--- title: "SKS induction cooktop showing F1, F5 or FC" description: "What F1 / F5 / FC means on SKS induction cooktops, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/sks-f1-f5-fc/" --- # SKS induction cooktop showing F1 / F5 / FC SKS groups F1, F5 and FC under one line: the electronic control has detected a problem. ## What F1 / F5 / FC actually means. SKS groups F1, F5 and FC under one line: the electronic control has detected a problem. It does not say what separates the three, so the exact code you saw is useful for the technician, and a power reset is the only home step. SKS cooktop display · also shown as F1, F5, FC What to do when F1 / F5 / FC shows on the cooktop ### Kind of code Boards and communication The touch board and the power board under the glass lost track of each other, or one failed its own start-up check. A power dip, a ribbon or harness pulled loose when the top was fitted, or moisture from a boil-over is ruled out before a board is replaced, and a cooktop that keeps heating while this code shows is switched off at the breaker. ### Usually leads to Touch control repair Glass touch keys and sliders that ignore a finger, start zones by themselves or stay locked, traced to the keys, the control board or the lock setting. ### Shows up as Cooktop Controls Unresponsive Touch keys or a slider do nothing, the display lights but ignores every press, or a knob turns without starting its burner or element. ### Make SKS Signature Kitchen Suite, LG's luxury label, lists gas and dual-fuel professional rangetops, some with induction and sous vide. ### Source SKS SKSIT3611GE induction cooktop owner's manual SKS Flex induction cooktops: the same F1, F5 and FC line appears in the SKSIT3611GE manual (April 2026) and in the earlier SKSIT3601G manual. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from SKS's own guidance for F1 / F5 / FC on its cooktops. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Switch the cooktop off at the breaker, then back on, to clear the code. 02 Do not open the cooktop or touch its wiring while the breaker is off. 03 If the same code comes back, book a visit and note which of the three it was. ### Still there? It usually turns into [touch control repair](https://cooktoprepair.center/services/touch-control-repair/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do These codes are not the pan-detection or hot-surface indications, which SKS treats as normal behavior. They also do not tell you which part has failed, because SKS gives all three a single meaning. ## What you may notice with it. The cooktop problems F1 / F5 / FC tends to arrive with. Answer these at the cooktop before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://cooktoprepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Cooktop Controls Unresponsive](https://cooktoprepair.center/problems/cooktop-controls-unresponsive/) [All 5 causes, cheapest first](https://cooktoprepair.center/problems/cooktop-controls-unresponsive/) It also comes with - [**Cooktop Element Not Heating**](https://cooktoprepair.center/problems/element-not-heating/) - [**Cooktop Error Code**](https://cooktoprepair.center/problems/cooktop-error-code/) Problem ### Cooktop Controls Unresponsive 5 causes, cheapest first Where F1 / F5 / FC usually leads ## Touch control repair. **Touch control board or key panel · moderate.** Book a visit [What the job involves](https://cooktoprepair.center/services/touch-control-repair/) ## SKS cooktops. Signature Kitchen Suite, LG's luxury label, lists gas and dual-fuel professional rangetops, some with induction and sous vide. [SKS cooktop repair](https://cooktoprepair.center/brands/sks/) More SKS codes [F33~F45](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/sks-f33-f45/) [F62](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/sks-f62/) [HS](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/sks-hs/) [Sb](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/sks-sb/) Boards and communication on other makes [BlueStar E](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/bluestar-e/) [Bosch E7010](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/bosch-e7010/) [Café F + number (flashing)](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/cafe-f-code/) [Dacor F0](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/dacor-f0/) [Frigidaire C0](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-c0/) [Fulgor Milano Er47](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/fulgor-milano-s700-er47/) [Gaggenau E7010](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/gaggenau-e7010/) [GE Profile F + number (flashing)](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-f-code/) [All 49 codes of this kind](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/#family-communication) SKS builds this ### Gas cooktop A gas cooking surface dropped into a countertop cutout, with its gas line and power cord running down into the cabinet underneath. SKS builds this ### Induction cooktop A glass cooktop in the counter that heats the pan itself through magnetic coils, run by power boards and cooled by a fan underneath. SKS builds this ### Rangetop A pro-style gas cooking top with its knobs across the front, set into a notch above a base cabinet, often with a griddle or char-broiler beside the burners. ## In SKS's own words > Electronic control has detected a fault condition. [SKS SKSIT3611GE induction cooktop owner's manual](https://www.sksappliances.com/media/documents/SKSIT3611GE_OM_PRINT.pdf) [SKS SKSIT3611GE induction cooktop owner's manual](https://www.sksappliances.com/media/documents/SKSIT3611GE_OM_PRINT.pdf) [SKS SKSIT3611GE induction cooktop owner's manual](https://www.sksappliances.com/media/documents/SKSIT3611GE_OM_PRINT.pdf) [SKS SKSIT3601G induction cooktop owner's manual](https://www.sksappliances.com/media/documents/sksit3601g_ceramic-glass_induction_cooktop_owners_manual.pdf) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. SKS Flex induction cooktops: the same F1, F5 and FC line appears in the SKSIT3611GE manual (April 2026) and in the earlier SKSIT3601G manual. ## SKS F1 / F5 / FC cooktop 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. 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