--- title: "Samsung dryer error code HC" description: "Samsung dryer error code HC: Either the heat is not being made, or it is not being seen." url: "https://samsungmiami.support/error-codes/dryer-heating/" date_modified: "2026-09-04" Appliance type: "Dryers" --- # Samsung dryer error code HC ### What HC means on this make Either the heat is not being made, or it is not being seen. On an electric dryer this group includes a cause that is not the appliance at all: Samsung notes that low supply voltage will produce it, because an element fed at the wrong voltage cannot reach temperature however healthy it is. On a gas machine the igniter, the valve and the flame sensor join the list. ### The other ways Samsung prints this one HC · hE · HC4 · 1 HC Samsung publishes a condition and then every string that can stand for it, and which one your machine shows depends on the panel it was built with. They mean the same thing and they are one page here, so whichever of them you searched for, this is the right page. ### Where this appears, and why not to clear it On the appliance’s own display. Samsung reports errors two ways: machines with a digital display show a code, and the same machines without one blink their cycle lights instead. Both are published by the maker and both are on this site. Photograph what the panel shows before cutting the power — Samsung asks for this itself on its refrigerator and dishwasher pages, and it is the one thing that makes a first visit more useful. A code that has been reset is information a technician no longer has. ### What to do about it - Clean the lint screen and have the duct cleared; restricted airflow produces heating complaints as readily as heating errors. - On an electric dryer, have the voltage at the outlet measured by an electrician. - On a gas dryer, listen for the igniter glowing and the burner lighting through a cycle. - If supply and airflow are both good, the element or the gas train is the repair. ### Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is [dryer heating element replacement](/services/dryer-heating-element-replacement/), and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 506-1256](tel:+13055061256) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything. Heating error What this one means What HC means on this make Either the heat is not being made, or it is not being seen. On an electric dryer this group includes a cause that is not the appliance at all: Samsung notes that low supply voltage will produce it, because an element fed at the wrong voltage cannot reach temperature however healthy it is. On a gas machine the igniter, the valve and the flame sensor join the list. The other ways Samsung prints this one HC · hE · HC4 · 1 HC Samsung publishes a condition and then every string that can stand for it, and which one your machine shows depends on the panel it was built with. They mean the same thing and they are one page here, so whichever of them you searched for, this is the right page. Where this appears, and why not to clear it On the appliance’s own display. Samsung reports errors two ways: machines with a digital display show a code, and the same machines without one blink their cycle lights instead. Both are published by the maker and both are on this site. Photograph what the panel shows before cutting the power — Samsung asks for this itself on its refrigerator and dishwasher pages, and it is the one thing that makes a first visit more useful. A code that has been reset is information a technician no longer has. What to do about it Clean the lint screen and have the duct cleared; restricted airflow produces heating complaints as readily as heating errors. On an electric dryer, have the voltage at the outlet measured by an electrician. On a gas dryer, listen for the igniter glowing and the burner lighting through a cycle. If supply and airflow are both good, the element or the gas train is the repair. Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is dryer heating element replacement, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 506-1256](tel:+13055061256) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything. --- **[Read full article: Samsung dryer error code HC](https://samsungmiami.support/error-codes/dryer-heating/)**