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Seeley evaporative fault codes, FC01 to FC09
There are six codes. FC01 is communication failure. FC02 is water not detected within 20 minutes. FC04 is probes not cleared during drain. FC07 is a motor fault. FC08 is supply voltage or warm start. FC09 is wrong supply frequency. Match the exact model and electronics before you act on any of them.
- Public codes
- 6FC01, 02, 04, 07, 08, 09
- Normal operation
- Double greentop LED flashing
- Service PIN
- 7378MagIQtouch
- Most common
- FC02appears to be, often slow fill
What are the Seeley evaporative fault codes?
| Code | Flashes | Meaning | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC01 | 1 red | Communication failure | All models |
| FC02 | 2 red | Water not detected at the probes within 20 minutes | Water managed models |
| FC04 | 4 red | Water probes not cleared during drain within 20 minutes | Water managed models |
| FC07 | 7 red | Motor or motor communication fault | LCQI, LPQI, LCQV, LPQV inverter motors |
| FC08 | 8 red | Supply voltage or warm start fault | All models |
| FC09 | 9 red | Incorrect supply frequency | BMQ, CPQ, LCQ, LCS with CPMD |
That caveat isn't boilerplate. The same number means different things on different electronics, so a generic table off a search result can send you to the wrong component.
How do you read the LEDs on the cooler?
Before you go hunting for a fault, check there is one. If the top LED is double flashing green, everything is OK. That's normal operation.
Direct drive motors have a bank of four LEDs, and in fan only mode all four should be green. They're Hall effect, thermal overload, fan speed and power.
- Take thermal overload seriously. A motor in overload may restart without warning.
- Fan speed LED off or flashing means the motor isn't turning within 30 per cent of its set speed.
- MagIQtouch sorts faults into four categories, auto reset, running fault, service fault and service agent fault.
Why does FC02 come up so often?
In Victoria, the most common evaporative callout appears to be FC02 caused by a slow fill on low water pressure. The code means water not detected within 20 minutes, and on a slow fill that's literally true even though nothing has failed.
So check the supply pressure before you start pulling probes out. The minimum is 100 kPa. If the house has low pressure, or somebody's fitted a restrictive isolation valve, the fill just doesn't finish inside the window.
There's a second cause, and it catches people out badly enough to get its own page. Very soft water can be too pure for the probes to sense, so the cooler reports no water while it's sitting in a full tank.
Fake
code
tables
Some code tables online are made up
While we were putting this page together, we found a Melbourne contractor's site with a Bonaire code table running from E1 water level error to P2 motor protection. It matches no Bonaire documentation and is almost certainly machine-generated filler.
The real Bonaire format looks nothing like that. It's "Err", plus "F1:" and a number. F1 is the current fault, and F2 to F5 are the history. You bring them up by pressing DOWN and MODE together.
A decent share of the brand error code pages ranking in Melbourne right now are that quality. It's why every technical page here names its source and the date we checked it. If a code table doesn't say where it came from, don't fit a part on the strength of it.
Had a fault that didn't make sense?
The ones worth talking about are the ones where the code pointed one way and the cause turned out to be somewhere else entirely.
Send it through. If enough people have hit the same thing it becomes a page.
Who this is for: small and medium HVAC contractors in Victoria. If you're a homeowner after a rebate or a repair, you need a licensed contractor, not us, and yours can point you the right way.
Related
- Soft water can be too pure for the cooler's probesMelbourne mains has about 55 mg/L of dissolved solids, a sixth of Adelaide's. So scale matters less here, and very soft water can fool the probes.
- How to read a fault code before you look it upAlmost nobody explains how a code is displayed, only what it means. Here's how to bring the code up on each brand, which is the bit that stalls you on site.
- Daikin fault codes: how they're built, and where to look them up107 codes in a grid, a letter for the part of the system and a digit for the detail. How to read it, and the seven meanings we could confirm.
- Which brands publish their fault codes, and which don'tSome manufacturers put the whole service library online with no login. Others publish nothing you can actually open. That changes how long a fault takes.
Review date: 1 April 2027. Figures in this area change without much notice and this page carries some that will go stale. Every number above is dated and sourced so you can check it yourself. If you find something out of date here, tell us and we will fix it.