

Frymaster E25: the combustion blower did not prove its airflow
Frymaster's gas fryers push combustion air with a blower, and an air pressure switch has to confirm that air is flowing before ignition is allowed.
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What E25
actually means.
Frymaster's gas fryers push combustion air with a blower, and an air pressure switch has to confirm that air is flowing before ignition is allowed. When the switch stays open, the FQ4000 logs E25 and holds the burner off. A blower that is dirty, blocked or not turning, or a pressure switch or its tubing that has failed, can each cause it.
Frymaster commercial appliance display · also shown as HEATING FAILURE - BLOWER
What to do when E25 shows on the commercial applianceKind of codeMotors and drives
Something that should turn is not turning, or not at the speed the controller expects. A washer-extractor's drive or its inverter may stop the spin when the load is out of balance or a bearing drags, a tumbler's belt may slip so the drum barely moves, a convection or combi fan may slow on worn bearings and bake unevenly, and a dish machine's wash pump may hum without spraying. Redistributing a load, confirming the door is latched and running the machine's own test cycle are fair; a drum, a belt or a motor is a visit, and nobody reaches into a drum that could still move.
Usually leads toCommercial laundry machine repair
Coin, card and on-premise laundry machines and tumblers: door locks, bearings, inverters, burners and payment hardware.
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.
MakeFrymaster
A Frymaster fryer is serviced cold: the visit waits until the oil has come down and the vat has been drained by the crew.
SourceFrymaster FilterQuick FQG30U easyTouch gas fryer manual with FQ4000 controller (error log codes, section 5.6)
FQ4000 easyTouch touchscreen controller on FilterQuick fryers (FQG30U and related FilterQuick gas and electric models). Applies to gas FilterQuick models, which use a combustion air blower; electric models do not log E25.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Frymaster's own guidance for E25 on its commercial appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Turn the vat off and listen when it is switched back on: a blower that hums without spinning or makes no sound at all is worth mentioning to the technician.
Make sure nothing is pressed against the back of the fryer or stuffed near the blower intake, and that the fryer sits where it was installed under the hood.
If the message comes back, leave the vat off and book a visit to clean and test the blower and the air pressure switch.
Still there?
It usually turns into commercial laundry machine repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
E25 is an airflow proof problem, not a gas supply one; E28 is the burner failing to light after airflow is proven. E27 is the mirror image of E25, with the pressure switch stuck in its closed state.
What you may
notice with it.
The commercial appliance problems E25 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the commercial appliance before anyone is booked.
All problemsWhere E25 usually leads
Commercial laundry machine repair.
Frymaster
commercial appliances.
A Frymaster fryer is serviced cold: the visit waits until the oil has come down and the vat has been drained by the crew.
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In Frymaster's own words
The air pressure switch(s) failed to close.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. FQ4000 easyTouch touchscreen controller on FilterQuick fryers (FQG30U and related FilterQuick gas and electric models). Applies to gas FilterQuick models, which use a combustion air blower; electric models do not log E25.
Frymaster E25 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
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Back to your everyday
Still showing E25?
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.