Elica CArE on the display: the heat sensor has taken over the fan
The Pilato control has a heat sensor that reacts when the air around the control passes about 149°F.
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- Heat and grease sensors
- Range hood heat sensor repair
- Source: Elica
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What CArE
actually means.
The Pilato control has a heat sensor that reacts when the air around the control passes about 149°F. If the blower was off or on first speed it jumps to third, and the display shows CArE. You can raise it to fourth but not lower it until the temperature drops, when the hood goes back to what you had set.
Elica range hood display · also shown as CARE, heat sensor alarm
What to do when CArE shows on the range hoodKind of codeHeat and grease sensors
A sensor inside the canopy has stopped telling the control a believable story: the heat sensor that starts the fan when the air above the burners gets hot, or on some hoods a sensor that reads grease or steam to set the speed. One that reads hot all the time keeps the blower running with the burners long cold; one that reads nothing leaves the automatic mode doing nothing. The sensor, its wiring and the canopy around it are checked at the visit.
Usually leads toRange hood heat sensor repair
Testing the sensor that starts the fan by itself when the burners get hot, so the hood starts when it should and stops when the heat is gone.
Shows up asReading a Range Hood Error Code or Blinking Light
A range hood error code may appear as letters and numbers on a display, a light that blinks in a pattern, a filter reminder that will not clear, or a beep with the fan refusing to start.
MakeElica
Elica hoods, whether ducted outdoors or set up to recirculate, are serviced on site with the filters and controls checked first.
SourceElica Pilato (EPL630S2, EPL636S2) use, care and installation guide
Pilato EPL630S2 and EPL636S2 with the LI30TD digital control.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Elica's own guidance for CArE on its range hoods. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check the burners at once: for a pan fire, turn the burner off, slide a lid over it and leave it, never use water, and get out and call 911 if flames reach the hood or cabinets.
If nothing is burning, lower the heat or move large pans to the back burners and let the blower run.
Wait for CArE to clear by itself as the hood cools.
If CArE shows with the burners cold, book a visit to check the sensor and the control.
Still there?
It usually turns into range hood heat sensor repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
CArE is not a request for service or a maintenance reminder despite the word. The filter messages on the same display read Grease Filter and Charcoal Filter.
What you may
notice with it.
The range hood problems CArE tends to arrive with. Answer these at the range hood before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where CArE usually leads
Range hood heat sensor repair.
Elica
range hoods.
Elica hoods, whether ducted outdoors or set up to recirculate, are serviced on site with the filters and controls checked first.
Elica range hood repairMore Elica codes
Heat and grease sensors on other makes
Wall-mount range hood
The chimney hood fixed to a bare stretch of wall above the burners, its canopy catching the rising smoke while a telescoping cover hides the duct that climbs to the ceiling.
Under-cabinet range hood
The slim hood screwed to the bottom of the wall cabinet over the burners, venting up through that cabinet or back through the wall, or cleaning the air and returning it to the room.
Island range hood
The hood that hangs from the ceiling over burners set into a kitchen island, open on all four sides, with its duct and wiring hidden inside a chimney that drops from above.
In Elica's own words
the display shows the word “CArE” to indicate that heat sensor has detected an excessive heat.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Pilato EPL630S2 and EPL636S2 with the LI30TD digital control.
Elica CArE range hood 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 CArE.
Can I clear CArE myself?
Why won't my Elica hood let me lower the fan speed?
Does CArE on an Elica mean something is broken?
How do I clear CArE on my Elica Pilato?
Back to your everyday
Still showing CArE?
Three things make the booking useful: the letters or blink pattern exactly as they showed, the full model number from the label behind the filters, and whether the fan still moves air on every speed. With those, the technician arrives with half the answer already worked out.