Grant Aerona R290 fault 4
Pump light-load protection
Heat pumpWhat it means
Pump light-load protection has activated; pump will automatically re-start after 5 seconds.
Likely causes
- Insufficient load on pump motor
- Poor pump performance
- Fuse is burnt out
- Connection to PCB is loose or disconnects
- Pump failure
- Too low voltage
- Pump rotors are stuck
- Gas in the pump
- Inlet pressure too low
- Flow regulators or restrictors fitted in circuit
- Valves not fully open causing flow restriction
- External electrical isolator switched to OFF position
- Heat pump switched OFF at the controller
- No demand from heating system controls
- Outdoor temperature too high to call heat pump on (weather regulated zones)
- Active error code present on controller
- Outside air temperature at or below 6°C
- System water temperature at or below 6°C
- Outdoor temperature too high for weather compensated zones to call heat pump
- Active error code on controller display
- Insufficient flow rate through primary circuit
- PWM circulating pump not modulating correctly
- Blockage or air in primary circuit
- Pump fault or blockage causing low flow
- External electrical isolator switched OFF for extended period during cold weather
Where to start
- Check system flow and pressure
- Check for air in system
- Check inlet water pressure
The full answer, free
- 40 more checks in order
- The readings and component tests from the manual
- How to put it right, step by step
- The manual page for this fault (page 85), right under the answer
Safety: Isolate the outdoor unit and any backup heater, and give the inverter capacitors time to discharge before you open the electrics. Anything on the refrigerant circuit needs F-gas certification.
From the Grant manual for the Aerona R290. Check the model on the data plate before you order parts.
Other Grant Aerona R290 fault codes
- 1Pump over-voltage protection
- 2Pump under-voltage protection
- 3Pump over-current protection
- 5Pump phase loss protection
- 6Pump block protection
- 7Pump over-temperature protection
- E01Connection fault between wiring centre and heat pump
- E10Communication failure between hydraulic PCB and refrigerant PCB
- E13Discharge pressure sensor fault
- E15DC bus voltage is too low
- E16DC bus voltage is too high
- E17AC current protection (input current)
- E18IPM module is abnormal
- E19PFC abnormal
- E20Compressor failed to start
- E21Compressor phase loss
- E22Inverter module reset
- E23Compressor over-current
- E24PFC module temperature is too high
- E25Current detection circuit failure
- E26Out of step
- E27PFC module temperature sensor is abnormal
- E29IPM module temperature is too high
- E30IPM module temperature sensor failure