Air conditioner

摘要

An air conditioner comprising: a set of outdoor unit 2 having a compressor 21 that compresses a refrigerant, an outdoor heat exchanger 22, and a four-way valve 23; and a plurality of indoor units 3 respectively having indoor heat exchangers 31 connected to the outdoor unit through a liquid refrigerant pipe 5 and a gas refrigerant pipe 6, in which the outdoor unit is arranged above the indoor units. The air conditioner further includes: on-off valves 32 respectively provided in the indoor units 3 on a side of the liquid refrigerant pipe 5; and a controller 72 that performs a defrost operation by switching the four-way valve 23, and the controller once controls the on-off valves 32 in a closing direction when the four-way valve 23 switches the defrost operation to a heating operation.