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# Hatco Control Board Overtemp: the Toast-Qwik electronics are too hot

The TQ3 cools its control with a fan that draws air from below.

## What Control Board Overtemp actually means.

The TQ3 cools its control with a fan that draws air from below. If the fan cannot turn or the unit sits too low to breathe, the board overheats and the screen shows Control Board Overtemp. The manual's checks are a clear fan, voltage to the fan, the unit standing on its legs and a clear filter area.

Hatco commercial appliance display · also shown as Control Board Overtemp

What to do when Control Board Overtemp shows on the commercial appliance

### Kind of code Temperature and alarms

The controller has seen a temperature outside the band it was set for and is saying so: a box above its alarm point, a fryer vat or an oven cavity that tripped its high-limit, or a dish machine rinse that never came up to heat. Often the cause sits outside the unit, such as a door left open during a delivery, a coil packed with grease, a kitchen far hotter than the maker allows or a booster fed cold water. Checking the door, the coil and the air around the unit is fair; move the product if a cold box stays above 41°F, and book the visit.

### Usually leads to Reach-in and prep table repair

Reach-ins, pass-throughs, prep tables and blast chillers: gaskets, hinges, fans, thermostats, condensers and compressors.

### Shows up as Commercial 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.

### Make Hatco

Hatco equipment is often checked in the gap between breakfast and lunch, when the station it serves can do without it for a short while.

### Source Hatco Toast-Qwik TQ3-400, TQ3-500, TQ3-900 and TQ3-2000 conveyor toaster installation and operating manual

Toast-Qwik TQ3-400, TQ3-500, TQ3-900 and TQ3-2000 conveyor toasters with the touchscreen control.

## Before you book, in this order.

Each step comes from Hatco's own guidance for Control Board Overtemp on its commercial appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Switch off and unplug the toaster and let it cool.

02

Make sure it stands on its legs and nothing blocks the filter area underneath.

03

Clean away crumbs and grease around the air intake.

04

A repeat usually means the fan or its supply needs repair; book a visit.

### Still there?

It usually turns into [reach-in and prep table repair](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/services/reach-in-and-prep-table-repair/). Book with the code and the model number.

### What not to do

This message is about the control board, not the toasting chamber temperature. It is different from Temperature Probe Error, which is a sensing problem.

## What you may notice with it.

The commercial appliance problems Control Board Overtemp tends to arrive with. Answer these at the commercial appliance before anyone is booked.

[All problems](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/problems/)

Before you call

### [Commercial Appliance Error Code on a Combi, Fryer, Dish Machine or Laundry Display](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/problems/commercial-error-code/)

[All 8 causes, cheapest first](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/problems/commercial-error-code/)

It also comes with

- [**Restaurant Equipment Burning Smell: Scorched Oil, Hot Wiring or Lint**](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/problems/commercial-burning-smell/)

Problem

### Commercial Appliance Error Code on a Combi, Fryer, Dish Machine or Laundry Display

8 causes, cheapest first

Where Control Board Overtemp usually leads

## Reach-in and prep table repair.

**Reach-in, pass-through or prep table gasket, hinge, fan motor, thermostat or controller, defrost heater, leak repair or compressor · moderate.**

Book a visit [What the job involves](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/services/reach-in-and-prep-table-repair/)

## Hatco commercial appliances.

Hatco equipment is often checked in the gap between breakfast and lunch, when the station it serves can do without it for a short while.

[Hatco commercial appliance repair](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/brands/hatco/)

More Hatco codes

[E1](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/hatco-e1/) [E2](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/hatco-e2/) [LO H2O](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/hatco-lo-h2o/) [Lo](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/hatco-lo/) [Temperature Probe Error](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/hatco-temperature-probe-error/) [Heating Error](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/hatco-heating-error/) [Communication Error](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/hatco-communication-error/) [Touch Panel Error](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/hatco-touch-panel-error/) [Top Element Is Out](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/hatco-top-element-is-out/) [Fan Is Stopped](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/hatco-fan-is-stopped/) [Clean Fan Filters](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/hatco-clean-fan-filters/) [Clean Right Product Sensor](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/hatco-clean-right-product-sensor/)

[All 15 Hatco codes](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/#codes-hatco)

Temperature and alarms on other makes

[Alto-Shaam E13](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/alto-shaam-e13/) [Beverage-Air Hi](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/beverage-air-hi/) [Blodgett Cavity High Temp Error](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/blodgett-cavity-high-temp-error/) [Cleveland RESET light](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/cleveland-reset-light/) [Continental Refrigerator HI](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/continental-refrigerator-hi/) [Delfield Hi](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/delfield-hi/) [Frymaster E16](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/frymaster-e16/) [Garland E04](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/garland-e04/)

[All 69 codes of this kind](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/#family-temperature)

Hatco builds this

### Commercial cold storage

Reach-in and pass-through cabinets, walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers, prep and sandwich tables, undercounter units and blast chillers that hold a kitchen's food at safe temperatures.

Hatco builds this

### Commercial cooking equipment

Fryers, griddles, charbroilers, restaurant ranges, convection and combi ovens, steamers, kettles, holding cabinets and toasters, on gas or electric, that make up the hot side of a kitchen line.

Hatco builds this

### Commercial dish machines

Undercounter, door-type and conveyor dish machines with their booster heaters and chemical feeds, the warewashing station that washes and sanitizes every rack before it goes back on the line.

## In Hatco's own words

> Make sure unit is on legs and filter area is clear.

[Hatco Toast-Qwik TQ3-400, TQ3-500, TQ3-900 and TQ3-2000 conveyor toaster installation and operating manual](https://www.hatcocorp.com/cms/IOMANUALS/000000025936977-00000-20170605.PDF) [Hatco Toast-Qwik TQ3-400, TQ3-500, TQ3-900 and TQ3-2000 conveyor toaster installation and operating manual](https://www.hatcocorp.com/cms/IOMANUALS/000000025936977-00000-20170605.PDF)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Toast-Qwik TQ3-400, TQ3-500, TQ3-900 and TQ3-2000 conveyor toasters with the touchscreen control.

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## Questions about Control Board Overtemp.

### Can I clear Control Board Overtemp myself?

Switch off and unplug the toaster and let it cool. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### Why does my Hatco toaster overheat its board when it sits on the counter?

The TQ3 needs its legs to draw cooling air from underneath. Without them the intake is blocked.

### Can crumbs cause Control Board Overtemp on a Hatco TQ3?

Yes, crumbs and grease around the intake restrict airflow. Keep the area under and around the filter clean.

### Is Control Board Overtemp dangerous on a Hatco toaster?

The message protects the board. Unplug the toaster, open up the airflow, and arrange service for a repeat.

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