Hitachi 00201 fault code
Hitachi air conditioning
What it means
Peak current cut (code 02)
Safety: Safe isolation before disconnecting the compressor or testing the inverter board — capacitors hold charge.
UK models this code applies to
From the Hitachi service literature we hold (Hitachi Technical Catalogue §9.10 / §10.1.2 Error Code Information (RAK-PSES(W)/RAC-WSE — Hitachi UK; RAK-PED/RAC-WED — Hitachi R32 catalogue), both render-verified) — not a scraped list.
RAK-18PED / RAC-18WEDRAK-25PED / RAC-25WEDRAK-35PED / RAC-35WEDRAK-50PED / RAC-50WEDRAK-25PSE / RAC-25WSERAK-35PSE / RAC-35WSERAK-50PSE / RAC-50WSEMultizone RAM-33NP2E (3.3 kW, 2 indoors)Multizone RAM-40NP2E (4.0 kW, 2 indoors)Multizone RAM-53NP2E (5.3 kW, 2 indoors)Multizone RAM-53NP3E (5.3 kW, 2–3 indoors)Multizone RAM-68NP3E (6.8 kW, 2–3 indoors)Multizone RAM-70NP4E (7.0 kW, 2–4 indoors)Multizone RAM-90NP5E (8.5 kW, 2–5 indoors)Summit RAK-RPC / RAC-WPC RAC-35WPCSummit RAK-RPC / RAC-WPC RAC-50WPC
Now the harder half: proving what caused it
00201 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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