The ice and frost on the heat pump condenser coils need to be removed.
Heat pump defrost board symptoms.
If the pump is covered only with a layer of frost or with less than 1 16 inch 0 16 cm of ice it can defrost itself.
Here i diagnose a bad defrost board on a 1997 carrier heat pump.
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The next heat pump problem on the list is the heat pump defrost board.
Let the heat pump defrost itself if it s only covered with thin ice.
In the winter heat pump icing up is often perfectly normal.
Causes symptoms of heat pump not defrosting.
The defrosting relays make the cycle occur every 30 min or so.
The heat pump condenser operates below the dew point and collecting frost and ice on the heat pump condenser coils.
Every so often the unit will go into defrost mode to remove that frost.
Heat pumps come with a built in defrosting component that allows them to melt off accumulating frost during cold weather.
Heat pump frozen in winter.
The defrost board controls the defrost in the colder months.
During the cold winter months your heat pump s outside unit will sometimes be covered with a coating of frost on the sides or even light ice.