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Air conditioner
doesnotstart
What To Do
• Make sure the air conditioner
plug is pushed
completely
into the outlet.
Possible Causes
The air conditioner
is unplugged.
The
fuse
is blown/circuit
• Check
tile house
tuse/circuit
breaker
box
and
replace
breaker
is tripped,
the
fl/se or reset
the
breakeL
Power
failure.
•/f
power
taihu'e
occurs,
turn
the
air
conditioner
OFF.
_.Vheu
power
is restored,
wait
3 minutes
to restart
the
air
conditioner
to l)reveut
tril)l)ing
of the
COml)ressor
overloa
d.
Air conditioner
does
not
Airflow
is restricted.
• Make
sm'e
there
are no curtnius,
blinds
or flu'nimre
cool as it should
bh wking
the
fi'(mt
of the air c(m(litione_:
The
temp
control
]nay not
• On
models
with
touch
pads:/n
COOL mode,
press
the
be set correctly.
DECREASE Vl)ad.
• On
models
with
control
knobs,
tt/rI]
the
temperature
knob
to a higher
numbeL
The
air filter
is dirty.
• Clean
the filter
at least
evel y 30 da):s.
See the OperatingInstructions section.
The
room
]nay have
been
hot.
• _'_]/eu
the air conditioner
ix fi_t
turl]ed
Ol], you
l]eed
to
allow
time
tot
the
1"00111
10
cool
dowl].
Cold
air is escaping.
• Check
fi)r open
flU'hate
floor
registers
mid cold
air returns.
• Set the
air conditioner's
vent
to the
closed
position.
Cooling
coils
have
iced
up.
• See
"Air conditionerfreezingup"
beh)w.
Air conditioner
freezingup
Ice blocks
the air
flow
and
stops
the air conditioner
from
cooling
the
room.
• On models
with control
knobs,
set the mode
control
at
HIGH FAN or HIGH COOLwith the temp at I or 2.
• On models
with totwh pads, set the controls
at
HIGH (1:3)FAN or HIGH (1:3)COOLand set the thexmostat
to a higher
temperatm'e.
The remote control
The batteries
are hlserted
• Check
the position
of the batteries.
They shotfld be
is not working
incorrectly,
inserted
in the ol)posite
(+) and (-) direction.
The batteries
may be dead.
• Replace
the batteries.
Water drips outside
Excessively
hot and
• This ix nomml.
hmnid weather.
Water drips indoors
The air conditioner
is not
• For l)roper water disposal,
make sure the air conditioner
tilted to the outside,
slants slightly from the case ti'ont to the real
Water collects in
Moisture
is removed
from
• This ix n(mual
for a short period
in areas with little
base pan
indoor
air mad drains into
lmmi(liU;
m renal fl n"a hmger
pefi()d in ve_T humid
areas.
rear of a cabinet
where
a fan
blows it against the outdoor
condenser
coil.
TIMERfeaturenot
workingproperly
A power
outage
or interruption
• In the
case ota
power
outage
or interruption,
the
trait
occurred.
77MERieattu'e
will reset
to the
original
setting.
Yi)u may
need
to set a new time
it desired.
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