--- title: "Café PF: the microwave drawer lost power" description: "What PF means on Café PF: the microwave drawer lost powers, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/cafe-pf/" --- # Café PF: the microwave drawer lost power The CWL112 microwave drawer shows PF when its supply has dropped out, from an outage, a breaker or a loose plug. ## What PF actually means. The CWL112 microwave drawer shows PF when its supply has dropped out, from an outage, a breaker or a loose plug. Any program in progress and the clock were cleared. Café microwave display What to do when PF shows on the microwave ### Kind of code Power and supply The microwave has noticed trouble with the power reaching it: an outage or a brownout that interrupted a cycle, a voltage too low for the magnetron to start, or a supply that dipped when something else on the circuit switched on. As often as not the cause is the circuit, the outlet in the cabinet above or the breaker rather than the unit; a main fuse that blows again after a reset points inside, where only a technician goes. ### Usually leads to Microwave diagnostic visit A visit that times a cup of water against the clock, checks the door and its switches, then tests the high-voltage section, the controls and the moving parts one at a time until a single part is named. ### Shows up as What a Microwave Error Code Is Telling You A microwave error code may be a letter and a number on the display, a lock or demo word, a row of dashes, or a beep with a blinking clock, and it can show while the microwave still heats or block every key until it is cleared. ### Make Café Café microwaves checked on site, whether the complaint is a dark cavity lamp, a buzzing hum or a drawer front that stalls halfway. ### Source Café CWL112 microwave drawer owner's manual Printed in the CWL112 microwave drawer manual. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Café's own guidance for PF on its microwaves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Press Clear/Off to remove PF. 02 Reset the clock and restart the program you were running. 03 If PF repeats without an outage, check the breaker and the outlet behind or below the drawer, then book a visit. ### Still there? It usually turns into [microwave diagnostic visit](https://microwaverepair.center/services/diagnostic-visit/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do PF does not point to a failed part inside the drawer. Repeated PF with steady house power is a supply or connection question that a technician should trace. ## What you may notice with it. The microwave problems PF tends to arrive with. Answer these at the microwave before anyone is booked. 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Café builds this ### Built-in microwave A microwave set into a tall cabinet or a wall of cabinetry at eye level, either a countertop body wrapped in a trim kit or a true built-in model, including speed and convection microwaves that brown as well as heat. Café builds this ### Microwave drawer A microwave built under a counter or into a kitchen island that opens like a drawer at the touch of a key, with a motor and gears sliding its cavity out toward you. ## In Café's own words > “PF” appears on display A Power Failure has occurred. [Café CWL112 microwave drawer owner's manual](https://images.salsify.com/image/upload/s--UwRk0HTU--/78c1c566574de92a332983a6132bb0712f2ea77b.pdf) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Printed in the CWL112 microwave drawer manual. ## Café PF microwave 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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Press Clear/Off to remove PF. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### Why does my Café microwave drawer show PF after a storm? The power blinked. Press Clear/Off and set the clock. ### Is my Café drawer safe to use after PF? Yes, once cleared. PF only records the interruption. ### PF shows on my Café drawer several times a week. Why? Something is interrupting the circuit. A loose outlet connection or a shared circuit that trips is the usual cause and should be found. --- **[Read on the site: Café PF: the microwave drawer lost power](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/cafe-pf/)** **[Book a visit with MicrowaveRepair.center](https://microwaverepair.center/schedule/)**