Code 16: the fresh food PC fan draws more current than expected, from shorted wiring or a faulty fan.
Model compatibility: Fisher & Paykel reuses codes across series and model years, so 16 may mean something different on another appliance or generation. Confirm this against your model’s documentation and record your full model number before acting.
Plain language
What this code means
The PC fan draws more current than expected, from shorted wiring or a faulty fan.
Code 16 in brief
Where code 15 is a shortfall, code 16 is an excess. Airflow in the fresh food compartment comes from the PC fan, and here it takes more current than the control allows for. Shorted wiring and a faulty fan are the two causes in the manual.
Technician route
Study the wiring for the PC fan and the joints at both ends.
Put the fan through a test; replace it should it be faulty.
Heavy current, general picture
An obstructed fan, or one with a motor on its way out, may pull extra current. Neither is listed as a cause of this code, so regard them only as everyday reasons for a motor to labour. What the manual states remains shorted wiring and a faulty fan.
Details from the service tables
Two further items appear in the tables: a PC fan installed upside down (its hub must point a set way), and ice or debris jamming the fan. They belong to temperature complaints, not code 16, although whoever removes the fan will spot them.
What owners can do
Covers stay shut, because wiring checks are service work.
A burnt smell from the cabinet means unplugging it and relocating the food.
If not, any button quiets the alarm; keep the doors closed until the visit.
Linked fault codes
Code 18: the fan on the freezer side, also over the limit.
Call (310) 872-1939 about code 16 for Fisher & Paykel refrigerator service in Los Angeles, and keep the model number near. Say if the fan is audibly running or has gone silent.
Important safety warning. Do not attempt repairs involving electrical components, gas, water lines, refrigerant or sealed systems. Unplug the appliance if it is safe to reach the outlet, and leave internal diagnostics to a qualified technician.
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