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LG Air Conditoner - Takes A While to Start Cooling

  • Troubleshooting

During operation, if you turn off the air conditioner and turn it on immediately then there is no cold wind right away.
To prevent malfunctions of the compressor for the outdoor unit of the air conditioner, the safeguards installed in all the products will enable operation after 3 minutes of break upon termination of operation.

[Compressor operation delay by 3 minutes]

Outdoor unit operation delayed by 3 minutes Image
Note
Each time you press the Start/Stop button, 3 minutes are newly counted.
For instance, if you wait for 2 minutes and 50 seconds and turn off and on again then another 3 minute break will start.

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If you turn off and turn on the air conditioner, check if the outdoor unit begins to operate after more than 3 minutes.

This guide was created for all models, so the images or content may be different from your product.

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