Turn the rocker switch left to begin the start/heater-on cycle, and move the
temp knob all the way down to the "little" lines. The fan will come on as
you've
said, turn the knob toward the large lines which is telling the heater how
hot
you want it to heat, how long you want it to run before it reaches that temp
and shuts off.

The heater is supposed to be "started" with the thermostat dial at the
lowest
setting, then once the on/rocker switch is turned left/down and the fan
begins
blowing that indicates your start cycle has started. When it's very cold,
the
green light on the right comes on at the lowest thermostat setting but when
it's not so cold, the thermostat has to be rotated to get the green light to
come
on and the start/heat cycle to start.

The red light just means the heater is on and when the ambient inside cabin
temp gets low enough, the green/start light comes on and the fan starts.

Hope this helps get the chill off your home.

bob

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I thought the south was supposed to be warm!  But no.  And my propex heater
> doesn't seem to be working.
>
> Can someone who has one (or knows them) give me some info?  I have this
> switch box/thermostat for it.  The switch can go left, right or in the
> middle (middle is off) and the thermostat dial can go from what I assume is
> minimal heat (very short bars on the dial) to hottest (long bars on the
> dial).
>
> When I switch it left, towards the little picture of a flame, red and
> yellow
> lights come on.  The fan blows for ten seconds and stops. No heat, just
> cold
> air.  When I switch it right, towards some other little picture that I
> can't
> interpret, one green light comes on.  The fan blows constantly.  No heat,
> just cold air.  Turning the thermostat dial makes no difference to any of
> it.
>
> What is supposed to happen when I turn the switch either way?  And what
> would be causing this lack of heat?
>
>
>
>
> Joy and Matilda, who are way too cold in Chattanooga
>