Troubleshooting - Whirlpool AMD 017 Manual

• Install the outdoor unit at a place where the air
discharged and the operation noise would not
annoy your neighbours.
• Do not place any obstacles in front of the air
outlet of the outdoor unit lest it increases the
noise level.
Features of protection device
1. Protection device
Wait at least 3 minutes before restarting the unit
after operation stops or changing mode during
operation.
After connecting to power supply and turning on
the appliance immediately, a delay of 20 seconds
may occur before it starts to operate.
2. If all operation has stopped, press ON/OFF
button again to restart. Timer should be set
again if it has been cancelled.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Operation problems are often due to minor causes that can be found and fixed without
using any tools:
Trouble
• Is the protection device or fuse blown?
• Please wait for 3 minutes and start again, protection device may be preventing
Does not run
• Are the RC batteries low?
• Is the plug not properly plugged?
• Is the air filter dirty?
No cooling or
• Are the intakes and outlets of the air conditioner blocked?
heating air
• Is the temperature set properly?
• Has there been a strong interference (from excessive static electricity discharge,
Ineffective control
Does not operate
• 3 minute delay will occur when changing mode during operation.
immediately
• This smell may come from another source such as furniture, cigarette etc, which
Peculiar smell
A sound of running • Normal behaviour caused by the flow of refrigerant in the air conditioner.
water • Defrosting sound in heating mode.
• The sound may be generated by the expansion or contraction of the front panel
Cracking sound
• Mist is present in the room with low temperature? Normal behaviour due to
Mist sprays from
the outlet
unit to work.
power supply voltage abnormality)? Note that operation will be abnormal, in this
case unplug from the power supply and re-plug after 2-3 seconds.
is sucked in the unit and blown out with the air.
due to temperature changes.
cool air discharged from indoor unit during COOLING or DRY operation
mode.
Features of HEATING mode
Preheating
2-5 minutes are necessary to preheat the indoor
unit at HEATING operation start.
Defrosting (out door unit)
In HEATING operation the appliance will defrost
(de-ice) automatically to raise efficiency.
This procedure usually lasts 2-10 minutes. During
defrosting, fan stops operation.
After defrosting completes, it returns to
HEATING mode automatically.
Note: Heating is NOT available for cooling only
air conditioner models.
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