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Rx LED off Green receive LED off - no power or communications error
What the control is telling you
The green Rx LED is dark: either the furnace has no power or there is a communications error.
Applies to: GMVC95/AMVC95 upflow and *CVC9 counterflow two-stage furnaces
Likely causes
- No power to the furnace
- Open fuse
- Short in low voltage wiring
- Communications error
Test and repair steps
- Safety turn power off before working on the control or wiring.
- Check breakers and the 3 A control fuse. Replace a blown fuse with the same type.
- Look for shorts in the furnace and system low voltage wiring.
- Press the learn button to reset the network.
- Check the data 1 / data 2 voltages (see the ComfortNet data line guide).
Settings for these units
- Normal status displays (7-segment) · Goodman/Amana GM9S96/AM9S96
- Normal status displays (7-segment) · Goodman/Amana GM9S80/AM9S80
- Normal status displays (7-segment) · Goodman/Amana GM9C96/AM9C96
- Minimum recommended filter size · Goodman/Amana GM9C96/AM9C96
Models that show this code
10 models in Goodman/Amana *MVC95/*CVC9 two-stage ComfortNet
Other codes on the same units
- HI High-stage heat
- OP Normal - waiting for a call
- Red LED 1 flash Red communications LED 1 flash - communication failure
- Red LED 2 flashes Red communications LED 2 flashes - reset in progress
- Red LED off Red communications LED off - normal
- Rx LED 1 steady flash Green receive LED single steady flash - no network found
- Rx LED on solid Green receive LED on solid - data lines miswired or shorted
- Rx LED rapid flash Green receive LED rapid flashing - normal network traffic
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Source: Goodman *CVC9/95 & *MVC95 Installation Instructions IO-341D (08/2010), Network Troubleshooting p.47. Summarized in our own words; check the original manual for your model.
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