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HEAT | When defrost operation |
| Defrost operation begins based on outdoor heat |
| begins, frost has formed |
| exchanger temperature and outdoor air |
| on the outdoor unit | Indoor fan : Stopped | temperature conditions. |
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| temperature is low). | Outdoor fan : Stopped | 1. After HEAT operation begins, the temperature |
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| Compressor : 80 Hz | of the outdoor heat exchanger is at or below the |
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| Solenoid valve (for hot gas bypass): ON | L1 line for 35 minutes. |
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| the time is 48 minutes) | |
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| Operation lamp : Red and orange ON | 2. After HEAT operation begins, the temperature |
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| alternately | of the outdoor heat exchanger is at or below the |
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| L2 line for 120 minutes. |
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| The |
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| The outdoor fan stops and the solenoid |
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| valve turns ON, allowing the refrigerant to |
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| bypass the indoor unit. |
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| The operating frequency during defrost is |
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| 80 Hz. (Frequency is lowered if the current |
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| peak |
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| The maximum length of a single defrost |
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| operation is 12 minutes. |
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| For the outdoor heat exchanger temperature |
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| conditions for ending defrost, refer to Table 1. |
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| Defrost release | Indoor fan turns ON. |
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| After 10 seconds, the solenoid valve |
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| (for hot gas bypass) turns OFF. |
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| When the cold air feel has disappeared, |
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| the indoor fan starts and gradually increases |
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| speed until it reaches the set speed. |
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| STOP | All indicator lamps turn OFF. The indoor and |
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| [Clean defrost] | outdoor units stop. |
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| Defrost is performed |
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| when the outdoor unit is |
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| stopped, and the |
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| temperature of the |
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| outdoor unit coil is at or |
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| below the L1 line. |
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| (Refer to Fig. 1.) |
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| Operation is restarted | Starts operating in the same operating mode | Within 4 hours after operation was stopped, it is |
| within 4 hours (only when | (HEAT) and with the same temperature | assumed that there has been no significant |
| AUTO mode is selected | settings as before operation was stopped. | change in the indoor and outdoor temperatures, |
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| and the previous conditions (HEAT) are stored. |
| controller). |
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| Operation starts after 4 | New operation begins based on the |
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| hours or more have | temperature conditions at the time the |
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| passed. | ON/OFF button is pressed. |
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Outdoor heat exchanger temperature
L2
L1
0Outdoor air temperature
(– 6) (– 7)
(– 24) (– 25)
Temperature of releasing
Defrost operation time | Less than 2 minutes | 2 minutes or more | |
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Heat exchanger | No releasing | 14 °C or higher (*1) | |
temperature for | |||
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releasing defrosting |
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*1 The temperature for releasing of defrosting is (20 °C) or higher when the outdoor air temperature is less than 0 °C.
Fig. 1 | Table 1 |
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