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The touch control strip along the top of a glass-door wine cooler, a small padlock icon lit beside the temperature, unlabeled bottles lying on the wooden racks below.

Thermador SAB: Sabbath mode is on, so lights and alarms are off

Sabbath mode on the under-counter Wine Reserve shows SAB on the display for a few seconds and lights the SABBATH key.

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  • Mode, not a failure
  • No repair needed
  • Source: Thermador

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What SAB
actually means.

Sabbath mode on the under-counter Wine Reserve shows SAB on the display for a few seconds and lights the SABBATH key. While it is on, the interior and exterior lights stay dark, every key except ON/OFF is ignored, and the audible and visual alarms are switched off. Cooling continues. The Freedom columns also have a Sabbath mode, set from the settings menu for a chosen time.

Thermador wine cooler display · also shown as Sabbath mode, SABBATH light

What to do when SAB shows on the wine cooler

Kind of codeMode, not a failure

A setting someone switched on, often by leaning on the touch panel or left over from the showroom floor, rather than a part that wore out: a demo mode that lights the display and the rack lamps while the cooling never starts, a Sabbath setting that turns off the lights and alarms, a child or control lock that ignores every key press, a reminder that the glass door stood open. The cabinet is fine, and its own keys or its manual switch the mode back off.

Usually leads toNo repair

On the Wine Reserve, hold SABBATH for 3 seconds to leave the mode; the keys, lights and alarms come back.

Shows up asWine Cooler Error Code

A wine cooler error code appears as letters and digits on the display, a flashing temperature, dashes where a number should be or a blinking symbol, sometimes with an alarm tone and sometimes while the cabinet stays perfectly cool.

MakeThermador

Thermador wine cooler service for cabinets that run cold, run warm or fog up behind the glass.

SourceThermador Wine Reserve Use & Care Guide, Sabbath mode

T24UW under-counter Wine Reserve (SAB on the display, SABBATH key) and Freedom T18IW905SP and T24IW905SP columns (Sabbath mode in the settings menu).

Before you book,
in this order.

Each step comes from Thermador's own guidance for SAB on its wine coolers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

On the Wine Reserve, hold SABBATH for 3 seconds to leave the mode; the keys, lights and alarms come back.

02

On a Freedom column, end Sabbath mode from its screen or wait for the time you set to run out.

03

If the unit still ignores its keys after Sabbath mode is off, check that LOCK is not lit as well.

Cleared?

The display has gone quiet and the cabinet is back at its setting without a new part. Should the code reappear this week, or the reds start feeling warm again, book a visit and mention that it came back.

What not to do

Sabbath mode is not a broken light or a dead control panel. Because the alarms are silent while it runs, a warm cabinet will not warn you, so check the temperature on the display after a long Sabbath period.

What you may
notice with it.

The wine cooler problems SAB tends to arrive with. Answer these at the wine cooler before anyone is booked.

All problems

Before you call

Wine Cooler Error Code

All 7 causes, cheapest first

It also comes with

The control panel of a built-in wine column in a kitchen, its small display glowing with abstract amber segments beside the top of the glass door, unlabeled bottles lying on wooden racks behind the glass below. Problem

Wine Cooler Error Code

7 causes, cheapest first

No repair indicated

Nothing to repair.

A setting someone switched on, often by leaning on the touch panel or left over from the showroom floor, rather than a part that wore out: a demo mode that lights the display and the rack lamps while the cooling never starts, a Sabbath setting that turns off the lights and alarms, a child or control lock that ignores every key press, a reminder that the glass door stood open. The cabinet is fine, and its own keys or its manual switch the mode back off.

How to read what your wine cooler is telling you

Thermador
wine coolers.

Thermador wine cooler service for cabinets that run cold, run warm or fog up behind the glass.

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More Thermador codes

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Mode, not a failure on other makes

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All 51 codes of this kind
A stainless undercounter wine cooler with a tinted glass door built into white shaker cabinetry beneath a marble counter in a US home kitchen, rows of dark wine bottles lying on beech wood racks inside, softly lit. Thermador builds this

Undercounter wine cooler

A wine cooler about the height of a base cabinet, built in under the counter of a kitchen, a bar or a butler's pantry, with a glass door, sliding racks and a vented toe grille at the floor.

 A tall stainless built-in wine column with a full-height tinted glass door set flush into walnut cabinetry in a US home dining room, dozens of dark wine bottles resting on pale wood racks from floor to top, soft white interior light. Thermador builds this

Wine column

A full-height built-in wine cabinet, 18 to 30 inches wide, set flush into tall cabinetry or paired with a matching column, with a glass or panel door and dozens to well over a hundred bottles inside.

 A stainless dual-zone wine cooler with a glass door in a US home bar, a slim divider shelf separating an upper compartment of dark red wine bottles and a lower compartment of pale green bottles, all, lying on oak racks under two soft lights. Thermador builds this

Dual-zone wine cooler

A wine cooler with two separately set compartments, upper and lower or side by side, so reds and whites or a storage zone and a serving zone each keep their own temperature.

In Thermador's own words

the display will show SAB for a few seconds.
Thermador Wine Reserve Use & Care Guide, Sabbath mode Thermador Wine Reserve Use & Care Guide, Sabbath mode effects Thermador Wine Reserve Use & Care Guide, troubleshooting

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. T24UW under-counter Wine Reserve (SAB on the display, SABBATH key) and Freedom T18IW905SP and T24IW905SP columns (Sabbath mode in the settings menu).

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Questions
about SAB.

Can I clear SAB myself?
On the Wine Reserve, hold SABBATH for 3 seconds to leave the mode; the keys, lights and alarms come back.
Why are the lights out in my Thermador Wine Reserve?
Thermador's own first answer is Sabbath mode. Hold SABBATH for 3 seconds; if the lights stay dark afterward, the LED strip needs a technician, because Thermador reserves it for service.
Does a Thermador wine unit keep cooling in Sabbath mode?
Yes. Only the lights, keys and alarms are switched off, so the wine stays at its set temperature.
How do I get SAB off the display?
Hold the SABBATH key for 3 seconds. The key-press sound confirms it, and the lights and alarms return.

Back to your everyday

Still showing SAB?

When you book, copy the code or the blink pattern as the display shows it, add the whole model number, and say whether the bottles still feel cool — a code gives the technician a head start.

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