--- title: "High-temperature alarm" description: "Electrolux high-temperature alarm: this maker's cabinets announce a warm cabinet rather than leaving you to discover it, and they sound once a minute until…" url: "https://electroluxmiami.support/symptoms/refrigerator-high-temp-alarm/" date_modified: "2026-09-11" Appliance type: "Freezers, Refrigerators" --- # Electrolux high-temperature alarm ### What to do in the next ten minutes Press CLEAR ALERTS once and photograph the peak temperature it displays. Then check the doors are properly shut and run a hand round the seals for a section that no longer pulls. Compare the settings against 37°F for the fridge and 0°F for the freezer, which is what this maker recommends. ### What the peak temperature is for Food safety decisions are made on how warm it got and for how long, not on how warm it is now. A cabinet that touched 48°F for two hours and a cabinet that sat at 60°F overnight look identical when you open the door in the morning. This maker keeps that number for you and shows it once — which is why we ask people to photograph it before clearing the alert a second time. ### Sabbath mode keeps this alarm live Worth knowing, because it surprises people: in Sabbath mode the lights, the dispenser and the panel stop responding, but the high-temperature alarm stays active for health reasons. A cabinet that seems dead and still alarms is behaving exactly as designed. A door that did not close The commonest cause, and the maker lists it first. A drawer pushed out too far or a bag on a shelf is enough on a counter-depth cabinet. A seal that no longer pulls On a heavy column door the hinge goes out of square before the gasket wears out, and in this humidity the seal never fully dries. The cabinet genuinely stopped holding If the doors and seals are sound, the alarm is doing its job and reporting a real loss of cooling. Clear once, read the peak It is the cabinet's own record and the second press deletes it. Paper test round the seal It should drag everywhere; where it slides out freely is the spot. Check the setpoints 37°F and 0°F are the maker's own figures, and a setting somebody nudged is a free fix. A tone every minute and HI on the display What it usually means Clear it once and write down the peak it shows you The maker's own causes start at a door left open and end at a gasket In this climate the gasket is the one we find most What to do in the next ten minutes Press CLEAR ALERTS once and photograph the peak temperature it displays. Then check the doors are properly shut and run a hand round the seals for a section that no longer pulls. Compare the settings against 37°F for the fridge and 0°F for the freezer, which is what this maker recommends. What the peak temperature is for Food safety decisions are made on how warm it got and for how long, not on how warm it is now. A cabinet that touched 48°F for two hours and a cabinet that sat at 60°F overnight look identical when you open the door in the morning. This maker keeps that number for you and shows it once — which is why we ask people to photograph it before clearing the alert a second time. Sabbath mode keeps this alarm live Worth knowing, because it surprises people: in Sabbath mode the lights, the dispenser and the panel stop responding, but the high-temperature alarm stays active for health reasons. A cabinet that seems dead and still alarms is behaving exactly as designed. ### It cleared itself. Is that normal? The audible part silences itself after a while on some models while the indicator stays lit. That is normal and it does not mean the condition went away. ### There was a power cut. Do I need to do anything? Clear the alert once, read the peak, and judge the food on that number. If the peak is under 40°F and the outage was short, the cabinet did its job. --- **[Read full article: High-temperature alarm](https://electroluxmiami.support/symptoms/refrigerator-high-temp-alarm/)**