Tips
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Keep
filter
●
most efficient cooling,
keep the Ventilation Control in
the CLOSE position except when
you want to exhaust air, smoke or
odors from the room.
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Don t
the room
too
hot. Whenever possible, turn the
unit on
the room heats up.
When heat is “stored up” in walls,
furniture, rugs
draperies, your
conditioner
longer to
produce the desired comfort
condition.
●
Keep windows
doors
closed. Cool, dry
escapes
when they’re open.
●
Keep furnace
registers
cold
returns closed. Cold
easily
through them.
●
Don’t let
or furniture block
the top or front unit
restrict
flow when it is operating.
●
It’s best to operate your
conditioner
high
speed during
extremely hot weather.
●
Keep the outdoor condenser
coil clean.
●
Turn
conditioner off before
vacations or extended absences
from home.
Questions
Use This Problem Solver
PROBLEM
AIR CONDITIONER
DOES NOT OPERATE
AIR CONDITIONER
“DOES NOT COOL
AS IT SHOULD”
SOUNDS
WATER DRIPPING
OUTSIDE
WATER DRIPPING
INSIDE
WATER IN BASE PAN
(ON OUTDOOR SIDE)
POSSIBLE CAUSE
●
Not plugged in. Plug may have been bumped
loose by vacuum cleaner or furniture.
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If plugged in, fuse could have blown or
circuit breaker may have tripped.
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Curtain, blinds or furniture blocking the top or
the front of the air conditioner will restrict air
●
Thermostat Control
not be set high
enough. Move the knob to a higher number.
Highest setting should provide maximum
cooling.
●
Air filter dirty, should be cleaned at
every
days.
●
Room may have been very hot when air
conditioner was first turned on. Allow time
for it to cool down.
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Cold air may be escaping through open
furnace floor registers and cold air returns.
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Ventilation Control may be set at OPEN
position, allowing hot outside air to enter the
room.
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Cooling coils have iced up. To melt
move
the Selector Switch to HI FAN and the
Thermostat Control to a lower number.
●
Thermostat click, a metallic sound, may be
heard when compressor cycles on and off. This
is normal.
●
Fan runs continuously when Selector
Switch is in COOL or FAN position.
This is normal.
●
Excess water may
in extremely hot
and humid weather. This is normal.
●
Air conditioner must be installed level or tilted
slightly to the outside for proper water disposal.
●
This is normal for a short period in areas with
little humidity; normal for a longer period in
very humid areas. Moisture removed from
indoor air drains to rear of cabinet where it is
picked up by a fan and thrown against the
outdoor condenser coil.
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