Troubleshooting 16
Possible causes of trouble
Compressor stuck
Shortage of refrigerant
Restricted liquid line
Dirty air ter
Dirty evaporator coil
Insucient air through evaporator coil
Overcharge of refrigerant
Dirty or parally blocked condenser
Air or incompressible gas in refrigerant cycle
Short cycling of condensing air
High temperature condensing medium
Insucient condensing medium
Broken compressor internal parts
Inecient compressor
Exp
ansion valve obstructed
Expansion valve or capillary tube closed completely
Leaking power element on expansion valve
Poor installaon of feeler bulb
Heavy load condion
Loosen hold down bolts and / or screws
Shipping plates remain aached
Poor choices of capacity
Contact of piping with other piping or external plate
Unit will not start
Compressor will not start but fans run
Compressor and condenser (outdoor) fan will not
start
Evaporator (indoor) fan will not start
Condenser (Outdoor) fan will not start
Unit runs, but shortly stops
Compressor short-cycles due to overload
High discharge pressure
Low discharge pressure
High sucon pressure
Low sucon pressure
Unit runs connuously but insucient cooling
Too cool
Compressor is noisy
Horizontal louver can not revolve
Test method / remedy
Replace the compressor
Leak test
Replace restricted part
Clean or replace
Clean coil
Check fan
Change charged refrigerant volume
Clean condenser or remove obstacle
Purge, evacuate and recharge
Remove obstrucon to air ow
Remove obstrucon in air or water ow
Remove obstrucon in air or water ow
Replace compressor
Test compressor eciency
Replace valve
Replace val
ve
Replace valve
Fix feeler bulb
Check heat load
Tighten bolts or screws
Remove them
Choose AC of lager capacity or add the number of AC
Recfy piping so as not to contact each other or with external
plate