The cooktop library
Wolf Cooktop Signals and Codes
Wolf publishes few numbered codes for its cooktops, so this library is sorted by what you can see and hear: a light, a flash, a click, a flame. Pick the family, find your row, follow the verdict.
Each page ends in one of three verdicts: Safe to wait Call today Stop using it
-
Induction cooktops
Flashing power levels, lock and hot-surface lights, boost and bridge, the cooling fan, and the few codes Wolf publishes.
- Power level flashing, no heat
- Zone switches itself off mid-cook
- Lock light on, no control answers
- Hot-surface light on a cold top
- Locked after the power comes back
- Continuous beep from the controls
- Bridge will not join two zones
- Boost on, the next zone slows
- Fan still running after switch-off
- Letters or numbers on the display
-
Gas cooktops and rangetops
Clicking that will not stop, burners that will not spark or will not stay lit, and the griddle and charbroiler sections.
- Igniter sparks after the flame is lit
- One burner has no spark
- Clicks come back on a low flame
- Flame goes out at the lowest setting
- Every igniter dead after a boil-over
- Griddle stays cold
- Charbroiler glows unevenly
-
Electric cooktops
Radiant elements that pulse, elements stuck on full, and glass that has cracked.
The whole electric table
Asking something rather than seeing something? Try the cooktop answers, or the longer guides.