Elica Charcoal Filter flashing: renew the filter on a recirculating hood
When the Pilato is set up with charcoal filters, it counts one hundred and twenty fan hours and then flashes Charcoal Filter while the fan runs.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Filter reminders
- Range hood filter and baffle service
- Source: Elica
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What Charcoal Filter (flashing)
actually means.
When the Pilato is set up with charcoal filters, it counts one hundred and twenty fan hours and then flashes Charcoal Filter while the fan runs. Elica says the filters should then be replaced or reactivated. The alarm is cleared by holding the minus button for 5 seconds.
Elica range hood display · also shown as charcoal filter saturation alarm
What to do when Charcoal Filter (flashing) shows on the range hoodKind of codeFilter reminders
The hood has counted enough hours of fan time to ask for its filters: the mesh or baffle grease filters want a wash, or on a recirculating hood the charcoal filters want replacing. Most hoods count hours rather than measure grease, so the light comes on whether the filters are clean or not, and it stays on until it is reset with the key the manual names. A reminder that returns straight after a reset, or a hood that still pulls weakly with fresh filters, is worth a visit.
Usually leads toRange hood filter and baffle service
Cleaning or replacing what catches grease and odor: mesh and baffle filters, charcoal pads on recirculating hoods, and the grease channel.
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. Charcoal filtering is included or excluded by holding + and - together for 5 seconds with lamps and motor off.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Elica's own guidance for Charcoal Filter (flashing) on its range hoods. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check whether your hood actually has charcoal filters fitted; a ducted hood does not need them.
Replace the charcoal filters, or reactivate them if your filter type allows it, with the hood off.
Hold the - button for 5 seconds to clear the alarm.
Book a visit if the alarm will not clear.
Still there?
It usually turns into range hood filter and baffle service. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
On a hood ducted outside, this alarm means charcoal filtering was switched on in setup, not that anything is clogged. It does not indicate a blower problem.
What you may
notice with it.
The range hood problems Charcoal Filter (flashing) tends to arrive with. Answer these at the range hood before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Charcoal Filter (flashing) usually leads
Range hood filter and baffle service.
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
Filter reminders 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
When this icon flashes on display, the charcoal filters installed are required to be replaced or reactivated.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Pilato EPL630S2 and EPL636S2. Charcoal filtering is included or excluded by holding + and - together for 5 seconds with lamps and motor off.
Elica Charcoal Filter (flashing) 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 Charcoal Filter (flashing).
Can I clear Charcoal Filter (flashing) myself?
How do I stop the Charcoal Filter alarm on a ducted Elica?
How often does an Elica ask for new charcoal filters?
Which button resets Charcoal Filter on an Elica?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Charcoal Filter (flashing)?
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.