VN10T TROUBLESHOOTING POSSIBLE CAUSE 1. Ignitor cable pinched or wet 2. Ignitor electrode not connected to igni- tor cable 3. Piezo ignitor nut is loose 4. Broken ignitor cable5. Ignitor electrode broken6. Bad piezo ignitor7. Ignitor electrode positioned wrong 1...
Page 13 - OBSERVED PROBLEM
13 102490 OWNER’S MANUAL OBSERVED PROBLEM Burner plaques do not light after ODS/pilotis lit Delayed ignition of burner plaques Burner backfiring during combustion POSSIBLE CAUSE 1. Burner orifice(s) is clogged 2. Burner orifice(s) diameter is too small3. Inlet gas pressure is too low 1. Manifold pre...
Page 14 - IMPORTANT; REMEDY
14 102490 NATURAL GAS HEATER VANGUARD VN10T OBSERVED PROBLEM Heater produces unwanted odors Heater shuts off in use (ODS operates) Gas odor even when control knob is in OFFposition Gas odor during combustion Moisture/condensation noticed on windows POSSIBLE CAUSE 1. Heater burning vapors from paint,...
Page 15 - ACCESSORY; When gas pressure is too low; SERVICE HINTS; Parts Under Warranty; SPECIFICATIONS
15 102490 OWNER’S MANUAL ACCESSORY Purchase this heater accessory from yourlocal dealer. If they cannot supply this ac-cessory, call DESA International’s PartsDepartment at 1-800-972-7879 for referralinformation. You can also write to the ad-dress listed on the back page of this manual. MANUAL SHUTO...
Page 17 - PARTS LIST; KEY
17 102490 OWNER’S MANUAL PARTS LIST VN10T This list contains replaceable parts used in your heater. When ordering parts, follow the instructions listedunder Replacement Parts on page 15 of this manual. KEY PART NO. NUMBER DESCRIPTION QTY. 1 098304-01 Screw, #10 x 3/8" 2 2 098454-06CD Front Panel...
Page 18 - NOTES
18 102490 NATURAL GAS HEATER VANGUARD VN10T NOTES _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________...
Page 20 - KEEP THIS WARRANTY; Model; WARRANTY INFORMATION; LIMITED WARRANTY; For information about this warranty write:
2701 Industrial DriveP.O. Box 90004Bowling Green, KY 42102-9004 102490-01REV. E7/97 Always specify model and serial numbers when communicating with the factory. We reserve the right to amend these specifications at any time without notice. The only warranty applicable is ourstandard written warranty...