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Safety Precautions
•Keepthismanualwheretheusercaneasilyndit.
•Readtheprecautionsinthismanualcarefullybeforeoperatingtheunit.
•TheprecautionsdescribedhereinareclassiedasWARNINGandCAUTION.Theybothcontainimportantinformation
regardingsafety.Besuretoobserveallprecautionswithoutfail.
WARNING CAUTION
Failuretofollowtheseinstructionsproperlymayresultin
personalinjuryorlossoflife.
Failuretofollowtheseinstructionsproperlymayresultin
propertydamageorpersonalinjury,whichmaybeserious
dependingonthecircumstances.
Neverattempt. Besuretofollowthe
instructions.
Besuretoestablishanearth
connection.
•Afterreading,keepthismanualinaconvenientplacesothatyoucanrefertoitwhenevernecessary.Iftheequipmentis
transferredtoanewuser,besurealsotohandoverthemanual.
WARNING
• To avoidre,explosionorinjury,donotoperatetheunitwhenharmfulgases(e.g.ammableorcorrosive)aredetectednearthe
unit.
• Beawarethatprolonged,directexposuretocoolorwarmairfromtheairconditioner,ortoairthatistoocoolortoowarm,canbe
harmfultoyourphysicalconditionandhealth.
• Donotplaceobjects,includingrods,yourngers,etc.,intheairinletoroutlet.Productdamageorpersonalinjurymayresultdueto
contactwiththeairconditioner’shigh-speedfanblades.
• Donotattempttorepair,dismantle,reinstallormodifytheairconditioneryourselfasthismayresultinwaterleakage,electric
shocksorrehazards.
• Donotuseammablesprayneartheairconditioner,orotherwiseremayresult.
• Donotusearefrigerantotherthantheoneindicatedontheoutdoorunit(R410A)wheninstalling,movingorrepairing.Usingother
refrigerantsmaycausetroubleordamagetotheunit,andpersonalinjury.
• To avoidelectricshocks,donotoperatewithwethands.
• Bewareofreincaseofrefrigerantleakage.Iftheairconditionerisnotoperatingcorrectly,i.e.notgeneratingcoolorwarmair,
refrigerantleakagecouldbethecause.Consultyourdealerforassistance.Therefrigerantwithintheairconditionerissafeand
normallydoesnotleak.
However,intheeventofaleakage,contactwithanakedburner,heaterorcookermayresultingenerationofnoxiousgas.Donot
usetheairconditioneruntilaqualiedservicepersonconrmsthattheleakagehasbeenrepaired.
• Donotattempttoinstallorrepairtheairconditioneryourself.Improperworkmanshipmayresultinwaterleakage,electricshocksor
rehazards.Pleasecontactyourlocaldealerorqualiedpersonnelforinstallationandmaintenancework.
• Iftheairconditionerismalfunctioning(givingoffaburningodour,etc.),turnoffpowertotheunitandcontactyourlocaldealer.
Continuedoperationundersuchcircumstancesmayresultinafailure,electricshocksorrehazards.
•
Besuretoinstallanearthleakagecircuitbreaker.Failuretoinstallanearthleakagecircuitbreakermayresultinelectricshocksorre.
•Besuretoearththeunit.Donotearththeunittoautilitypipe,lightningconductorortelephoneearthlead.Imperfectearthingmay
resultinelectricshocks.
CAUTION
• Donotusetheairconditionerforpurposesotherthanthoseforwhichitisintended.Donotusetheairconditionerforcooling
precisioninstruments,food,plants,animalsorworksofartasthismayadverselyaffecttheperformance,qualityand/orlongevityof
theobjectconcerned.
• Donotexposeplantsoranimalsdirectlytotheairowfromtheunitasthismaycauseadverseeffects.
• Donotplaceappliancesthatproducenakedamesinplacesexposedtotheairowfromtheunitasthismayimpaircombustionof
theburner.
• Donotblocktheairinletsnoroutlets.Impairedairowmayresultininsufcientperformanceortrouble.
• Donotsitontheoutdoorunit,putthingsontheunit,orpulltheunit.Doingsomaycauseaccidents,suchasfallingortoppling
down,thusresultingininjury,productmalfunctioning,orproductdamage.
• Donotplaceobjectsthataresusceptibletomoisturedirectlybeneaththeindoororoutdoorunits.Undercertainconditions,
condensationonthemainunitorrefrigerantpipes,airlterdirtordrainblockagemaycausedripping,resultinginfoulingorfailure
oftheobjectconcerned.
• Afterprolongeduse,checktheunitstandanditsmountsfordamage.Iftheyareleftinadamagedcondition,theunitmayfalland
causeinjury.
• To avoidinjury,donottouchtheairinletoraluminiumnsoftheindoororoutdoorunits.
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