Sharp Er06: the thermostat circuit reads shorted
Sharp lists Er06 as short-circuit protection for the thermostats.
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What Er06
actually means.
Sharp lists Er06 as short-circuit protection for the thermostats. The control reads a short where the thermostat should be and stops the microwave, keeping the alert going until STOP/CLEAR is pressed or the unit is unplugged.
Sharp microwave display
What to do when Er06 shows on the microwaveKind of codeSensors 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 toMicrowave 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 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.
MakeSharp
Sharp microwaves repaired in the kitchen, including drawer models under the counter, countertop units and those mounted over the burners.
SourceSharp USA support article table image: Automatic Protection Mechanism (SMC0985KS)
From the same SMC0985KS article as Er05; it has not been found for Sharp drawers or hood combinations.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Sharp's own guidance for Er06 on its microwaves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Press STOP/CLEAR, then unplug the microwave.
After a minute, plug it in and see if the code returns on a short run.
If Er06 repeats, book a visit and do not keep resetting it.
Still there?
It usually turns into microwave control board and touchpad repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
Er06 is not the overheat code, even though both involve temperature. It points to a part or wire, while Er03 points to heat.
What you may
notice with it.
The microwave problems Er06 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the microwave before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Er06 usually leads
Microwave control board and touchpad repair.
Sharp
microwaves.
Sharp microwaves repaired in the kitchen, including drawer models under the counter, countertop units and those mounted over the burners.
Sharp microwave repairMore Sharp codes
Sensors and temperature on other makes
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.
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.
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 Sharp's own words
The display may show Er06, which means the appliance's thermostats are under short circuit protection mode.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. From the same SMC0985KS article as Er05; it has not been found for Sharp drawers or hood combinations.
Sharp Er06 microwave repair,
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Questions
about Er06.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing Er06?
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.