GE APM15, ANM12 Use and Care Manual

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Adapter Plug
Air Direction

Air Filter
Appliance Registration

Care and Cleaning
Condenser Coils

Control Settings
Electrical Requirements

Energy Saver Switch
Energy-Saving Tips

Problem Solver
Repair Service

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Safety Instructions

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Important

Safety

help you...

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
General Electric Company
Appliance Park
Louisville, KY 40225

Write down the model
and serial numbers.

You’ll find them on a label on the
frame of the air conditioner behind
the front grille.

These numbers are also on the
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

Imtructions

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instructions

using this appliance.

When using this appliance.
exercise
including the following:

●

Use this appliance only for its

intended purpose

this Use and Care Book.

● This air conditioner must be

properly
with the Instillation Instructions
before it is used. See

instructions on page 3.

.

Never unplug your air conditioner

by pulling on the power cord.

Always grip plug firmly and pull
straight out from the receptacle.

. Repair or replace immediately
all electric service cords that
have become frayed or otherwise
damaged. Do not use a cord that

shows cracks or abrasion damage
along its length or at either the
plug or connector end.

ba;ic

safety precautions,

as described in

insblled

in accordance

before

always

grounding

SAVE THESE

~STRUCTIONS

Energy-savingtips

. Keep the air filter clean. (See

instructions on page 6.)
. For most efficient cooling, keep

the ventilation control in the closed
position except when you want to
exhaust air, smoke or odors from
the room.

●

Don’t let the room get too
hot. Whenever possible, turn the
unit on before the room heats up.
When heat is “stored up” in walls,
furniture, rugs and draperies, your
air conditioner takes longer to
produce the desired comfort
condition.

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Keep windows and doors
closed. Cool, dry air escapes
when they’re open.

● Keep furnace floor registers and

cold air returns closed. Cold air
can easily escape through them.

●

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

●

It’s best to operate your air
conditioner at high speed during
extremely hot weather.

●

Keep outdoor condenser coil
clean. (See page 6.)

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

If you received a damaged
air conditioner...

Immediately contact the dealer
(or builder) that sold you the air
conditioner.

Save time and money.
Before you request
service. . .

Check the Problem Solver on
page 7. It
operating problems that you can
correct yourself.

lists

causes of minor

. Turn the air conditioner off
before vacations or extended
absences from home.

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Electrical

safetY—IMPORTmT...pleme

Read Carefully.

How to connect
electricity

For personal safety,
this appliance must be
properly grounded.

Eledrical requirement

~-volt

volt a.c., 60 hz grounded outlet
protected with a 15 amp time delay
fuse or circuit breaker.

The power cord on these models has
a three-prong (grounding) plug that
mates with a standard three-prong
(grounding) wall outlet (Fig. 1) to
minimize the possibility of electric
shock hazard from these appliances.

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Where a standard two-prong wall
outlet is encountered, it is your
personal responsibility and obligation
to have it replaced with a properly
grounded three-prong wall outlet.

230/208-volt models

own single branch circuit supplying
230/208-volt a.c., protected with a
time delay fuse or circuit breaker.
This is recommended for best
performance and to prevent
overloading house wiring circuits,
which could cause a possible fire
hazard from overheating wires.

The power cord on these models
.las

tandem or large tandem type plug
that mates respectively with a

models require a

PREFERRED ,

METHOD

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INSURE PROPER

GROUND EXISTS

BEFORE USE

Am
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OR

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PRONG

CORD.

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require their

a 230/208-volt perpendicular,

230/208-volt perpendicular,
tandem or large tandem type wall
outlet. These types of outlets are
available at most hardware stores.

230/208-VOLT

PERPENDICULAR TYPE WALL OUTLET

LINE

CORO

PLUG

REQUIRES 20 AMP TIME

OR CIRCUIT BREAKER

230/208-VOLT

TANOEM

TYPE

LINE CORD PLUG

REQUIRES 15 AMP TIME DELAY FUSE

OR CIRCUIT BREAKER PROTECTION

230/208-VOLT

LARGE TANDEM TYPE WALL OUTLET

LINE CORD PLUG

REQUIRES 30 AMP TIME DELAY FUSE

OR CIRCUIT BREAKER

MATCHING

OELAY

FUSE

PROTE~lON

MA~HING

WALL OUTLET

MATCHING

PROTE~lON

Whether your air conditioner is a

U5-volt or a 230/208-volt unit, it

is

impofint

to have the

wall

outlet and circuit checked by a
qualified electrician if there is
any doubt as to whether a proper
ground

exis~.

Use of adapter plug

(~-volt modek

Because of potential safety hazards
under certain conditions, we

strongly recommend against use
of an adapter plug.

if you still elect to use an adapter,
where local codes permit, a
TEMPORARY
may be made to a properly grounded

two-prong wall outlet by use of a

UL

listed adapter (Fig. 2) available

at most

local

hardware stores.

only)

However,

CONNE~ION

TEMPORARY METHOD

(ADAPTER PLUGS NOT

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The larger slot in the adapter must be
aligned-with the larger slot in the wall
outlet to provide proper polarity in
the connection of the power cord.

CAUTION:

Attaching the adapter
ground terminal to wall outlet cover
screw does not ground the

unless

cover screw is metal, and not

insulated, and wall outlet is

appfiance

groundd

through house wiring. You should
have the circuit checked by a qualified
electrician to make sure the outlet
is properly grounded.

When

disconntiingthe

from the adapter,

power cord

always hold the

adapter with one hand. If this is not

done, the adapter ground terminal is
very likely to break with

repted

use.

Should the adapter ground
terminal

brak,

DO

N~

USE the
appliance until a proper ground
has again been established.

Use of

etinsion

cords

Because of potential safety
hazards under certain conditions,
we

stron@y

use of an extension cord.

recommend against the

However,
if you still elect to use an extension
cord, it is absolutely necessary that
it be a UL listed 3-wire grounding
type appliance extension cord and
that the current carrying rating of
the cord in amperes be equal to or
greater than the branch circuit size
shown on the rating nameplate of
the appliance. Such extension cords
are obtainable through your local
service organization.

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