Air conditioner

Abstract

An air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, a pressure reducer that is disposed between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger, and a flow channel switching unit that switches a flow direction of a refrigerant discharged from the compressor; an outdoor fan that blows the air to the outdoor heat exchanger; and a control device that sets an instructed rotational frequency which is a rotational frequency for driving the outdoor fan. The control device performs processing of stopping the outdoor fan while gradually reducing the instructed rotational frequency in a case where it is determined that a predetermined defrosting start condition is satisfied during a heating operation.

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