Dexter TEMP SENSOR SHORT: the tumbler sensor reads shorted
On Dexter tumblers the control will not start while it sees a shorted temperature sensor.
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What TEMP SENSOR SHORT
actually means.
On Dexter tumblers the control will not start while it sees a shorted temperature sensor. The message stays until it is cleared at the control, which returns the machine to idle. Dexter points to the probe under the basket and its connections.
Dexter commercial appliance display · also shown as F1
What to do when TEMP SENSOR SHORT shows on the commercial applianceKind of codeSensors and probes
A probe is handing the controller a reading it cannot trust, or none at all: a box or coil sensor torn loose from its clip, a fryer probe coated in carbon from oil left too long between filterings, a combi core probe with a kinked cable, or a connector gone green from steam and cleaning chemicals. The unit then runs on, stops, or shuts the heat or the cooling off to protect itself. Letting it cool and restarting it as the manual describes is fair; a probe that still reads wrong sits behind a panel, and that is a visit.
Usually leads toCommercial controls and board repair
Controllers, touch panels, relays, contactors and interlocks tested, and replaced only when the evidence says so.
Shows up asCommercial Appliance Error Code on a Combi, Fryer, Dish Machine or Laundry Display
A commercial appliance error code appears as letters or numbers on a combi, fryer, reach-in controller, dish machine or laundry machine display, or as a flashing light or an alarm tone.
MakeDexter
A Dexter call in a laundromat is often set for opening time, before customers load the row and every pocket of the room is in use.
SourceDexter common tumbler troubleshooting and error code reference
Dexter vended stack tumblers covered by Dexter's tumbler troubleshooting reference; the display shows the words and, on some controls, F1 or F2.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Dexter's own guidance for TEMP SENSOR SHORT on its commercial appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Take the pocket out of service with a sign.
Note which pocket shows it on a stack; each has its own sensor.
Book a visit so the sensor and its wires can be tested.
Still there?
It usually turns into commercial controls and board repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
TEMP SENSOR SHORT, shown as F1 on some Dexter tumblers, has nothing to do with F1 on a Dexter front-load, which is a door lock error. It is also not an ignition problem.
What you may
notice with it.
The commercial appliance problems TEMP SENSOR SHORT tends to arrive with. Answer these at the commercial appliance before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where TEMP SENSOR SHORT usually leads
Commercial controls and board repair.
Dexter
commercial appliances.
A Dexter call in a laundromat is often set for opening time, before customers load the row and every pocket of the room is in use.
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In Dexter's own words
The dryer control shall not start until the detected short circuit is removed.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Dexter vended stack tumblers covered by Dexter's tumbler troubleshooting reference; the display shows the words and, on some controls, F1 or F2.
Dexter TEMP SENSOR SHORT commercial appliance repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about TEMP SENSOR SHORT.
Can I clear TEMP SENSOR SHORT myself?
Which pocket has the problem on a Dexter stack with TEMP SENSOR SHORT?
Will a Dexter tumbler run with a shorted sensor?
How is the Dexter sensor tested?
Back to your everyday
Still showing TEMP SENSOR SHORT?
A booking with a code goes further when it has the code as shown, the model and serial from the data plate, and a word on whether the unit still holds temperature, heats, rinses or spins. With those three, the office can match the likely part to your unit the same day.