SKS F1: the speed oven's high thermistor reads open
The SKSLV built-in microwave speed ovens carry two temperature sensors that the control watches while it bakes, broils or air fries.
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What F1
actually means.
The SKSLV built-in microwave speed ovens carry two temperature sensors that the control watches while it bakes, broils or air fries. F1 is the code the owner's manual gives when the one labeled high thermistor reads as an open circuit, so the control can no longer tell how hot the cavity is and stops the heat.
SKS microwave display
What to do when F1 shows on the microwaveKind of codeSensors and temperature
The control has stopped trusting what one of its sensors reports: the cook or humidity sensor that ends a sensor reheat when steam rises, or a thermal cutout that trips when the cavity or the magnetron runs too hot. A cutout that opens stops the microwave mid-cycle and often recovers once it cools; one that keeps tripping, or a sensor program that shuts off at once every time, needs the sensor, its wiring or the airflow behind it checked.
Usually leads toMicrowave control board and touchpad repair
Tracing a dead display, keys that do not answer or a code that keeps returning to the keypad, the ribbon, the relays or the main board, and replacing only the part that failed.
Shows up asWhat a Microwave Error Code Is Telling You
A microwave error code may be a letter and a number on the display, a lock or demo word, a row of dashes, or a beep with a blinking clock, and it can show while the microwave still heats or block every key until it is cleared.
MakeSKS
Signature Kitchen Suite microwaves looked at where they are installed, with the display message and the last mode used written down first.
SourceSKS SKSLV3001S 30-inch built-in microwave speed oven owner's manual
Listed in the troubleshooting table of the SKSLV3001S professional and SKSLV3011MT transitional 30-inch built-in microwave speed ovens.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from SKS's own guidance for F1 on its microwaves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Press CLEAR/OFF to silence the beep and clear F1 from the screen.
Set the cooking function again from the start and watch whether F1 returns.
If F1 shows up a second time, write the code down and switch the speed oven off at its breaker until the visit.
Book a visit so the sensor and its wiring can be tested from behind the unit, which is not an owner job.
Still there?
It usually turns into microwave control board and touchpad repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
F1 is not the same as F2, which reports the same sensor shorted rather than open, or F12 and F13, which point at the second sensor. It does not mean the magnetron has stopped, and plain microwave heating is not what the code is about.
What you may
notice with it.
The microwave problems F1 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the microwave before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where F1 usually leads
Microwave control board and touchpad repair.
SKS
microwaves.
Signature Kitchen Suite microwaves looked at where they are installed, with the display message and the last mode used written down first.
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In SKS's own words
Cause: High Thermistor Opened Sensor
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Listed in the troubleshooting table of the SKSLV3001S professional and SKSLV3011MT transitional 30-inch built-in microwave speed ovens.
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The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
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Questions
about F1.
Can I clear F1 myself?
Can I keep using the microwave mode on my SKS speed oven while F1 is showing?
Why did F1 appear on my SKS speed oven right after a power cut?
Is F1 on the SKSLV3011MT the same as on the SKSLV3001S?
Back to your everyday
Still showing F1?
Three details make the booking useful: the characters or beeps just as they appeared, every character of the model number, and whether a cup of water still warms up. With those, the technician arrives already halfway to the answer.