Samsung dryer
showing tC
tC and its variants report a problem with the dryer's temperature or with the sensors that measure it.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Sensor circuit
- Controls and sensors
- Source: Samsung
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What tC
actually means.
tC and its variants report a problem with the dryer's temperature or with the sensors that measure it. Samsung names a clogged lint screen or vent, which traps heat, as the most common cause.
Samsung dryer display · also shown as tS, t5, tO, t0, tE, tE3, tC5, tCS, 1 tC
What to do when tC shows on the dryerKind of codeSensor circuit
A thermistor or the moisture sensor bars reading outside their range, or the wiring to them. The reading is checked with a meter before any part is ordered.
Usually leads toControls and sensors
A blank display, a panel that ignores buttons, codes, or cycles that end too soon or never end, traced to the board, timer or sensors.
Shows up asDryer Takes Too Long to Dry
Loads that used to dry in one cycle now need two, or come out damp at the seams.
MakeSamsung
Full-size and stacked dryers in electric and gas versions, built around electronic controls and sensor drying.
SourceSamsung US support: Samsung dryer displays an error code
Samsung dryers; the exact spelling varies by model, including 1 tC on some units.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Samsung's own guidance for tC on its dryers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Clean the lint screen.
Clean the exhaust vent system.
Book a visit if the code continues after both are clean.
What not to do
A character that looks like an upside-down F on the display is Samsung's t, so it belongs to this group.
What you may
notice with it.
The dryer problems tC tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dryer before anyone is booked.
All problems
Dryer Takes Too Long to Dry
5 causes, cheapest first
Where tC usually leads
Controls and sensors.
Samsung
dryers.
Full-size and stacked dryers in electric and gas versions, built around electronic controls and sensor drying.
Samsung dryer repair
Electric dryer
The most common dryer in US homes: a 240-volt heating coil, a belt-driven drum and a vent to the outside.
Gas dryer
Heat from a burner on natural gas or propane, lit by an igniter and watched over by a flame sensor, with the motor on 120 volts.
Stackable dryer
The dryer half of a stacked pair or a single-frame laundry center, where the height and the closet decide how the repair is done.
In Samsung's own words
These reflect an issue with the temperature or with the sensors that measure it.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Samsung dryers; the exact spelling varies by model, including 1 tC on some units.
Samsung tC dryer 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.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about tC.
Can I clear tC myself?
My Samsung dryer shows what looks like an upside-down F. Is that the tC group?
Does tC mean the temperature sensor has to be replaced?
Back to your everyday
Still showing tC?
Book with the code exactly as displayed, the whole model number, and whether you smell burning or gas — for a code, that is where the diagnosis starts.