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A dishwasher needs to know how warm its water is, and it learns that from a thermal sensor. E6 (E06 in some lists) tells you the board sees that sensor as cut: an open circuit, as if the wire to it had been broken.
What the manual lists
- Check the inlet water temperature.
- Check the thermistor.
- Check the PCB.
E6 and E7 share these three lines. The manual prints them together, one entry for the sensor cut and one for the sensor short.
Open versus short
| E6 | E7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Manual’s words | Thermal sensor cut | Thermal sensor short |
| Circuit picture | Open, no current path | Shorted, current bypasses the sensor |
| Checks listed | Inlet water temperature, thermistor, PCB | |
Factory mode note
The printed table has a remark, “only appeared in the factory mode”, close to the E6 and E7 entries. It is unclear from the page which entries it covers, and the manual does not explain it further.
For the owner
There is no owner step in the source other than the first technician check, the temperature of the water coming in. Do not take the machine apart. Cancel the program and let a technician read the sensor with a meter.
Why the inlet water temperature comes first
The first check is not a part at all. It asks what temperature the water is when it enters the machine, which gives the technician a baseline to compare against what the sensor reports. You can help by noting whether your hot supply was running normally when the code appeared.
Neighbouring faults
- E7: the same sensor reported as a short circuit
- E3: a heating timeout, which involves the same thermistor
Dishwasher sensor repair, San Francisco
To have a technician test the sensor behind an E6, call (415) 692-0756. Bertazzoni dishwasher visits in San Francisco go faster with the model number ready.
Model compatibility: Bertazzoni reuses codes across series and model years, so E6 / E06 may mean something different on another appliance or generation. Confirm this against your model’s documentation and record your full model number before acting.
