Smeg flashing clock: the microwave lost power
Smeg's compact microwave flashes the clock to show the time can no longer be trusted.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Power and supply
- Microwave diagnostic visit
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What Flashing clock
actually means.
Smeg's compact microwave flashes the clock to show the time can no longer be trusted. The OTR24XU hood model shows 12:00 PRESS CLOCK ENTER TIME at the same moment.
Smeg microwave display · also shown as 12:00 PRESS CLOCK ENTER TIME
What to do when Flashing clock 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.
MakeSmeg
Smeg microwaves checked on site, with attention to the door hinge, the latch and whether the cavity lamp lights as the door swings open.
SourceSmeg SFU4300MX / SOCU2300MX compact microwave with grill instructions
SFU4300MX / SOCU2300MX: flashing clock. OTR24XU: 12:00 PRESS CLOCK ENTER TIME.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Smeg's own guidance for Flashing clock on its microwaves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Set the clock with the + key and the clock indicator.
Restart any cooking that was interrupted.
If the clock flashes again without an outage, check the breaker and the outlet.
If the microwave trips the breaker when it starts, stop using it and book a visit.
Still there?
It usually turns into microwave diagnostic visit. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
A flashing clock is only a reminder that power was lost, not a failure of the microwave. It becomes a repair question when it keeps happening with steady house power.
What you may
notice with it.
The microwave problems Flashing clock tends to arrive with. Answer these at the microwave before anyone is booked.
All problems
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microwaves.
Smeg microwaves checked on site, with attention to the door hinge, the latch and whether the cavity lamp lights as the door swings open.
Smeg microwave repairMore Smeg codes
Power and supply 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 Smeg's own words
the clock display will flash to indicate that the time shown is not correct.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. SFU4300MX / SOCU2300MX: flashing clock. OTR24XU: 12:00 PRESS CLOCK ENTER TIME.
Smeg Flashing clock 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 Flashing clock.
Can I clear Flashing clock myself?
Why is the clock flashing on my Smeg microwave?
Does the flashing clock mean my Smeg microwave is broken?
Why does my Smeg hood microwave say PRESS CLOCK ENTER TIME?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Flashing clock?
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.