Viking E2: the condenser fan motor on an older undercounter wine unit
On earlier Viking Professional and Designer undercounter wine units with the TruProtect control, E2 means the condenser fan motor is drawing abnormal current.
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What E2
actually means.
On earlier Viking Professional and Designer undercounter wine units with the TruProtect control, E2 means the condenser fan motor is drawing abnormal current. Viking notes that power line fluctuations can trigger a code with nothing wrong, so it asks you to clear the code once and see whether it returns.
Viking wine cooler display
What to do when E2 shows on the wine coolerKind of codeFans and airflow
A fan the control expected to turn is slow, noisy or still. Inside the cabinet a small fan stirs the air so every rack sits at the same temperature; behind the grille or on the back, another carries heat away from the compressor or the hot side of a thermoelectric module. A bottle nudged against the inner fan guard, ice on a blade and dust packed into the grille are cleared before any motor is replaced.
Usually leads toWine cooler fan repair
Replacing the fan that circulates air across the racks, or the one that cools the condenser, when a wine cooler warms unevenly, ticks, buzzes or falls silent.
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.
MakeViking
Viking wine coolers serviced where they stand, when the cabinet warms up, stays dark or keeps cycling.
SourceViking use and installation guide F20729 (earlier Professional and Designer undercounter wine units)
Earlier Viking undercounter wine units covered by guide F20729 (such as VUWC and DUWC models), now discontinued.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Viking's own guidance for E2 on its wine coolers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Clear the code once, using the button sequence in the guide.
If E2 returns, check that the front grille is clear and listen for the fan at the bottom of the unit.
If E2 shows up again after clearing, book a visit.
What not to do
E2 is not a compartment temperature code. On these units E1 is listed for the compressor, and the guide’s sensor rows are not consistent, so only E2 is written up here.
What you may
notice with it.
The wine cooler problems E2 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the wine cooler before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where E2 usually leads
Wine cooler fan repair.
Viking
wine coolers.
Viking wine coolers serviced where they stand, when the cabinet warms up, stays dark or keeps cycling.
Viking wine cooler repairMore Viking codes
Fans and airflow on other makes
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.
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.
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 Viking's own words
Condenser fan motor fault, (high/low amps).
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Earlier Viking undercounter wine units covered by guide F20729 (such as VUWC and DUWC models), now discontinued.
Viking E2 wine cooler 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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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 E2.
Can I clear E2 myself?
Can a power surge cause E2 on an old Viking wine unit?
What does the condenser fan do?
Are parts still available for discontinued Viking wine units?
Back to your everyday
Still showing E2?
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.