Hobart 019: the tank strainer is blocked
LXn machines catch food soil in a strainer pan and scrap basket at the bottom of the wash tank.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Water, fill and drain
- Dish machine repair
- Source: Hobart
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What 019
actually means.
LXn machines catch food soil in a strainer pan and scrap basket at the bottom of the wash tank. When the pan clogs, the control shows Tank strainer blocked with 019. Depending on the water level, the machine drains and powers down or powers off without draining.
Hobart commercial appliance display · also shown as Error 019
What to do when 019 shows on the commercial applianceKind of codeWater, fill and drain
Water is not arriving, not reaching its level, not heating or not leaving on time. A dish machine may be short of fill because a supply valve is half closed or its line strainer is clogged, it may drain slowly through a scrap basket full of debris, or its booster may be too scaled to heat the rinse; a combi's steam generator may be scaled or its water treatment exhausted; a washer-extractor may time out on a slow drain. Opening the supply valve, cleaning strainers with the unit off and checking the drain line are fair; a pump, a fill valve, a heater or a leak near wiring is a visit.
Usually leads toDish machine repair
Undercounter, door-type and conveyor dish machines: tank heaters, boosters, wash pumps, fill and drain valves.
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.
MakeHobart
A Hobart dish machine that stops holding its rinse heat is usually seen right after the lunch racks clear, so the tank can drain and cool.
SourceHobart LXn / LXGn series instructions manual F41243 (10-23), error code chart
Hobart LXn and LXGn undercounter machines (LXnC, LXnH, LXnR, LXGnPR, LXGnR) with the touchscreen control, per instructions manual F41243. AM16, CL and FT2000 machines use their own displays and are not covered by this chart.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Hobart's own guidance for 019 on its commercial appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Switch the machine off and let the wash water cool before reaching into the tank.
Lift out the scrap basket and strainer pan, clean them at the sink and set them back.
Press ENTER to clear the message and power the machine back on.
Scrape plates better before racking; if 019 returns on clean strainers, book a visit.
What not to do
019 is not a drain hose problem; that is 021, 022 or 052. It also differs from 035, which means the scrap basket is missing or not locked rather than blocked.
What you may
notice with it.
The commercial appliance problems 019 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the commercial appliance before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where 019 usually leads
Dish machine repair.
Hobart
commercial appliances.
A Hobart dish machine that stops holding its rinse heat is usually seen right after the lunch racks clear, so the tank can drain and cool.
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In Hobart's own words
Tank strainer blocked.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Hobart LXn and LXGn undercounter machines (LXnC, LXnH, LXnR, LXGnPR, LXGnR) with the touchscreen control, per instructions manual F41243. AM16, CL and FT2000 machines use their own displays and are not covered by this chart.
Hobart 019 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 019.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing 019?
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.