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The open lower door of a cold stainless commercial fryer on a restaurant line, the fryer's gas valve, pilot assembly and burner tubes visible below the vat, the gas knob set to off, nobody near the gas.

Vulcan IGNITION LOCKOUT: the fryer could not light its burners

When a Vulcan digital or computer fryer calls for heat and gets no flame, it sounds a continuous alarm after 90 seconds, disables the heat demand and shows IGNITION LOCKOUT.

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  • Ignition and gas
  • Commercial cooking line gas repair
  • Source: Vulcan

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What IGNITION LOCKOUT
actually means.

When a Vulcan digital or computer fryer calls for heat and gets no flame, it sounds a continuous alarm after 90 seconds, disables the heat demand and shows IGNITION LOCKOUT. Computer models add CHECK GAS SUPPLY. The fryer has to be switched off and on again to reset the control.

Vulcan commercial appliance display · also shown as IGNITION LOCKOUT CHECK GAS SUPPLY

What to do when IGNITION LOCKOUT shows on the commercial appliance

Kind of codeIgnition and gas

The unit tried to light and never proved a flame, or lit and then lost it. On a fryer, a griddle, a combi or a gas tumbler the ordinary reasons come first: the gas valve at the unit left partly closed after cleaning, a quick-disconnect hose not fully seated, an igniter crusted with grease or lint, a flame sensor or thermopile that no longer reads the heat, or a draft from a hood or a door pulling the pilot away. Checking the valve and running the reset the manual names are fair; if you smell gas, get everyone out first, and the gas valve, the sensor and every fitting stay with a technician.

Usually leads toCommercial cooking line gas repair

Griddles, charbroilers, restaurant ranges and hot tops: pilots, burners, orifices, valves and hoses, leak-checked after.

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.

MakeVulcan

Vulcan equipment is often seen after close, once the line has been scraped down and every burner has cooled.

SourceVulcan QuickFry VHG-C-D series gas fryers installation and operation manual F-47678 Rev. I, digital (D) and computer (C) controls

Vulcan VK and TR PowerFry gas fryers and QuickFry VHG gas fryers with digital (D) or computer (C) controls; analog-control fryers have no display.

Before you book,
in this order.

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

01

Check that the gas shutoff behind the fryer is open and the flexible hose is connected at its quick-disconnect.

02

Turn the fryer off, then back on, to reset the control, as Vulcan directs.

03

If other gas equipment on the line has also gone out, check with the building or the gas utility before relighting anything.

04

If you smell gas, turn the gas off, keep flames and switches away, get people out and call the gas utility or 911 from outside; otherwise book a visit if the lockout returns.

Still there?

It usually turns into commercial cooking line gas repair. Book with the code and the model number.

What not to do

IGNITION LOCKOUT is not a temperature problem with the shortening, and it does not mean the high limit has tripped. On QuickFry fryers with a standing pilot, PILOT OUT is a separate message for a pilot flame that has gone out.

What you may
notice with it.

The commercial appliance problems IGNITION LOCKOUT 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

It also comes with

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

Where IGNITION LOCKOUT usually leads

Commercial cooking line gas repair.

Cooking line pilot, thermocouple, burner or orifice, safety valve, griddle thermostat, regulator or quick-disconnect hose, leak-checked · low to moderate.
Book a visit What the job involves

Vulcan
commercial appliances.

Vulcan equipment is often seen after close, once the line has been scraped down and every burner has cooled.

Vulcan commercial appliance repair

More Vulcan codes

PILOT OUTPROBE OPENPROBE SHORTHIGH TEMPVATFULL? PUSH VE1E3E4E7No HeatE10E32
All 15 Vulcan codes

Ignition and gas on other makes

Alto-Shaam E89Frymaster E28Henny Penny E-20APitco HEAT FAILRational Service 32.1Wolf Commercial IGNITION light
All 12 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. Vulcan 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 Vulcan's own words

NO OR LOW GAS SUPPLY
Vulcan QuickFry VHG-C-D series gas fryers installation and operation manual F-47678 Rev. I, digital (D) and computer (C) controls Vulcan QuickFry VHG-C-D series gas fryers installation and operation manual F-47678 Rev. I, digital (D) and computer (C) controls Vulcan QuickFry VHG-C-D series gas fryers installation and operation manual F-47678 Rev. I, digital (D) and computer (C) controls Vulcan VK / TR / VFRY series gas fryers installation and operation manual F-32971 Rev. U

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Vulcan VK and TR PowerFry gas fryers and QuickFry VHG gas fryers with digital (D) or computer (C) controls; analog-control fryers have no display.

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Questions
about IGNITION LOCKOUT.

Can I clear IGNITION LOCKOUT myself?
Check that the gas shutoff behind the fryer is open and the flexible hose is connected at its quick-disconnect. If it comes back, it needs a visit.
How do I reset IGNITION LOCKOUT on a Vulcan fryer?
Turn the fryer off and back on; Vulcan says that re-initializes the control. Check the gas valve and hose first, or the lockout will simply return.
Why does my Vulcan fryer lock out after a gas line was worked on?
Air left in the line after gas work can keep the burners from lighting on the first attempts. If a restart does not clear it, have the gas side checked rather than cycling the power over and over.
Is IGNITION LOCKOUT on a Vulcan dangerous?
The lockout stops the fryer from trying to light, which is the safe response. The danger is a gas smell; if you notice one, leave the fryer off and treat it as a gas emergency.

Back to your everyday

Still showing IGNITION LOCKOUT?

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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