Dacor Modernist wall oven
showing C-20
C-20 on a Dacor Modernist oven means the cavity temperature sensor was found open or shorted while the oven was running, so the control cannot read the temperature it is holding.
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- Temperature sensor
- Temperature sensor and calibration
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What C-20
actually means.
C-20 on a Dacor Modernist oven means the cavity temperature sensor was found open or shorted while the oven was running, so the control cannot read the temperature it is holding.
Dacor oven display
What to do when C-20 shows on the ovenKind of codeTemperature sensor
The reading from the temperature probe fell outside what the control will trust, or climbed far higher than the setting. A loose connector or a probe that has drifted is ruled out before the control itself, and a reading that runs away means the breaker goes off first.
Usually leads toTemperature sensor and calibration
Baking that comes out burnt or pale at the usual setting, traced to the sensor, its wiring or an oven that simply needs calibrating.
Shows up asOven Temperature Not Accurate
Recipes come out burnt or underdone at the right setting, and an oven thermometer reads far from the dial.
MakeDacor
A luxury brand owned by Samsung, whose built-in ovens include steam-assisted and combination models.
SourceDacor user manual: Modernist built-in electric wall oven DOB30M977
Dacor Modernist DOB30M977 single and double wall ovens, cavity sensor.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Dacor's own guidance for C-20 on its ovens. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Press OFF and restart the oven.
If C-20 persists, disconnect all power for at least 30 seconds and reconnect.
If it still returns, stop using the oven and book a visit.
Still there?
It usually turns into temperature sensor and calibration. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
C-20 is not the meat probe; that is C-23. This one is the sensor in the cavity.
What you may
notice with it.
The oven problems C-20 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the oven before anyone is booked.
All problems
Oven Temperature Not Accurate
5 causes, cheapest first
Where C-20 usually leads
Temperature sensor and calibration.
Dacor
ovens.
A luxury brand owned by Samsung, whose built-in ovens include steam-assisted and combination models.
Dacor oven repairMore Dacor codes
Temperature sensor on other makes
Single wall oven
One oven cavity set into a cabinet at chest height, with its own controls above the door and nothing to cook on above it.
Double wall oven
Two full oven cavities stacked in one tall cabinet, sharing one control panel and one power supply but heating on their own.
Steam oven
A built-in oven that adds water vapor to the cavity, alone or with convection heat, fed from a tank or a water line.
In Dacor's own words
Oven sensor is open when oven operates
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Dacor Modernist DOB30M977 single and double wall ovens, cavity sensor.
Dacor C-20 oven 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.
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Questions
about C-20.
Can I clear C-20 myself?
Can my Dacor still bake with C-20 on the display?
Is C-20 on my Dacor the probe I plug into the roast?
Back to your everyday
Still showing C-20?
Book with the code exactly as shown, the full model number, and whether you can smell gas or burning — with a code, that is where the diagnosis starts.