Gree P5 fault code
Gree air conditioning
What the Gree P5 fault code means, from the manufacturer's own service literature, and the UK models it applies to.
What it means
Compressor phase current exceeded the limit.
Safety: Safe isolation before disconnecting the compressor or testing the inverter board — capacitors hold charge.
Source: Gree (Zhuhai) Service Manual, Bora Inverter R32 §9.1 Error Code List
UK models this code applies to
Tap yours to open P5 on that machine.
P5 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
Outdoor units4
Now the harder half: proving what caused it
P5 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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