--- title: "TurboChef F6: the electrical compartment is overheating" description: "What F6 means on TurboChef F6: the electrical compartment is overheatings, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f6/" --- # TurboChef F6: the electrical compartment is overheating EC means electrical compartment. ## What F6 actually means. EC means electrical compartment. Small fans pull room air past the boards and relays, and F6 appears when that compartment runs hot. TurboChef points at paper towels or other items blocking the cooling air, clogged rear fan guards on the Single Batch, and cooling fans that have stopped. TurboChef pizza oven display · also shown as F6: EC Over Temp, F6: EC Temp What to do when F6 shows on the pizza oven ### Kind of code Blowers and airflow The air the oven bakes with is not moving as it should. In a conveyor or rapid-cook oven the impingement blower may be dragging on worn bearings, its fingers packed with grease so the jets fire unevenly, or its cooling fan clogged with flour dust until the controls overheat; a gas oven may also refuse to light when its combustion air switch never proves. Cleaning the intake filters and grilles with the oven off is safe; a blower that slows, squeals or smells hot is a visit. ### Usually leads to Pizza oven blower and fan repair Impingement blowers, cooling fans, bearings, belts and air fingers repaired or replaced, so hot air reaches every lane of the pizza oven evenly. ### Shows up as Pizza Oven Error Code on a Deck, Conveyor or Rapid-Cook Display A pizza oven error code shows as letters or numbers on the display of a conveyor, deck or rapid-cook oven, a flashing light on its panel, or a message about ignition, heat, belt or airflow. ### Make TurboChef A TurboChef call starts with the menu item that came out wrong and the recipe setting it ran on, since a rapid-cook oven follows those settings to the second. ### Source TurboChef High h Conveyor (HhC 1618, 2020, 2620) owner's manual, HCT-4201 Rev U HhC conveyors (legacy controller) print F6: EC Over Temp; the Single Batch prints F6: EC Temp and adds the rear cooling fan exhaust guards as a cause. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from TurboChef's own guidance for F6 on its pizza ovens. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Pull anything away from the side and rear panels, including towels, bags and stock stacked against the oven. 02 On a Single Batch, check that the rear cooling fan guards are free of lint and grease; clean them only with the oven off. 03 Keep the air around the oven reasonable; if F6 comes back with the panels clear, book a visit so the cooling fans can be checked. ### Still there? It usually turns into [pizza oven blower and fan repair](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-blower-and-fan-repair/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do F6 does not say the food is overcooking; the cook chamber has its own overheat report, F5. It is also not a blower report for the main cooking air, which is F1. ## What you may notice with it. The pizza oven problems F6 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the pizza oven before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Pizza Oven Error Code on a Deck, Conveyor or Rapid-Cook Display](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-error-code/) [All 7 causes, cheapest first](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-error-code/) It also comes with - [**Burning or Hot Wiring Smell From an Electric Pizza Oven**](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-burning-smell/) Problem ### Pizza Oven Error Code on a Deck, Conveyor or Rapid-Cook Display 7 causes, cheapest first Where F6 usually leads ## Pizza oven blower and fan repair. **Impingement blower motor, bearings or wheel, cooling fan, filter or air fingers · moderate.** Book a visit [What the job involves](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-blower-and-fan-repair/) ## TurboChef pizza ovens. A TurboChef call starts with the menu item that came out wrong and the recipe setting it ran on, since a rapid-cook oven follows those settings to the second. [TurboChef pizza oven repair](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/brands/turbochef/) More TurboChef codes [F1](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f1/) [F2](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f2/) [F5](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f5/) [F7](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f7/) [F8](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f8/) [F9](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f9/) [Oven Door Open](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-oven-door-open/) [Er1](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-er1/) [COOLING DOWN](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-cooling-down/) [OVEN IDLE](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-oven-idle/) [SOAKING](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-soaking/) Blowers and airflow on other makes [Middleby Marshall SENSOR OPEN](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/middleby-marshall-sensor-open/) [All 5 codes of this kind](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/#family-fan) TurboChef builds this ### Conveyor and rapid-cook pizza oven A tunnel oven whose wire belt carries pizzas through hot air jets, and the countertop rapid-cook ovens that bake a pizza in minutes. ## In TurboChef's own words > F6: EC Over Temp [TurboChef High h Conveyor (HhC 1618, 2020, 2620) owner's manual, HCT-4201 Rev U](https://middleby-cdn.com/usermanuals/TurboChef_HhC_Conveyors_OwnersManual_1.pdf) [TurboChef High h Conveyor (HhC 1618, 2020, 2620) owner's manual, HCT-4201 Rev U](https://middleby-cdn.com/usermanuals/TurboChef_HhC_Conveyors_OwnersManual_1.pdf) [TurboChef Single Batch rapid cook oven owner's manual](https://middleby-cdn.com/usermanuals/TurboChef_HHS-9500-801_ImpingementOvens_OwnersManual_1.pdf) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. HhC conveyors (legacy controller) print F6: EC Over Temp; the Single Batch prints F6: EC Temp and adds the rear cooling fan exhaust guards as a cause. ## TurboChef F6 pizza oven 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. 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Pull anything away from the side and rear panels, including towels, bags and stock stacked against the oven. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### Why does my TurboChef show F6 after we moved it against a wall? The electrical compartment breathes through the side and rear panels. Pushed tight to a wall or boxed in by supplies, it cannot pull in cool air, and F6 is the result. ### Where are the cooling fans on a TurboChef Single Batch? The manual points to the rear cooling fan exhaust guards. Wiping lint and grease off those guards with the oven off is an operator task; replacing a fan is not. ### Does a hot kitchen trigger TurboChef F6? It can add to it. TurboChef warns elsewhere that the room should not run above 100°F around the conveyor, so a hot line plus a blocked panel is a common pairing. --- **[Read on the site: TurboChef F6: the electrical compartment is overheating](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f6/)** **[Book a visit with PizzaOvenRepair.center](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/schedule/)**