Air conditioner

An air conditioner, comprising:

• an indoor unit;
• an outdoor unit connected to the indoor unit, the outdoor unit including:
• a housing;
• a compressor disposed in the housing;
• a four-way valve connected to the compressor and configured to switch flowing directions of a refrigerant;
• a plurality of outdoor heat exchangers arranged in parallel and connected to the compressor and the four-way valve;
• an outdoor fan disposed on a side of the plurality of outdoor heat exchangers and configured to suck outdoor air into the housing and to discharge the outdoor air that has undergone heat exchange through the plurality of outdoor heat exchangers out of the housing;
• and
• a separating device disposed between the plurality of outdoor heat exchangers, including:
• a wind blocking portion;
• and
• a driving assembly connected to the wind blocking portion and configured to drive the wind blocking portion to move, so as to separate a first outdoor heat exchanger of the plurality of outdoor heat exchangers from the outdoor fan;
• and
• a controller coupled to the compressor, the four-way valve, the outdoor fan, and the driving assembly, and configured to:
• control a first portion of a refrigerant flowing out from the compressor to flow into the first outdoor heat exchanger;
• control a second portion of the refrigerant flowing out from the compressor to flow into the indoor unit;
• and when a time in which the first portion of the refrigerant flows into the first outdoor heat exchanger is less than a first preset time, prevent a refrigerant flowing out from the indoor unit from flowing into the first outdoor heat exchanger, and control the driving assembly to drive the wind blocking portion to move, so as to separate the outdoor fan from the first outdoor heat exchanger.