Elica display reading Grease Filter: wash the metal filters
The Pilato keeps a grease filter saturation alarm.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Filter reminders
- Range hood filter and baffle service
- Source: Elica
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What Grease Filter
actually means.
The Pilato keeps a grease filter saturation alarm. After thirty fan hours the words Grease Filter show whenever the fan is running, until the filters are washed and the alarm is reset with a 5-second press of the + button.
Elica range hood display · also shown as grease filter saturation alarm
What to do when Grease Filter 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; the manual marks the alarm as optional.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Elica's own guidance for Grease Filter on its range hoods. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Pull the spring release handle to take out the grease filter with the hood off.
Wash it by hand or in the dishwasher on a low temperature, short cycle, and let it dry.
Press and hold + for 5 seconds to clear the message.
If Grease Filter returns right away, book a visit.
Still there?
It usually turns into range hood filter and baffle service. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
Grease Filter is steady text asking for washing, while a flashing Charcoal Filter is about the odor filter of a recirculating hood. Some discoloration after dishwashing is normal and does not affect filtering.
What you may
notice with it.
The range hood problems Grease Filter tends to arrive with. Answer these at the range hood before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Grease Filter 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
After thirty fan functional hours, the display will show “Grease Filter” if the fan is active.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Pilato EPL630S2 and EPL636S2; the manual marks the alarm as optional.
Elica Grease Filter 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 Grease Filter.
Can I clear Grease Filter myself?
How do I reset Grease Filter on an Elica?
Why did my Elica grease filter change color after washing?
Does my Elica turn off because of the Grease Filter message?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Grease Filter?
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.