--- title: "Bosch 500 Series: Please empty drip tray and reinsert, though it is empty" description: "What Please empty drip tray and reinsert. means on Bosch 500 Series: Please empty drip tray and reinsert, though it is emptys, what to check before booking, and…" url: "https://coffeemachinerepair.center/error-codes/bosch-please-empty-drip-tray/" --- # Bosch 500 Series: Please empty drip tray and reinsert, though it is empty The 500 Series counts drinks and grounds and asks for the tray after a set amount. ## What Please empty drip tray and reinsert. actually means. The 500 Series counts drinks and grounds and asks for the tray after a set amount. It only resets that count when it sees the tray removed with the power on; a tray emptied while the machine was off, or a tray that is soiled, leaves the message standing. Bosch coffee machine display · also shown as Please empty drip tray and reinsert What to do when Please empty drip tray and reinsert. shows on the coffee machine ### Kind of code Grounds and drip tray The machine thinks the grounds container is full or missing, or the drip tray is full or out of place, and it will not brew until that changes. Most machines count the pucks rather than weigh them, so the message returns if the container is emptied while the power is off or put back too quickly. When it stays after a proper emptying, the tray contacts, the sensor or the counter on the board is checked at the visit. ### Usually leads to Coffee machine diagnostic visit A visit that brews and froths with you watching, reads the machine's own counters, then tests grinder, brew unit, pump and heater until one part is named. ### Shows up as What a Coffee Machine Error Code or Warning Symbol Means A coffee machine error code may show as a short string of letters and numbers, a flashing symbol for water, grounds or the brew unit, a short sentence on a text display, or a machine that stops with one light blinking. ### Make Bosch Bosch espresso makers get a home visit that separates a stubborn reminder on the display from a part that has actually worn. ### Source Bosch 500 Series VeroCafe (TPU40) Use and Care Manual, Troubleshooting Found in the troubleshooting table of Bosch's 500 Series VeroCafe (TPU40) owner manual. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Bosch's own guidance for Please empty drip tray and reinsert. on its coffee machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Switch the machine on first. 02 Pull the drip tray with the grounds container out, wait a few seconds, and push it back all the way. 03 If that does not clear it, wash and dry the tray thoroughly and try again; a message that stays with a clean tray seated is worth a visit. ### Still there? It usually turns into [coffee machine diagnostic visit](https://coffeemachinerepair.center/services/diagnostic-visit/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do It is not a leak; water under the tray after a rinse is Bosch's normal internal rinse. A tray that truly fills after only a few drinks is a separate complaint. ## What you may notice with it. The coffee machine problems Please empty drip tray and reinsert. tends to arrive with. Answer these at the coffee machine before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://coffeemachinerepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [What a Coffee Machine Error Code or Warning Symbol Means](https://coffeemachinerepair.center/problems/coffee-machine-error-code/) [All 7 causes, cheapest first](https://coffeemachinerepair.center/problems/coffee-machine-error-code/) It also comes with - [**Coffee Machine Empty Grounds Message Will Not Clear**](https://coffeemachinerepair.center/problems/coffee-machine-grounds-message-wont-clear/) - [**Coffee Machine Drip Tray Filling Up Too Fast**](https://coffeemachinerepair.center/problems/coffee-machine-drip-tray-filling-fast/) Problem ### What a Coffee Machine Error Code or Warning Symbol Means 7 causes, cheapest first Where Please empty drip tray and reinsert. usually leads ## Coffee machine diagnostic visit. Book a visit [What the job involves](https://coffeemachinerepair.center/services/diagnostic-visit/) ## Bosch coffee machines. 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Bosch builds this ### Countertop espresso machine The fully automatic bean-to-cup machine that stands on the counter, grinding, tamping, brewing and frothing at the touch of a key, with its tank, hopper and grounds drawer all reached from the top and the front. ## In Bosch's own words > Display shows "Please empty drip tray and reinsert." despite the drip tray being empty. [Bosch 500 Series VeroCafe (TPU40) Use and Care Manual, Troubleshooting](https://media3.bsh-group.com/Documents/8001327896_C.pdf) [Bosch 500 Series VeroCafe (TPU40) Use and Care Manual, Troubleshooting](https://media3.bsh-group.com/Documents/8001327896_C.pdf) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Found in the troubleshooting table of Bosch's 500 Series VeroCafe (TPU40) owner manual. ## Bosch Please empty drip tray and reinsert. coffee machine repair, where we come out. 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Switch the machine on first. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### Why does emptying the Bosch drip tray at night not clear the message in the morning? The machine only notices a tray pulled while it is on. Empty it with the machine switched on, or pull and reseat it after switching on. ### Is water in my Bosch drip tray after a rinse normal? Yes. Bosch notes that the machine runs an internal rinse that sends water to the tray even with a cup under the spout. ### What would a technician check if the Bosch tray message never clears? The sensor that reads the tray and the grounds container, and the contacts it touches. Both sit behind the tray opening, inside the housing. --- **[Read on the site: Bosch 500 Series: Please empty drip tray and reinsert, though it is empty](https://coffeemachinerepair.center/error-codes/bosch-please-empty-drip-tray/)** **[Book a visit with CoffeeMachineRepair.center](https://coffeemachinerepair.center/schedule/)**