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.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Power and supply
- Microwave diagnostic visit
- Source: Café
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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 microwaveKind of codePower 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 toMicrowave 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 asWhat 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.
MakeCafé
Café microwaves checked on site, whether the complaint is a dark cavity lamp, a buzzing hum or a drawer front that stalls halfway.
SourceCafé 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.
Press Clear/Off to remove PF.
Reset the clock and restart the program you were running.
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. 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.
All problems
Café
microwaves.
Café microwaves checked on site, whether the complaint is a dark cavity lamp, a buzzing hum or a drawer front that stalls halfway.
Café microwave repairMore Café codes
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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.
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.
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 PF.
Can I clear PF myself?
Why does my Café microwave drawer show PF after a storm?
Is my Café drawer safe to use after PF?
PF shows on my Café drawer several times a week. Why?
Back to your everyday
Still showing PF?
Three details make the booking useful: the characters or beeps just as they appeared, every character of the model number, and whether a cup of water still warms up. With those, the technician arrives already halfway to the answer.