I have a sunbeam heating pad model number cat92 with control model pc204. Everytime I turn on the controler it will work for about 2 seconds and then it will go to F2 and stay that way. I don't know what that means and how do I fix it? Thanks
Mike
Same F2, quick off problem here. Then I noticed that the gray plug on the power cord was not completely flush with the connector on the pad. I shoved them together until there is no gap. The unit's worked perfectly since then.
That didn't work for me. I still get F2 and no heat. Heating pad is not much good without heat. Agreed?
OMG, that totally worked ! I've been going nuts trying to figure it out..thank you !
I was having the same problem and this was the fix!! Wish i had known that before because i threw my last one away because of the error code! Thank you!!
Thank you ,that fixed mine too!
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Found plug going into Sunbeam PC204 Cat 92 pulled a bit loose. Pushing plug back in eliminated F1 error message and pad not heats normally. Check the simplest thing first.
Have 2 of them - one working, the other failed with F2 error...
these gadets have a micro controller in them (two it seems) one to control the heater, one for the LCD display.
Though my background's in electronics, I don't have the test equipment needed to figure out what's happening. This is what I determined, however: plugging the working controller into the pad of the broken one, the pad heats (as I thought it would). Unplugging it while on triggers the F2 error. Turning it off and back on (not plugged into the pad) causes an F1 error.
The bad controller is always stuck at F2 - screen flashes for a second (probably the self test mode of the display), then goes to F2 ** no matter what combination ** of pads or plugging/unplugging I've tried. Since these are so simple, powering off and on is what resets the controller and electronics. Since the bad controller doesn't work on either pad, that means the controller is bad.
I openned the unit up turned off. (Don't do this if you are the least bit uncomfortable working with 110 Volts AC.) There's a small wire fuse inside - it was not blown. However, there was a fair amount of loose solder chips floating around on the circuit board - indicative of both sloppy workmanship and lousy quality control. I spotted the shiny globs of solder *immediately*. ... so one of these little guys probably shorted one of the microcontroller leads ... and it's brain got heated instead of the pad. Toast-ola
Made in China by Sunbeam ... I now fully agree with solution #1
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Controller Model SWT200C. Model: 2013-511-000 CAT 95C.
Issue: Flashing F on controller. No heat. Power button not functional.
Remedy: Made sure I had solid contact at all cord connections. Unplugged cord from socket at wall. Immediately reconnected.
Power is off, Power Button now functional. Turned it on and set the temp. Works great.
Thanks Howard975 for the boost toward the solution.
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We've got the same problem. Any help?
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same
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did anyone find a fix?
Anyone find a fix for F2?
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