--- title: "Vinotemp E1 or E2: an air temperature sensor has failed" description: "What E1 means on Vinotemp E1 or E2: an air temperature sensor has faileds, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/vinotemp-e1/" --- # Vinotemp E1 or E2: an air temperature sensor has failed Vinotemp's Private Reserve manual gives E1 and E2 a single line and a single meaning: an air temperature sensor has failed. ## What E1 actually means. Vinotemp's Private Reserve manual gives E1 and E2 a single line and a single meaning: an air temperature sensor has failed. Without that reading the control cannot judge when to cool, so the cabinet may drift warm, drift cold or cycle at odd times. Vinotemp wine cooler display · also shown as E2 What to do when E1 shows on the wine cooler ### Kind of code Temperature sensors The control has lost a believable reading from one of its thermistors: the probe in a zone, the one on the cold plate or coil, or on some models the one watching the room. With no trustworthy number, the cabinet either chills the bottles far below cellar temperature or lets a zone drift warm. A sensor sitting in frost, pinched behind a rack or unplugged during a move is ruled out before a new one is ordered. ### Usually leads to Wine cooler thermostat and sensor repair Testing and replacing the thermostat or the temperature sensors that tell a wine cooler when to cool, when the cabinet runs too cold, too warm or back and forth. ### Shows up as Wine 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. ### Make Vinotemp Vinotemp wine cooler repair at home, planned around the model plate and what the cabinet is doing. ### Source Vinotemp Private Reserve VT-15PR28 / VT-18PR28 / VT-24PR46 owner's manual Private Reserve VT-15PR28, VT-18PR28 and VT-24PR46. Connoisseur and Butler models report a failed sensor as EL or EH. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Vinotemp's own guidance for E1 on its wine coolers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Note which code shows, E1 or E2, and whether the cabinet feels warm or cold. 02 Put a thermometer on a middle rack to see what the wine is really sitting in. 03 If the air is drifting warm, move the most valuable bottles somewhere cool and dark. 04 Book a visit; Vinotemp gives no owner fix for either code. ### Still there? It usually turns into [wine cooler thermostat and sensor repair](https://winecoolerrepair.center/services/wine-cooler-thermostat-and-sensor-repair/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do E1 and E2 are not the door code; on the same models a door switch problem shows E7. They are also not a temperature alarm, which on Private Reserve units is a flashing temperature and a beep. ## What you may notice with it. The wine cooler problems E1 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the wine cooler before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://winecoolerrepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Wine Cooler Error Code](https://winecoolerrepair.center/problems/wine-cooler-error-code/) [All 7 causes, cheapest first](https://winecoolerrepair.center/problems/wine-cooler-error-code/) It also comes with - [**Wine Cooler Temperature Swings**](https://winecoolerrepair.center/problems/wine-cooler-temperature-swings/) - [**Wine Cooler Not Cooling**](https://winecoolerrepair.center/problems/wine-cooler-not-cooling/) - [**Wine Cooler Too Cold for the Wine**](https://winecoolerrepair.center/problems/wine-cooler-too-cold/) Problem ### Wine Cooler Error Code 7 causes, cheapest first Where E1 usually leads ## Wine cooler thermostat and sensor repair. **Thermostat or zone temperature sensor · low to moderate.** Book a visit [What the job involves](https://winecoolerrepair.center/services/wine-cooler-thermostat-and-sensor-repair/) ## Vinotemp wine coolers. Vinotemp wine cooler repair at home, planned around the model plate and what the cabinet is doing. [Vinotemp wine cooler repair](https://winecoolerrepair.center/brands/vinotemp/) More Vinotemp codes [HI](https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/vinotemp-hi/) [LO](https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/vinotemp-lo/) [E7](https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/vinotemp-e7/) [EL](https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/vinotemp-el/) [Door alarm](https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/vinotemp-door-alarm/) [Flashing temperature display](https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/vinotemp-flashing-temperature/) Temperature sensors on other makes [ASKO H1](https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/asko-h1/) [Fisher & Paykel F3](https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-f3/) [Marvel Eu](https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/marvel-eu/) [Perlick P1F](https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/perlick-p1f/) [Sub-Zero EC05](https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/sub-zero-ec05/) [U-Line Zone T Open](https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/u-line-zone-t-open/) [All 20 codes of this kind](https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/#family-sensor) Vinotemp 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. Vinotemp builds this ### Freestanding wine cooler A wine cooler that stands on its own in a dining room, a den or a basement, cooled either by a compressor or by a thermoelectric module, and vented at the back or the sides. Vinotemp 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 Vinotemp's own words > “E1”or “E2” indicates the air temperature sensor has failed. [Vinotemp Private Reserve VT-15PR28 / VT-18PR28 / VT-24PR46 owner's manual](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0555/0676/3891/t/7/assets/description_image_VT_15PR28_18PR28_24PR46_v5.pdf) [Vinotemp Private Reserve VT-15PR28 / VT-18PR28 / VT-24PR46 owner's manual](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0555/0676/3891/t/7/assets/description_image_VT_15PR28_18PR28_24PR46_v5.pdf) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Private Reserve VT-15PR28, VT-18PR28 and VT-24PR46. Connoisseur and Butler models report a failed sensor as EL or EH. ## Vinotemp E1 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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Note which code shows, E1 or E2, and whether the cabinet feels warm or cold. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### Is E2 on my Vinotemp different from E1? The manual lists them together with one meaning, a failed air temperature sensor. It does not say which sensor each number names, so the technician confirms it with a meter. ### Can I keep using my Vinotemp while E1 is showing? It may keep cooling, but it is running without a reading it can trust. Watch a thermometer and do not leave a valuable collection in it unchecked. ### Will unplugging clear E1 on a Private Reserve? It may blank the code for a while, but a failed sensor or damaged wiring brings it back. Vinotemp's instruction for these codes is service. --- **[Read on the site: Vinotemp E1 or E2: an air temperature sensor has failed](https://winecoolerrepair.center/error-codes/vinotemp-e1/)** **[Book a visit with WineCoolerRepair.center](https://winecoolerrepair.center/schedule/)**