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3. Outdoor unit failure mode table
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The left lamp of OPERA- | Abnormal point | (Outdoor P.C. |
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TION INDICATOR lamp | board) | Condition | Correspondence | unit failure mode | ||||
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OFF | Non (Normal) | — | — | — | — |
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| IPM protection stop or lock protection stop is continuously | • Check the connection of the |
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Outdoor power system | Lighting | Lighting | performed 3 times within 1 minute after the compres- | • Refer to | "How to check | ○ | ||
sor gets started, or converter protection stop or | inverter / compressor". | |||||||
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| voltage protection stop is continuously performed 3 times | • Refer to | "Check of | ||
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| within 3 minutes after | compressor start failure". |
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| • Check the stop valve. |
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| Discharge temperature thermistor | Lighting | Once |
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| Defrost thermistor (MUZ) | Lighting | Once |
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| Ambient temperature thermistor | Lighting | Twice |
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| Thermistor shorts or opens during compressor running. |
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Fin temperature thermistor | Lighting | 3 times |
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| P.C. board temperature thermistor | Lighting | 4 times |
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| Outdoor heat exchanger tempera- | Lighting | 9 times |
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Overcurrent | Once | 28 A current flow into intelligent power module. | inverter/ compressor." | — | ||||
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| compressor start failure". |
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| • Check the stop valve. |
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| Temperature of discharge temperature thermistor exceeds | • Check refrigerant circuit and |
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Discharge temperature | Lighting | Lighting | 241 °F (116 °C), compressor stops. Compressor can | refrigerant amount. | — | |||
restart if discharge temperature thermistor reads 212 °F | • Refer to | "Check of | ||||||
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| (100 °C) or less 3 minutes later. | LEV". |
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High pressure | Lighting | Lighting | The outdoor heat exchanger temperature exceeds 158 °F | • Check refrigerant circuit and | — | |||
(70 °C) during cooling or the indoor gas pipe temperature | refrigerant amount. | |||||||
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| exceeds 158 °F (70 °C) during heating (MUZ). | • Check the stop valve. |
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| Fin temperature | 3 times | Goes | The fin temperature exceeds 189 °F (87 °C) during opera- | • Check around outdoor unit. |
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| P.C. board temperature | 4 times | Goes | The P.C. board temperature exceeds 158 °F (70 °C) during | • Refer to | "Check of |
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Outdoor fan motor | Lighting | Lighting | Failure occurs continuously 3 times within 30 seconds | • Refer to | "Check of | — | ||
after the fan gets started. | outdoor fan motor". | |||||||
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Nonvolatile memory data | Lighting | 5 times | Nonvolatile memory data cannot be read properly. | • Replace the outdoor electronic | ○ | |||
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| The frequency of the compressor is kept 80 Hz or more | • Check refrigerant circuit and |
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Discharge temperature | Lighting | Lighting | and the discharge temperature is kept under 102 °F (39 °C) | — | ||||
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| Communication error occurs between the electronic control | • Check the connecting wire | — | ||
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| P.C. board and power board for more than 10 seconds. | between outdoor electronic | |||
| Lighting | 6 times |
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| P.C. boards | The communication between boards protection stop is | ○ | |||||
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| continuously performed twice. |
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| A short or open circuit is detected in the current sensor | • Replace the power board. | — | ||
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| Current sensor | Lighting | 7 times |
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Current sensor protection stop is continuously performed |
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| Zero cross signal cannot be detected while the compres- | • Check the connecting wire | — | ||
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| Zero cross detecting circuit | 5 times | Goes out |
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| The protection stop of the zero cross detecting circuit is | and power board. | ○ | |||||
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NOTE : Blinking patterns of this mode differ from the ones of Troubleshooting check table
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