Noritz NRCP Eco TOUGH Code Er60
Hot water temperature abnormality. The outlet temperature has gone past what the unit allows. This generation gives two thresholds where the first gives one: over 167 °F with the set temperature between 100 and 120 °F, and over 176 °F with the set temperature between 125 and 140 °F. Noritz also names two causes the earlier manual does not — the pump having failed, and the recirculation setting being wrong. Manual reset.
Also displayed as: 60, E60
Call a proThe verdict
Call a licensed plumber
Treat scalding as a live risk: 176 °F at a tap burns a child in well under a second. The useful detail on this generation is that Noritz blames recirculation for it — a loop set up wrongly can keep pushing already-hot water back through a firing heater.
Typical cost: $150–$900
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What the manual says
The meaning above is transcribed from the manufacturer's diagnostic documentation for the NRCP Eco TOUGH — not averaged across the brand.
Source: Noritz Service Manual — NRCP1112-DV / NRCP982-DV Eco TOUGH (Rev. 05/19) (p. 58), read Sep 2026 — the manufacturer's own documentation for this exact series.
What you can safely check
Before anything else: if you smell gas, stop here, leave, and call your gas utility.
- Warn everyone in the house not to use hot water until this is resolved.
- Turn the set temperature down at the controller.
- Note whether the recirculation setting or the plumbing changed recently — Noritz lists a wrong recirculation setting as a cause of this code.
- Call a licensed professional.
Code Er60 on other Noritz series
Other Noritz series report code Er60 under the same fault name, but each manual is transcribed separately and they do not read alike: