Speed Queen ALArn: the break-in alarm has tripped
Vended Speed Queen machines watch the service door and coin vault switches.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Controls and power
- Commercial controls and board repair
- Source: Speed Queen
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What ALArn
actually means.
Vended Speed Queen machines watch the service door and coin vault switches. ALArn shows when those switches report a break-in pattern; the related oFF display is the shutdown version of the same alarm.
Speed Queen commercial appliance display · also shown as ALARM
What to do when ALArn shows on the commercial applianceKind of codeControls and power
The controller itself is reporting trouble, or the supply behind it is: a display with dead segments, a keypad that stopped responding after steam or degreaser got behind it, relays that stick, stored recipes or cycles that vanished overnight, a blown control fuse, or one leg of a three-phase feed missing so half the heat or the pump is gone. A full power cycle at the breaker, done as the manual describes, clears a passing glitch; a code that returns, a scorched smell or any sign of moisture behind the panel means the breaker stays off, and that is a visit.
Usually leads toCommercial controls and board repair
Controllers, touch panels, relays, contactors and interlocks tested, and replaced only when the evidence says so.
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.
MakeSpeed Queen
A Speed Queen machine in a laundromat or apartment laundry room is often booked for a weekday morning, when the fewest customers are waiting.
SourceSpeed Queen commercial front-load vended models, control manual 807870ENR5 (Alliance Laundry Systems)
Speed Queen commercial front-load vended and card models listed in manual 807870ENR5, such as SFNNCASP116TW01 and STGNXASP116TW01.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Speed Queen's own guidance for ALArn on its commercial appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check the coin vault and service door for signs of forcing.
Close both properly with their keys and see whether the alarm clears.
If nothing was disturbed and ALArn keeps appearing, book a visit to test the switches.
Still there?
It usually turns into commercial controls and board repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
ALArn is not a machine failure in the wash sense; the drum, water and motor may all be fine. It is also not the coin error, which reports bad coin pulses.
What you may
notice with it.
The commercial appliance problem ALArn tends to arrive with. Answer these at the commercial appliance before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where ALArn usually leads
Commercial controls and board repair.
Speed Queen
commercial appliances.
A Speed Queen machine in a laundromat or apartment laundry room is often booked for a weekday morning, when the fewest customers are waiting.
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In Speed Queen's own words
Check the service door and coin vault switches.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Speed Queen commercial front-load vended and card models listed in manual 807870ENR5, such as SFNNCASP116TW01 and STGNXASP116TW01.
Speed Queen ALArn 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 ALArn.
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What sets off ALArn on a Speed Queen vended machine?
Does ALArn mean someone broke into my machine?
How is ALArn different from oFF on a Speed Queen?
Back to your everyday
Still showing ALArn?
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.