GE 3000 Series Use and Care Manual

Contents

Ak Cond7ioner

Air Filter
Appliance Registration

Auxiliary Controls
Care and Cleaning

Condenser Coils
Energy-Saving Tips

Fan Cycle Switch
Freeze Sentinel

Heating Economy Switch
Indicator Lights

Master Controls
Model and Serial Numbers

Problem Solver
Repair Service

Room Cabinet and Case
Safety Instructions

Thermostat Control
Unit Power Switch

Ventilation Control
Warranty

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Before
air conditioner, read
this book carefully.

It is intended to help you operate
and maintain your new air
conditioner properly.

Keep it handy for answers to your
questions.

If you don’t understand something
or need more help, write (include
your phone number):

Consumer Affairs
GE Appliances
Appliance Park
Louisville, KY 40225

Write down the model
and serial numbers.

You’ll find them on a label behind

the

These numbers are
Consumer Product Ownership
Registration Card that came with
your air conditioner. Before sending
in this card, please write these
numbers here:

Model Number

Serial Number

usi~your

room cabinet.

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on the

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men

using this appliance, always

exemise basic

including

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intended purpose as

this Use and Care Book.

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Wtructions

SAW -E

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. Keep the air
instructions on page 5.)

. For most efficient operation,
keep vent in closed position except
when you want to let
enter the room.

. Don’t let the room get too hot or
too cold. Whenever possible, turn
the unit on before the room heats
up or cools off. If you don’t, the air
conditioner will take longer to
produce the desired comfort
condition.

●

Keep windows and doors closed.
Conditioned air escapes when
they’re open.

●

Keep furnace floor registers and
cold air returns closed when
is desired. Conditioned air can
easily escape through them.

. Don’t let drapes or
the front of the unit and restrict air
flow when it is operating.

. It’s

best to

conditioner at high speed during
extremely hot or cold weather.

●

Keep the outdoor condenser coil

clean. (See page 5.)

●

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the air conditioner off
before vacations or extended
absences.

filter

clean. (See

oufiide

firniture

operate your air

air

cootig

block

Use these numbers in any
correspondence or service calls
concerning your air conditioner.

If you reeeived a damaged air
conditioner,

deder (or builder) that sold

the
you the air conditioner.

Save time and money.
Before you request service,

check the Problem Solver on
page 6. It
operating problems that you
can correct yourself.

immediately contact

lism

causes of minor

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Opemting

the

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ON/STOP

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Inficator L@@

Lights when the

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U

HEAT

n

Ventilation control

iS

set at

Lights when the air
conditioner is
operating in the
cooling mode.

THERMOSTAT

OpEN.

WARMERk

A

FAN ONLY

Thermostat Control

The Thermostat Control has
numbered settings plus a FAN
ONLY position.

Slide the Thermostat Switch
to the lower numbers for cooler
temperatures, to the higher numbers
for warmer temperatures.

For fan only operation, without the
compressor or heater, slide the
Thermostat Switch W the way to the
right to the FAN ONLY position.

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Whenever room air temperature
at the air conditioner falls to
approximately
automatically come on in the
heating mode.

Sentinel

40°F.,

the unit will

OPERATION

PUSH

1

COOL HEAT

LOW,

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‘ANSPEED ~

Master

Push
turn the air conditioner on; push
again to turn it off.

If the unit does not operate when
you push this button to start it,
check to see if the Unit Power
Switch located behind the room
cabinet is on. See page 4.*

Slide the Selector Switch to COOL
for cooling, or to HEAT for

heating.
Slide the Fan Speed Switch to

LOW for cooling or heating with
low fan speed operation.
HIGH for cooling or heating with
high fan speed operation.

*Not
a 3-minute delay before the

compressor starts is normal.

Controb

the

Operation Button once to

Slide

it to

Afier

setting controls,

e:

Air

I

For best heat distribution,

louvers down so the heated air is
directed across the room.

buvers

II

tilt the

I

For best distribution of cold air,

tilt the louvers up so the cold air is

directed towards the ceiling.

II

3

1

For Am heating and cooling
certification, the air louvers are
tilted straight out as shown above

(30 degrees from the vertical axis).

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