Dacor oF — a deliberate cooling-off setting on a cold storage column
Dacor's own column freezer manual documents oF as the display shown once Cooling Off mode is active, entered by holding three specific buttons together for five seconds, with the freezer chime confirming the switch each time.
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- Setup modes, not failures
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What oF
actually means.
Dacor's own column freezer manual documents oF as the display shown once Cooling Off mode is active, entered by holding three specific buttons together for five seconds, with the freezer chime confirming the switch each time.
Dacor appliance display · also shown as OF
What to do when oF shows on the applianceKind of codeSetup modes, not failures
Nothing is wrong with the new appliance; it has come out of the carton in a state the store or the factory left it in. A showroom or demo mode lights the display and the fans while the unit never cools or heats, a Sabbath setting holds the oven light and hides the controls, a control or shipping lock refuses every key, and some laundry and dish care machines ask for a first calibration cycle before normal use. The manual gives the key sequence that turns each one off; once it is off, the appliance runs as it should.
Usually leads toNo installation
Confirm the display literally reads oF before assuming a cooling failure.
Shows up asCold Storage Slow to Cool on the First Day
Cold storage slow to cool is a new refrigerator, freezer, wine or beverage unit that still feels warm inside many hours after its installation.
MakeDacor
Dacor installs range from wall ovens and ranges with a matching hood to column refrigeration and a panel-ready dishwasher in the same run of cabinets.
SourceDacor column freezer user care manual — Cooling Off mode
Dacor documents this exact button combination on its column freezer line; other Dacor refrigeration models may use a different combination for the same setting.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Dacor's own guidance for oF on its appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Confirm the display literally reads oF before assuming a cooling failure.
Use the documented three-button hold for this model to exit Cooling Off mode.
Listen for the freezer chime, which Dacor's manual says confirms the mode has changed.
Allow the standard stabilization period once cooling resumes before loading food.
Cleared?
The message has gone from the display, the setting or connection behind it has been corrected, and the new appliance finishes a full first cycle without raising it again. A setup code that comes straight back after the hookup has been checked points to something the install missed, such as a kinked hose or a harness left unplugged, so note it when you book.
What not to do
oF does not mean the compressor or the sealed system has failed. It is a deliberate setting meant for a showroom or an extended vacancy, reversible with the same button hold that set it.
What you may
notice with it.
The appliance problems oF tends to arrive with. Answer these at the appliance before anyone is booked.
All problems
No installation indicated
Nothing to install.
Nothing is wrong with the new appliance; it has come out of the carton in a state the store or the factory left it in. A showroom or demo mode lights the display and the fans while the unit never cools or heats, a Sabbath setting holds the oven light and hides the controls, a control or shipping lock refuses every key, and some laundry and dish care machines ask for a first calibration cycle before normal use. The manual gives the key sequence that turns each one off; once it is off, the appliance runs as it should.
Dacor
appliances.
Dacor installs range from wall ovens and ranges with a matching hood to column refrigeration and a panel-ready dishwasher in the same run of cabinets.
Dacor appliance installationMore Dacor codes
Setup modes, not failures on other makes
Cold storage
Setting a new refrigerator, freezer, wine or beverage unit or ice maker into its opening: measured, connected to water, leveled and started.
Cooking appliances
Hooking up ranges, cooktops, wall ovens, microwaves and hoods: gas connectors leak-tested, anti-tip brackets fastened, ducts sized and the first light checked.
Dish care
Fitting a new dishwasher or dish drawer under the counter: supply line, drain loop or air gap, power, mounting brackets and a first test cycle.
In Dacor's own words
To enter Cooling Off mode, press and hold Cocktail Ice, Standard Ice, and Filter Reset...simultaneously for 5 seconds. The freezer chime sounds and the temperature display shows “oF”.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Dacor documents this exact button combination on its column freezer line; other Dacor refrigeration models may use a different combination for the same setting.
Dacor oF appliance installation,
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 oF.
Can I clear oF myself?
Why would a brand-new cold storage column already show oF at delivery?
Is it safe to load food right after exiting oF?
Does the button combination for oF work the same on every Dacor cold storage model?
Back to your everyday
Still showing oF?
A booking moves faster with three things: the message exactly as the display shows it, the model number from the carton or the rating plate, and the moment it first appeared. With those, the office can tell whether it is a setup step or a connection to put right, and send the part that fixes it.