Air conditioner

An air conditioner which is provided with an indoor unit housing a heat exchanger and a fan inside a casing thereof that has an inlet port and an outlet port, rotates the fan and flows the flammable refrigerant through the heat exchanger during operation, performing heat exchange between air taken into the casing through the inlet port and the flammable refrigerant, and blows out the air that has undergone the heat exchange to the inside of a room through the outlet port, comprising:

• a sensor that is provided on an external surface of the casing and detects a flammable refrigerant gas;
• and
• a control section for executing control to rotate the fan when the sensor detects the flammable refrigerant gas, wherein
• the indoor unit is of a floor type, and
• the sensor is provided in a lower portion of the indoor unit.

An air conditioner, which is provided with an indoor unit housing a heat exchanger and a fan inside a casing thereof that has an inlet port and an outlet port, rotates the fan and flows the flammable refrigerant through the heat exchanger during operation, performing heat exchange between air taken into the casing through the inlet port and the flammable refrigerant, and blows out the air that has undergone the heat exchange to the inside of a room through the outlet port, comprising:

• a sensor that is provided on an external surface of the casing and detects a flammable refrigerant gas;
• and
• a control section for executing control to rotate the fan when the sensor detects flammable refrigerant gas, wherein
• the sensor is arrange in an opening located in a lower portion of the casing of the indoor unit and detects a flammable refrigerant gas leaked to the outside and inside of the indoor unit.