--- title: "Fisher & Paykel hood: lit filter button" description: "What Filter button lit means on Fisher & Paykel hood: lit filter buttons, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-hood-filter-button/" --- # Fisher & Paykel hood: lit filter button Fisher & Paykel's Wi-Fi-enabled hoods and inserts track filter condition and light this button as a nudge, though the guide separately asks for at least a monthly cleaning regardless of whether the light is on. ## What Filter button lit actually means. Fisher & Paykel's Wi-Fi-enabled hoods and inserts track filter condition and light this button as a nudge, though the guide separately asks for at least a monthly cleaning regardless of whether the light is on. Fisher & Paykel home appliance display · also shown as filter cleaning mode illuminated What to do when Filter button lit shows on the home appliance ### Kind of code Filters A filter has reached the end of its life or is clogged enough for the appliance to notice: a refrigerator water cartridge past its gallons or months, a hood's grease or charcoal filter loaded with residue, a dish-care filter packed with food, a washer inlet filter choked with grit. The fix is a clean or a new filter of the right part number, fitted with the appliance unplugged and the water closed where there is one, then the reminder reset. ### Usually leads to Water filter and descaling service Fresh filters in dispensers and ice makers, and scale cleared from steam ovens, ice makers and dish care machines. ### Shows up as Hood Fan Weak or Noisy: Grease Filters, Blower Wheel and Duct A hood fan that is weak or noisy pulls little smoke or steam off the cooktop, roars, rattles or whistles, often after months of cooking without the filters being cleaned. ### Make Fisher & Paykel Fisher & Paykel homes often have a DishDrawer, whose two drawers each need their own filter rinsed, alongside column or French door cold storage and a laundry pair. ### Source Fisher & Paykel Contemporary Wall Range Hood User Guide Series 7 contemporary box chimney wall hoods (HC24DCXB4, HC30DCXB4, HC36DCXB4) and Series 7 integrated insert hoods (HP24IDCHX4, HP30IDCHX4, HP36IDCHX4). ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Fisher & Paykel's own guidance for Filter button lit on its home appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Switch the hood off at the power before removing the filters, as the guide instructs. 02 Release each filter's catch and lift it free; on an insert hood, open the perimeter plate first. 03 Wash the filters in hot soapy water or upright in the dishwasher, then dry fully before refitting. 04 Press the filter button once to reset it; book a visit if it will not go out. ### Still there? It usually turns into [water filter and descaling service](https://appliancemaintenance.center/services/water-filter-and-descaling-service/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do The lit button is about the grease filters specifically, not the blower or the duct run; weak airflow with clean filters points toward the duct instead. A recirculating hood's separate carbon filter runs on its own longer replacement schedule. ## What you may notice with it. The home appliance problems Filter button lit tends to arrive with. Answer these at the home appliance before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://appliancemaintenance.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Hood Fan Weak or Noisy: Grease Filters, Blower Wheel and Duct](https://appliancemaintenance.center/problems/hood-fan-weak-or-noisy/) [All 6 causes, cheapest first](https://appliancemaintenance.center/problems/hood-fan-weak-or-noisy/) It also comes with - [**Appliance Maintenance Code or Reminder Light: Filter, Descale, Vent Check**](https://appliancemaintenance.center/problems/appliance-maintenance-code/) Problem ### Hood Fan Weak or Noisy: Grease Filters, Blower Wheel and Duct 6 causes, cheapest first Where Filter button lit usually leads ## Water filter and descaling service. **Water filters replaced and flushed, inlet screens checked, descaling run on a steam oven, ice maker or dish care machine · low.** Book a visit [What the job involves](https://appliancemaintenance.center/services/water-filter-and-descaling-service/) ## Fisher & Paykel home appliances. Fisher & Paykel homes often have a DishDrawer, whose two drawers each need their own filter rinsed, alongside column or French door cold storage and a laundry pair. [Fisher & Paykel home appliance maintenance](https://appliancemaintenance.center/brands/fisher-and-paykel/) More Fisher & Paykel codes [CLr FLtr](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-washer-clr-fltr/) [Lint cLn](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-dryer-lint-cln/) [cLn cond](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-dryer-cln-cond/) [Carbon filter icon](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-wine-carbon-filter/) [DESCALING NEEDED](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-coffee-descaling-needed/) [REPLACE WATER FILTER](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-coffee-replace-water-filter/) Filters on other makes [Bertazzoni Replace water filter. Press OK to start](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/bertazzoni-coffee-replace-water-filter/) [BlueStar Timer icon blinking, blower off](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/bluestar-hood-timer-filter/) [Bosch E22](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/bosch-e22/) [Café Replace Filter light (ice maker)](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/cafe-replace-filter-ice-maker/) [Cove Clean filter. Press Enter once cleaned, or press Cancel to ignore.](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/cove-clean-filter/) [Dacor Filter Reset](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/dacor-filter-reset/) [Electrolux Water Filter Status](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/electrolux-water-filter-status/) [Fulgor Milano Replace filter](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/fulgor-milano-freezer-replace-filter/) [All 40 codes of this kind](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/#family-filter) Fisher & Paykel builds this ### Cold storage Upkeep for everything in the house that keeps things cold: refrigerators, freezers, wine and beverage units and ice makers, cleaned and checked before they start struggling. Fisher & Paykel builds this ### Cooking appliances Upkeep for ovens, ranges, cooktops, hoods, microwaves, steam and speed ovens: burners and igniters cleaned, gas joints checked, grease filters and descaling done on time. Fisher & Paykel builds this ### Dish care Upkeep for dishwashers and disposers: filters rinsed, spray arms cleared, the door seal and drain loop checked, and hard-water scale kept off the parts that heat and spray. ## In Fisher & Paykel's own words > Illuminates to indicate filters require cleaning. Press once [Fisher & Paykel Contemporary Wall Range Hood User Guide](https://www.fisherpaykel.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-fpa-master-catalog/default/dw5f4687a6/GeneralFiles-FisherPaykelCA/FP-UserGuide-en-HC24DCXB4-HC30DCXB4-HC36DCXB4-WallRangeHood-WithWiFiCapability-106085A-US-CA.pdf) [Fisher & Paykel Contemporary Wall Range Hood User Guide](https://www.fisherpaykel.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-fpa-master-catalog/default/dw5f4687a6/GeneralFiles-FisherPaykelCA/FP-UserGuide-en-HC24DCXB4-HC30DCXB4-HC36DCXB4-WallRangeHood-WithWiFiCapability-106085A-US-CA.pdf) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Series 7 contemporary box chimney wall hoods (HC24DCXB4, HC30DCXB4, HC36DCXB4) and Series 7 integrated insert hoods (HP24IDCHX4, HP30IDCHX4, HP36IDCHX4). ## Fisher & Paykel Filter button lit home appliance maintenance, 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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Switch the hood off at the power before removing the filters, as the guide instructs. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### How do I access the filters on a Fisher & Paykel insert hood? Open the perimeter plate first, then release each filter's catch and tilt it down until it clears its supports. ### Can Fisher & Paykel hood filters be machine-washed? Yes, standing them upright so debris from other items does not fall onto them. ### Is it safe to run a Fisher & Paykel hood with the filters removed? No, the guide specifically says not to operate the hood without the filters fitted. --- **[Read on the site: Fisher & Paykel hood: lit filter button](https://appliancemaintenance.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-hood-filter-button/)** **[Book a visit with ApplianceMaintenance.center](https://appliancemaintenance.center/schedule/)**