20 Most Recent General Electric APE08AK Portable Air Conditioner Questions & Answers

It could be a voltage problem. Are you using an extension cord, If you are what gauge is it? It should be at least 14 gauge. If the cord is 16 gauge you could have to much voltage drop at start up. Or you could have something else on the same breaker, when it is running and the compressor tries to start your voltage may drop considerably.and the compressor won't start.

Have a look on the inside covers, often a wiring diagram sticker is placed on it.

I would say that if it starts cooling when it's turned on, then it has freon in it. Sounds more like it's kicking off on high head pressure, meaning the condenser is not getting cooled, head pressure builds up then a safety limit switch shuts it down to save the compressor from burning out.. Is there a condenser fan maybe not operating? or are the condenser coils clogged up with dirt?

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It sounds like it has been mis-wired. The circulator pump should run all the time the boiler is on and should continue to run when heat is called for so it circulates the water in the radiators as it cools. There is normally an electronic valve that shuts flow to the radiators when only hot water is needed. Call for heat and that valve opens. It sounds like you need a mature, old school boiler / central heating technician who has lots of real world experience with older boilers. https://www.youtube.com/@MiHeatingGuy If you have a large screwdriver, you can use it against the pump as a stethoscope to listen for the pump running. The noise is very distinctive.

Contact G.E. Support.

Otherwise there are various sites you can buy them from.

But hopefully GE won't charge you.

If you have just bought it, I would contact the Service Company. It will be under warranty.

You need to contact the manufacturer for this info or a local heating and air conditioning business.

You should have a thermocouple in the unit for the pilot light. See if the pilot is lit, if not you may need to replace the thermocouple, if it is then check the voltage to the gas valve, if you have volts 24 volts there, your gas valve is bad. If you do not have 24 volts to the gas valve, then it's probably a limit switch.

in freezing weather oil will thicken, but if you wait for warm weather to start up you would be ok