Gree F1 fault code
Gree air conditioning
What the Gree F1 fault code means, from the manufacturer's own service literature, and the UK models it applies to.
What it means
The indoor ambient (room air) sensor reads open or short circuit.
Safety: Safe isolation before disconnecting sensors or working on the PCB.
Source: Gree (Zhuhai) Service Manual, Bora Inverter R32 §9.1 Error Code List
UK models this code applies to
F1 on these comes from each model's own manual, which may not match the meaning above — tap yours to read it.
Wall-mounted4
Cassettes8
Ducted16
Ceiling or floor8
Floor consoles3
Indoor and outdoor pairs9
Outdoor units4
Now the harder half: proving what caused it
F1 names a symptom, not a root cause. In the app, the same code opens a guided investigation: what to measure first, the expected values for your exact model, and an honest verdict — including “nothing in this machine is broken” when that's what the readings say.
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- EUFrequency limited — module temperature
- F2Indoor evaporator sensor open/short
- F3Outdoor ambient sensor open/short
- F4Outdoor condenser coil sensor open/short
- F5Outdoor discharge sensor open/short
- F6Frequency limited — overload
- F8Frequency limited — whole-unit current
- F9Frequency limited — discharge temperature