Electrolux Sb on an all-freezer column: Sabbath mode, still freezing
Sb on the control display of an Electrolux freezer column shows that Sabbath mode is active.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Electrolux
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What Sb
actually means.
Sb on the control display of an Electrolux freezer column shows that Sabbath mode is active. The lights and the display stop responding, ice production stops and the buttons are muted, but the column keeps freezing. The HIGH TEMP alarm stays armed and comes on if the cabinet is out of its safe zone for 20 minutes.
Electrolux freezer display · also shown as Sabbath Mode
What to do when Sb shows on the freezerKind of codeMode, not a failure
A setting the freezer was put into, often by accident or by the store it came from, rather than a part that broke: a showroom or demo mode that lights the display while the compressor stays off, a fast freeze left running for days, a Sabbath setting that silences the alarms, a control lock, a door alarm reminding you the door stood open. Nothing has worn out, and the freezer's own buttons or manual put it back.
Usually leads toNo repair
Press and hold minus and TEMP F/C together for five seconds to leave Sabbath mode.
Shows up asFreezer Light Out
A freezer light not working leaves the cabinet dark when the door or lid opens, while the freezer itself may still hum and hold its cold.
MakeElectrolux
Electrolux freezers serviced where they stand, whether that is a kitchen, a pantry or a basement.
SourceElectrolux Freezer use and care guide A16366405, Sabbath Mode
Electrolux all-freezer columns with the IQ-Touch control (use and care guide A16366405). Sabbath mode stays on through a power failure.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Electrolux's own guidance for Sb on its freezers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Press and hold minus and TEMP F/C together for five seconds to leave Sabbath mode.
Turn the ice maker back on afterwards if it does not resume by itself.
Book a visit if the column will not leave Sabbath mode or the display stays blank after it does.
Cleared?
The freezer is holding its temperature again and no part had to be replaced. If the same code comes back within a few days, or the packages start to soften again, book it as a fresh problem.
What not to do
Sb is not a sign that cooling has stopped; that would be DEMO. A dark panel with no Sb and no lights at all is a power or control question, not Sabbath mode.
What you may
notice with it.
The freezer problems Sb tends to arrive with. Answer these at the freezer before anyone is booked.
All problems
No repair indicated
Nothing to repair.
A setting the freezer was put into, often by accident or by the store it came from, rather than a part that broke: a showroom or demo mode that lights the display while the compressor stays off, a fast freeze left running for days, a Sabbath setting that silences the alarms, a control lock, a door alarm reminding you the door stood open. Nothing has worn out, and the freezer's own buttons or manual put it back.
Electrolux
freezers.
Electrolux freezers serviced where they stand, whether that is a kitchen, a pantry or a basement.
Electrolux freezer repairMore Electrolux codes
Mode, not a failure on other makes
In Electrolux's own words
Sb will appear on the appliance control display indicating the unit is in Sabbath mode.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Electrolux all-freezer columns with the IQ-Touch control (use and care guide A16366405). Sabbath mode stays on through a power failure.
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Questions
about Sb.
Can I clear Sb myself?
Will my Electrolux freezer column warn me in Sabbath mode if the door is left open?
Why didn't a power cut take my Electrolux column out of Sabbath mode?
My Electrolux freezer shows Sb and makes no ice. Is the ice maker broken?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Sb?
Book with the code or the alarm pattern written exactly as the freezer shows it, the full model number, and whether the food is still frozen hard — when there is a code, that is where the diagnosis starts.