UniMac E FL: the extractor ran out of time filling
On a UniMac UW extractor, E FL ends the cycle when any fill step runs longer than allowed.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Water, fill and drain
- Dish machine repair
- Source: UniMac
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What E FL
actually means.
On a UniMac UW extractor, E FL ends the cycle when any fill step runs longer than allowed. Hotel and care-home laundries often see it when a shared hot water system is drawn down during a heavy morning run.
UniMac commercial appliance display · also shown as EFL
What to do when E FL 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.
MakeUniMac
UniMac equipment in a facility laundry room is usually serviced after the heaviest morning loads are out.
SourceUniMac UW-series washer-extractor control manual F8552201R2 (Alliance Laundry Systems, 2017)
UniMac UW-series hardmount extractors of 45 to 130 lb (UWH, UWL, UWN and UWU models) with the keypad control in manual F8552201. Current UW models sold with UniLinc Touch show plain-word messages instead of these codes.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from UniMac's own guidance for E FL on its commercial appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check the hot and cold supply valves and any in-line strainers feeding the machine.
Power the machine down to clear E FL, as UniMac directs, and start a test cycle.
If the fill is still slow with good building pressure, book a visit to check the fill valves.
What not to do
E FL on a UniMac does not report a leak; the leak test messages are E LF and E Ld. It also does not mean the drain is open, although a drain valve that fails to close can slow a fill.
What you may
notice with it.
The commercial appliance problem E FL tends to arrive with. Answer these at the commercial appliance before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where E FL usually leads
Dish machine repair.
UniMac
commercial appliances.
UniMac equipment in a facility laundry room is usually serviced after the heaviest morning loads are out.
UniMac commercial appliance repairMore UniMac codes
All 15 UniMac codesWater, fill and drain on other makes
In UniMac's own words
Programmed water level not reached within 10 minutes (or other programmed length of time) in any fill agitate cycle.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. UniMac UW-series hardmount extractors of 45 to 130 lb (UWH, UWL, UWN and UWU models) with the keypad control in manual F8552201. Current UW models sold with UniLinc Touch show plain-word messages instead of these codes.
UniMac E FL 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 E FL.
Can I clear E FL myself?
Why does a UniMac extractor show E FL only during the morning rush?
Does E FL end the whole cycle on a UniMac?
Can the E FL time limit be changed on a UniMac?
Back to your everyday
Still showing E FL?
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.