--- title: "Dacor C-10: the slim microwave hood combination's gas sensor is open or shorted" description: "What C-10 means on Dacor C-10: the slim microwave hood combination's gas sensor is open or shorteds, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure…" url: "https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-c-10/" --- # Dacor C-10: the slim microwave hood combination's gas sensor is open or shorted The DMO30U970S uses a gas sensor to judge how food is cooking and to adjust time and power on its automatic settings. ## What C-10 actually means. The DMO30U970S uses a gas sensor to judge how food is cooking and to adjust time and power on its automatic settings. C-10 is the information code Dacor gives when that sensor reads as either an open or a shorted circuit, so the control stops relying on it. Dacor microwave display What to do when C-10 shows on the microwave ### Kind of code Sensors and temperature The control has stopped trusting what one of its sensors reports: the cook or humidity sensor that ends a sensor reheat when steam rises, or a thermal cutout that trips when the cavity or the magnetron runs too hot. A cutout that opens stops the microwave mid-cycle and often recovers once it cools; one that keeps tripping, or a sensor program that shuts off at once every time, needs the sensor, its wiring or the airflow behind it checked. ### Usually leads to Microwave control board and touchpad repair Tracing a dead display, keys that do not answer or a code that keeps returning to the keypad, the ribbon, the relays or the main board, and replacing only the part that failed. ### 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 Dacor Dacor microwave visits start with the story of the last cook: what was inside, how long it ran and what the door window showed. ### Source Dacor DMO30U970S slim microwave hood combination user guide Dacor DMO30U970SS 30-inch slim over-the-range microwave (Samsung-built, information code table in its user guide). ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Dacor's own guidance for C-10 on its microwaves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Unplug the microwave, or switch off its breaker if the plug sits inside the cabinet above. 02 Wait a minute, restore power and try a plain timed cook to see whether C-10 comes back. 03 If it does, leave the unit off and book a visit; the sensor sits inside the outer case, which only a technician should open. ### Still there? It usually turns into [microwave control board and touchpad repair](https://microwaverepair.center/services/microwave-control-board-and-touchpad-repair/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do C-10 does not mean the fan or the vent above the cooking surface has stopped. It is also not the touch-key codes C-F2 and C-d0, which concern the control panel. ## What you may notice with it. The microwave problems C-10 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the microwave before anyone is booked. 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Dacor microwave visits start with the story of the last cook: what was inside, how long it ran and what the door window showed. [Dacor microwave repair](https://microwaverepair.center/brands/dacor/) More Dacor codes [C-F0](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-c-f0/) [C-F1](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-c-f1/) [C-F2](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-c-f2/) [C-d0](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-c-d0/) [ERROR](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-error/) [WELCOME PRESS CLEAR AND PRESS CLOCK](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-welcome/) [LOCK ON](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-lock-on/) [DEMO ON](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-demo-on/) [ERROR WEIGHT TOO SMALL](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-error-weight-too-small/) Sensors and temperature on other makes [Bertazzoni ERROR](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/bertazzoni-error/) [Bosch ERROR](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/bosch-error/) [Café HOT](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/cafe-hot/) [Fisher & Paykel A1](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-a1/) [Fulgor Milano ERROR](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/fulgor-milano-error/) [GE Profile ERR](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-err/) [JennAir E11](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/jennair-e11/) [KitchenAid F3H1](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-f3h1/) [All 45 codes of this kind](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/#family-sensor) Dacor builds this ### Microwave hood combination The microwave that hangs from the wall cabinets above the burners, heating food in its cavity while its own fan, light and filters handle the steam and grease rising from the pans beneath it. Dacor 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. Dacor 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 Dacor's own words > The GAS sensor is open. [Dacor DMO30U970S slim microwave hood combination user guide](https://image-us.samsung.com/SamsungUS/dacor/products/cooking/microwaves/dmo30u970ss/download/DMO30U970S_UserGuide.pdf) [Dacor DMO30U970S slim microwave hood combination user guide](https://image-us.samsung.com/SamsungUS/dacor/products/cooking/microwaves/dmo30u970ss/download/DMO30U970S_UserGuide.pdf) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. 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Unplug the microwave, or switch off its breaker if the plug sits inside the cabinet above. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### Can I still heat food on my Dacor slim microwave hood combination with C-10? Dacor's action for C-10 is to unplug the oven and have it serviced, not to keep cooking. Treat it as out of use until the sensor is checked. ### Where is the gas sensor on the Dacor DMO30U970S? Inside the outer case, in the air path from the cavity. Reaching it means taking the unit apart near high-voltage parts, so it is a technician's job. ### Why did C-10 show up after a steamy dish on my Dacor slim microwave? Steam is what the sensor reads, so it is often the moment the problem is noticed. A working sensor handles steam; a code that returns afterwards points to the part or its wiring. --- **[Read on the site: Dacor C-10: the slim microwave hood combination's gas sensor is open or shorted](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-c-10/)** **[Book a visit with MicrowaveRepair.center](https://microwaverepair.center/schedule/)**