The admiral AC unit we have resets itself after a couple of days. My mother says it resests when it's not on or not running. This is on the plug which is connected to a 3 prong outlet.It says on the plug that if it resets it's a problem, but I'm not sure since it occurs when it's not on. I noticed it says in the manual that you should have a electrician verify the plug is grounded, we never did that as it was not obvious and buried in the manual someplace.
Admiral AC resets
Jun 24, 2006
4 Replies
Sounds like there is a GFI somewhere in there that is tripping.
You're really going to have to give us some more information. Quit trying to talk scientific, and just tell us what it's doing. Or not doing. "resets" means different things to HVAC professionals, versus the rest of the world. There is very clearly not enough information for us to even guess, much less write anything helpful. YOu get to write the next post, and then I'll ask some very, very specific questions.
How can you diagnose? At this point, we don't really know what the thing is doing. It could be the thermostat is going click, it could be that the unit is cycling off on high limit switch, it could be cycling on overload. It could be....
I'd love to hear how you got that answer. Are you psychic?
What info do you need ? There is a green light on the plug itself (the
3 pr> You're really going to have to give us some more information. QuitJoin the Discussion
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