Heat Controller RAD-123H, RADS-101H, RADS-121H, RADS-81H manual Troubleshootingtips

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Owner’s Manual

Room Air Conditioner with R-410A

Heat Controller, Inc.

 

 

 

TROUBLESHOOTING￿TIPS

Before￿calling￿for￿service,￿review￿this￿list.￿It￿may￿save￿you￿time￿and￿expense. This￿list￿includes￿common occurrences￿that￿are￿not￿the￿result￿of￿defective￿workman-ship￿or￿materials￿in￿this￿appliance.

 

Problem

 

 

 

 

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air￿conditioner

 

 

 

Wall￿plug￿disconnected.￿Push￿plug￿firmly￿into￿wall￿outlet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

does￿not￿start

 

 

 

House￿fuse￿blown￿or￿circuit￿breaker￿tripped.￿Replace￿fuse￿with￿time￿delay￿type￿or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

reset￿circuit￿breaker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plug￿Current￿Device￿Tripped.￿Press￿the￿RESET￿button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Control￿is￿OFF.￿Turn￿Control￿ON￿and￿set￿to￿desired￿setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O

O

 

 

 

 

 

 

Room￿temperature￿below￿62°F17￿C(17°C62￿F).￿Cooling￿may￿not￿occur￿until￿room￿temperature

 

 

 

 

 

 

rises￿above 1762°F￿C(62(17°C)￿F)..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O

O

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air￿from￿unit￿does

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temperature￿sensing￿element￿touching￿cold￿coil,￿located￿behind￿air￿filter.￿Straighten

 

 

 

not￿feel￿cold

 

 

 

 

enough

 

tube￿away￿from￿coil.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset￿to￿a￿Lower￿temperature.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compressor￿shut-off￿by￿changing￿modes.￿Wait￿approximately￿3￿minutes￿and￿listen￿for

 

 

 

 

 

 

compressor￿to￿restart￿when￿set￿in￿the￿COOL mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air￿conditioner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O

 

 

 

 

 

Outdoor￿￿temperature￿below￿18￿￿C(64￿￿F)64°F (18°C). .￿To￿defrost￿the￿coil,￿set￿FAN￿ONLY mode.

 

 

cooling,￿but￿room

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air￿filter￿may￿be￿dirty.￿Clean￿filter.￿Refer￿to￿Care￿and￿Cleaning￿section.￿To￿defrost,

 

 

is￿too￿warm-￿ice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

set￿to￿FAN￿ONLY mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

forming￿on￿cooling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thermostat￿set￿too￿cold￿for￿night-time￿cooling.￿To￿defrost￿the￿coil,￿set￿to￿FAN￿ONLY

 

 

coil￿behind

 

 

 

 

 

decorative￿front.

 

 

 

mode.￿Then,￿set￿temperature￿to￿a￿Higher￿setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air￿conditioner

 

 

 

 

 

Dirty￿air￿filter-￿air￿restricted.￿Clean￿air￿filter.￿Refer￿to￿Care￿and￿Cleaning￿section.

 

 

cooling,￿but￿room

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temperature￿is￿set￿too￿High,￿set￿temperature￿to￿a￿Lower￿setting.

 

 

is￿too￿warm-￿NO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air￿directional￿louvers￿positioned￿improperly.￿Position￿louvers￿for￿better￿air￿distribution.

 

 

ice￿forming￿on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cooling￿coil￿behind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front￿of￿units￿is￿blocked￿by￿drapes,￿blinds,￿furniture,￿etc.￿-￿restricts￿air￿distribution.

 

 

decorative￿front.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clear￿blockage￿in￿front￿of￿unit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doors,￿windows,￿registers,￿etc.￿Open-￿cold￿air￿escapes.￿Close￿doors,￿windows,￿registers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit￿recently￿turned￿on￿in￿hot￿room. Allow￿additional￿time￿to￿remove￿￿Stored￿heat￿￿from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

walls,￿ceiling,￿floor￿and￿furniture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air￿conditioner￿turns￿on

 

 

 

Dirty￿air￿filter-￿air￿restricted.￿Clean￿air￿filter.

 

 

 

and￿off￿rapidly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outside￿temperature￿extremely￿hot.￿Set￿FAN￿speed￿to￿a￿Higher￿setting￿to￿bring￿air￿past

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cooling￿coils￿more￿frequently.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noise￿when￿unit￿is

 

 

 

Air￿movement￿sound.￿This￿is￿normal￿.￿If￿too￿loud,￿set￿to￿a￿slower￿￿FAN￿setting.

 

 

 

cooling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Window￿vibration￿-￿poor￿installation.￿Refer￿to￿installation￿instructions￿or￿check￿with￿installer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water￿dripping

 

Improper￿installation.￿Tilt￿air￿conditioner￿slightly￿to￿the￿outsiderear/outside￿to￿allow￿water￿drainagedrainage. .

 

 

 

INSIDE￿when

 

Refer￿to￿installation￿instructions￿-￿check￿with￿installer.

 

 

 

unit￿is￿cooling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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