SKS F2: the speed oven's high thermistor reads shorted
Where F1 is an open circuit, F2 is the opposite reading from the same sensor: the control sees a short on the high thermistor.
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What F2
actually means.
Where F1 is an open circuit, F2 is the opposite reading from the same sensor: the control sees a short on the high thermistor. A shorted reading looks like an impossible temperature, so the control ends the cycle and beeps until it is cleared.
SKS microwave display
What to do when F2 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
Same code table in the SKSLV3001S and SKSLV3011MT 30-inch built-in microwave speed oven manuals.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from SKS's own guidance for F2 on its microwaves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Press CLEAR/OFF to stop the beeping.
Let the cavity cool, then start one short cooking function to see whether F2 comes back.
If it returns, note the code, turn the unit off at the breaker and book a visit; the sensor is reached from outside the cooking cavity and is not an owner repair.
Still there?
It usually turns into microwave control board and touchpad repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
F2 is not a warning that the cavity is too hot, which SKS lists separately as F6. It is also not a touchpad problem; a shorted key has its own code, F3.
What you may
notice with it.
The microwave problems F2 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the microwave before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where F2 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.
SKS microwave repairMore SKS codes
Sensors and temperature on other makes
Microwave hood combination
The microwave that hangs from the wall cabinets above the burners, heating food in its cavity while its own fan, light and filters handle the steam and grease rising from the pans beneath it.
Built-in microwave
A microwave set into a tall cabinet or a wall of cabinetry at eye level, either a countertop body wrapped in a trim kit or a true built-in model, including speed and convection microwaves that brown as well as heat.
Microwave drawer
A microwave built under a counter or into a kitchen island that opens like a drawer at the touch of a key, with a motor and gears sliding its cavity out toward you.
In SKS's own words
Cause: High Thermistor Shorted Sensor
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Same code table in the SKSLV3001S and SKSLV3011MT 30-inch built-in microwave speed oven manuals.
SKS F2 microwave repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about F2.
Can I clear F2 myself?
What is the difference between F1 and F2 on an SKS speed oven?
Could steam or a spill on my SKS speed oven cause F2?
Does F2 on my SKS speed oven mean the whole control board has failed?
Back to your everyday
Still showing F2?
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.