Induction · signal
Locked After the Power Comes Back
When power comes back to a Redmond home after an outage, a Wolf induction or electric cooktop wakes up with its control panel locked, because that is the state Wolf builds it to start in.
| If you see | And | Then | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lock symbol lit the moment power is back | The house lost power, or the cooktop breaker was off for a while | The top starts up locked by design; release it the way you release any lock on this panel, and cook. Next signal: Lock light on, no control answers | Safe to wait |
| Panel dark, no lock symbol, nothing lights | The rest of the kitchen has power again | The cooktop's own breaker may have tripped. Switch it fully off, then on again, and look for the lock symbol. | Safe to wait |
| That breaker trips again straight away | At the reset itself, or as soon as a zone starts | Leave it off; repeated resets are not a fix. Wolf wants a dedicated circuit without GFCI, so have an electrician check it too. | Stop using it |
| Unlocked, but zones stay cold or act oddly | A magnetic pan is on the zone and a level is set | The top has not come back as it was before the outage. Note which zones work and which do not. | Call today |
| Lock comes back after the top sits idle | You cleared it earlier and have not cooked since | That is the ordinary automatic lock setting itself again, not a leftover from the outage. | Safe to wait |
If the cooktop is unlocked, its breaker holds and it still does not heat as it did before, call Redmond Wolf Repair, (425) 905-2822, and say when the power went.
Why it comes back locked
Wolf’s current guide for the CI and CE cooktops and the older CT induction guide agree: at first power-up and after any outage, the panel defaults to lock, so nothing on the glass can be started by a stray touch as the lights return. The lock itself is no sign of damage.
The breaker comes first
Wolf asks for a circuit that serves only the cooktop, so its breaker can trip while the rest of the house comes back on, and a panel that stays dark after an outage points there first. Wolf also advises against GFCI protection on that circuit, because it can interrupt operation.