Heat Controller REG-183H, RADS-183H, RADS-151H, REG-253H, RADS-253H manual Troubleshootingtips

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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