Error code
Cooktop error code F1
Dacor cooktop error code F1: The board cannot reach the memory that holds its configuration. Which machines can raise it, what the maker publishes about it, and what to do next.
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What we can confirm
Code F1, from the manufacturer's own documentation
A code is only meaningful together with the machine showing it — the same digits mean different things on different equipment.
The code
F1
The board cannot reach the memory that holds its configuration. It is a board-level problem rather than anything the cook has done, and it does not respond to cleaning, resetting or changing pans. The one thing worth doing before a call is a proper power cycle at the breaker, because a single failed read after a power event occasionally does not repeat. Where it does, this is the control.
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What it narrows down to
Communication failure with the EEPROM.
Diagnostic
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What else belongs to the cooktops and rangetops
On this make a code belongs to the appliance rather than to a product line. These are the other conditions this machine can display, and the models that can show this one — a display often has more than one thing to say, and the model number decides what any of it costs to put right.
Other codes this appliance can display
Top sensor open.
Top sensor short.
IGBT sensor open.
Communication failure between the main and sub PCB.
Communication failure with the touch-enabled IC.
Fan motor malfunction — a blocked DC motor, or a problem in the board or wiring.
Input voltage too high or too low — outside the 208 to 240 volt range.
A key was pressed or held for more than eight seconds — a wet or stuck keypad.
The same digits mean different things on different equipment. Search the full code list
In more detail
About Cooktop error code F1
What F1 means on this make
The board cannot reach the memory that holds its configuration. It is a board-level problem rather than anything the cook has done, and it does not respond to cleaning, resetting or changing pans. The one thing worth doing before a call is a proper power cycle at the breaker, because a single failed read after a power event occasionally does not repeat. Where it does, this is the control.
Where this appears, and which table it belongs to
On the appliance's own display. Photograph it before you cut the power: a display that has been cleared has taken the evidence with it, and there is no way to ask the machine for it again. Then check the model, because this make changed hands in 2016 and the two generations share no code string. The same characters mean different things on a Classic ERC oven, an ER-series range and a Modernist induction cooktop, and a meaning read off the wrong table is worse than no meaning at all.
Which machines this one applies to
Modernist induction cooktops. The same number on a different appliance of this make is a different page and often a different repair, which is why this archive is organized by appliance rather than by number. This maker documents codes on 5 of the appliance types this site publishes — coffee machine, cooktop, dishwasher, oven and range — and publishes none at all for freezer, microwave, range hood, refrigerator and wine cooler. Those appliances have symptom pages here and no code pages, which is the honest answer rather than borrowing a table from the machine next door.
What to do about it
- Cut power at the breaker for a full minute rather than switching at the panel.
- Note whether it followed a power cut or a storm — this problem often does.
- If it returns immediately on restart, the board is the answer and further resets will not help.
- Ask for the part to be confirmed available before labor is booked.
Where this goes next
The job this usually becomes is induction cooktop repair, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call (305) 363-6067 and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything.
This article is based on:
- Official manufacturer documentation
- Internal repair procedures
- Technician repair history
- Company quality standards