Problem
Possible Causes
What To Do
Air conditioner
The air conditioner
•
Make sure the air conditioner plug is pushed completely
does not start
is unplugged.
into the outlet.
The fuse is blown/circuit
•
Check the house fuse/circuit breaker box and replace
breaker is tripped.
the fuse or reset the breaker.
Power failure.
•
If a power failure occurs, turn the air conditioner
OFF
.
When power is restored, wait 3 minutes to restart the
air conditioner to prevent tripping of the
compressor overload.
Air conditioner has
Power interruption or
•
When the power is restored, wait 3 minutes to restart
stopped running
power failure occurred.
the air conditioner to prevent tripping of the
compressor overload. Press the
ON/OFF
pad.
Air conditioner does not
Airflow is restricted.
•
Make sure there are no curtains, blinds or furniture
cool as it should
blocking the inlets located on the left and rear sides of
the air conditioner. Make sure there are at least 12
″
of space on all sides of the unit.
The temp control may not
•
In
COOL
mode, press the
Decrease
pad.
be set correctly.
The air filter is dirty.
•
Clean the filter at least every 30 days.
See the
Care and cleaning
section.
The room may have been hot.
•
When the air conditioner is first turned on, you need
to allow time for the room to cool down.
Cooling coils have iced up.
•
See
“Air conditioner freezing up and control beeps”
section below.
Air conditioner
Ice blocks the air flow and
•
Select the
COOL
mode and
HIGH
fan and set the
freezing up and
stops the air conditioner
thermostat to a higher temperature.
control beeps
from cooling the room.
The remote control
The battery is inserted
•
Check the position of the battery. See the
Care and
is not working
incorrectly.
Cleaning
section.
The battery may be dead.
•
Replace the battery.
Noise or vibration
The floor is not level.
•
Place unit on a flat, level surface.
Gurgling sound
This is normal.
TIMER feature not
A power outage or interruption
•
If the
TIMER
was set before the power outage, it will
working properly
occurred.
need to be reset after power is restored.
WATER FULL indicator
The unit has reached
•
The unit will resume its set operation once the collected
light is blinking and the
maximum water collection level.
water is sufficiently evaporated.
unit is still operating
WATER FULL indicator
The unit is designed to
1.
Unplug the power cord and roll the unit to a drain
light stays on and the unit
automatically evaporate water
or outside.
shuts off
collected in normal settings.
2.
Pull out the drain cap from the back bottom edge
However, in very humid settings,
and allow water to drain from the unit.
the unit may occasionally need
3.
Replace the drain cap and put the unit back
to be drained.
into operation.
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