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A Flashing Clock After a Power Cut
The storm went through, the lights came back, and the oven is the one appliance still asking for attention. A flashing clock is not a fault code and Viking does not publish it as one. It is the control telling you it lost the time of day and wants it back.
Viking ovens keep a time of day, and the time has to be back on the clock before any other programme will run. An outage clears it, so the clock asks again.
On the models with an analog clock beside the digital one, the pair are resynchronised after an outage before the time is set. The panel walks you through both.
| What you see | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| A flashing or blank clock | The control came back up without the time of day. | Set the clock; programmes stay unavailable until you do. |
| Clock set, oven still idle | On models with a timed bake control, it may still be set to timed. | Return the timed control to manual before trying again. |
| Nothing lit anywhere | No supply reaching the oven side. | Check the breaker, then ring it in. |
Follow-ups
Is a flashing clock a Viking error code?
No. Viking publishes fault codes as letters and numbers, and a clock asking for the time is neither. It is the same prompt the oven gives the day it is installed. If it will not clear, Viking Pro Repair Denver is on (720) 790-9436.
Can I use a gas oven while the power is off?
No. Viking is explicit that the electric igniters do not work in an outage and the oven must not be operated, whatever the burners on top are doing. Wait for the supply, then ring Viking Pro Repair Denver on (720) 790-9436 if it sulks.
The clock is set and the oven still will not heat. Now what?
Then the outage exposed something rather than caused it. Timed settings, a tripped breaker and a control that came back confused all look identical from the front. Describe the sequence to Viking Pro Repair Denver on (720) 790-9436 and we will narrow it.