Hatco Lo: the display cabinet is still below 70°F
The cabinet temperature display on the FSCD shows the air temperature once it is measurable, and anything below 70°F appears as Lo.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Hatco
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What Lo
actually means.
The cabinet temperature display on the FSCD shows the air temperature once it is measurable, and anything below 70°F appears as Lo. It is normal right after startup; the manual allows about 30 minutes to reach holding temperature before preheated food goes in.
Hatco commercial appliance display · also shown as Lo
What to do when Lo shows on the commercial applianceKind of codeMode, not a failure
Nothing on the unit has broken; the controller is reporting a state it chose or one somebody set. A defrost pauses cooling for a scheduled melt and shows a warmer air reading for a while, a combi asks for a delime or runs its clean cycle and locks the door until it ends, a dish machine or a laundry machine sits in energy save between busy periods, and a door-open reminder beeps after a long delivery. No part is needed: letting the cycle finish, or the key sequence in the manual, brings the unit back.
Usually leads toNo repair
Give the cabinet 30 minutes after switching on before loading food.
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.
MakeHatco
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.
SourceHatco Flav-R-Savor FSCD and FSCDH convected display cabinet installation and operating manual (Form FSCDM-1016)
Flav-R-Savor FSCD non-humidified convected display cabinets.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Hatco's own guidance for Lo on its commercial appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Give the cabinet 30 minutes after switching on before loading food.
Check the set temperature and make sure the doors are closed.
If Lo stays after 30 minutes with the power switch on, book a visit; the manual lists a tripped high-limit, a blower motor or a heater among the causes of no hot air.
Cleared?
The code is gone from the controller, the box pulls down to its set point and holds it, the vat or the cavity reaches temperature and recovers on schedule, the rinse hits its heat and the drum finishes its spin, all without a new part. If the same code comes back within a week, or during the next busy shift, mention it when you book.
What not to do
Lo is a reading, not an error code, and it is expected during warmup. LO H2O on humidified models is a separate prompt that asks for water.
What you may
notice with it.
The commercial appliance problem Lo tends to arrive with. Answer these at the commercial appliance before anyone is booked.
All problems
No repair indicated
Nothing to repair.
Nothing on the unit has broken; the controller is reporting a state it chose or one somebody set. A defrost pauses cooling for a scheduled melt and shows a warmer air reading for a while, a combi asks for a delime or runs its clean cycle and locks the door until it ends, a dish machine or a laundry machine sits in energy save between busy periods, and a door-open reminder beeps after a long delivery. No part is needed: letting the cycle finish, or the key sequence in the manual, brings the unit back.
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 repairMore Hatco codes
Mode, not a failure on other makes
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.
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.
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
“Lo” indicates the cabinet temperature is below 70°F (21°C).
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Flav-R-Savor FSCD non-humidified convected display cabinets.
Hatco Lo 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.
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Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
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ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about Lo.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing Lo?
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.