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Pitco FILTER?: the control is ready to run a filter cycle

On non-auto-filter SSHLV fryers, pulling the blue drain handle with the fryer on and the oil above filter temperature starts filter prompting, and the control shows FILTER?.

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  • Mode, not a failure
  • No repair needed
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What FILTER?
actually means.

On non-auto-filter SSHLV fryers, pulling the blue drain handle with the fryer on and the oil above filter temperature starts filter prompting, and the control shows FILTER?. Pressing YES lets the operator run the pump and follow the filter timer. It is part of normal daily filtering, not a warning.

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What to do when FILTER? shows on the commercial appliance

Kind 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

Confirm that the filter pan is in place and empty and put on the protective gear your kitchen uses.

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.

MakePitco

A Pitco visit begins only once the vat is cool enough to drain, since nobody on the crew should be reaching near hot oil.

SourcePitco SSHLV14 and SSHLV184 series installation and operation manual (L20-407 rev.5)

Pitco SSHLV14 and SSHLV184 non-auto-filter models (L20-407).

Before you book,
in this order.

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

01

Confirm that the filter pan is in place and empty and put on the protective gear your kitchen uses.

02

Press YES, run the pump with the tank fill key and wait for the filter timer to end.

03

Push the blue handle back in, let the pump refill the tank and stop it when bubbles show; filter only one tank at a time so the pan does not overflow.

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

The prompt does not mean the filter is clogged or broken; it appears because someone opened the drain to filter. If the tank then refills slowly or not at all, work through the filter troubleshooting chart instead.

What you may
notice with it.

The commercial appliance problem FILTER? tends to arrive with. Answer these at the commercial appliance before anyone is booked.

All problems

Before you call

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

All 8 causes, cheapest first
Close view of the dark touch control panel on the front of a stainless combi oven in a commercial kitchen, one abstract amber warning indicator glowing among unlit icons, the steam-fogged glass door blurred beside it. Problem

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

8 causes, cheapest first

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.

How to read what your commercial appliance is telling you

Pitco
commercial appliances.

A Pitco visit begins only once the vat is cool enough to drain, since nobody on the crew should be reaching near hot oil.

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More Pitco codes

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All 28 codes of this kind
A working restaurant cooking line under a stainless ventilation hood, two stainless gas fryers with baskets hanging above the oil, a flat griddle and a combi oven with a glass door beside them, the equipment clearly the subject, a cook seen only from behind and shoulders down at the far end of the line, warm kitchen light, small blue flames visible under the griddle. Pitco 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.

In Pitco's own words

prompting on the control. The controller will display ‘FILTER?’
Pitco SSHLV14 and SSHLV184 series installation and operation manual (L20-407 rev.5) Pitco SSHLV14 and SSHLV184 series installation and operation manual (L20-407 rev.5)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Pitco SSHLV14 and SSHLV184 non-auto-filter models (L20-407).

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Questions
about FILTER?.

Can I clear FILTER? myself?
Confirm that the filter pan is in place and empty and put on the protective gear your kitchen uses.
Why does FILTER? appear when I open the drain on my Pitco?
On manual-filter models, pulling the blue handle with the fryer on is how filtering begins. The control asks to confirm before the pump runs.
Can I filter two Pitco tanks at once?
Pitco says to filter only one tank at a time, because two tanks into one pan can overflow it.
Why must the oil be hot before FILTER? appears on a Pitco?
The manual starts filtering with oil above filter temperature, since warm oil flows through the paper and pump far more easily.

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Still showing FILTER??

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.

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