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Gree P8 fault code

Gree air conditioning

What the Gree P8 fault code means, from the manufacturer's own service literature, and the UK models it applies to.

What it means

Inverter module temperature protection

The IPM has reached its temperature limit and the unit has protected itself.

Safety: Safe isolation and capacitor discharge before touching the inverter boards.

Source: Gree (Zhuhai) Service Manual, Bora Inverter R32 §9.1 Error Code List

UK models this code applies to

Tap yours to open P8 on that machine.

P8 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 pairs3
Outdoor units4

Now the harder half: proving what caused it

P8 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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