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# Faber filter light on steady: 100 hours, wash the grease filters

Faber's electronic controls count working hours and signal the grease filter alarm at 100 hours.

## What Filter alarm LED on (steady) actually means.

Faber's electronic controls count working hours and signal the grease filter alarm at 100 hours. On the Highlight it is the S1 LED lit steady; on the Inca Lux Premium it is the speed two and intensive buttons lit together. The light stays until the filters are washed and the alarm is reset.

Faber range hood display · also shown as S1 LED on, speed two and intensive buttons lit, grease filter saturation alarm

What to do when Filter alarm LED on (steady) shows on the range hood

### Kind of code Filter reminders

The hood has counted enough hours of fan time to ask for its filters: the mesh or baffle grease filters want a wash, or on a recirculating hood the charcoal filters want replacing. Most hoods count hours rather than measure grease, so the light comes on whether the filters are clean or not, and it stays on until it is reset with the key the manual names. A reminder that returns straight after a reset, or a hood that still pulls weakly with fresh filters, is worth a visit.

### Usually leads to Range hood filter and baffle service

Cleaning or replacing what catches grease and odor: mesh and baffle filters, charcoal pads on recirculating hoods, and the grease channel.

### Shows up as Reading a Range Hood Error Code or Blinking Light

A range hood error code may appear as letters and numbers on a display, a light that blinks in a pattern, a filter reminder that will not clear, or a beep with the fan refusing to start.

### Make Faber

A Faber range hood that runs on only one speed, or hums without spinning, gets a visit that starts at its speed control.

### Source Faber Highlight island hood installation, use and care guide

Highlight island hood (S1 LED) and Inca Lux Premium insert (speed two and intensive lit); other Faber controls may differ.

## Before you book, in this order.

Each step comes from Faber's own guidance for Filter alarm LED on (steady) on its range hoods. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Take the metal grease filters out with the hood off and wash them by hand or in the dishwasher.

02

Reset: on the Highlight, with motor and lights off, hold the button for about 3 seconds until S1 flashes three times; on the Inca Lux Premium, a long press with motor and lights off until all LEDs flash three times.

03

If the light stays on after a correct reset, book a visit.

### Still there?

It usually turns into [range hood filter and baffle service](https://rangehooderepair.center/services/range-hood-filter-and-baffle-service/). Book with the code and the model number.

### What not to do

A steady light is the grease filter only; the same light flashing means the charcoal filter alarm. It does not mean the motor or a speed has failed.

## What you may notice with it.

The range hood problems Filter alarm LED on (steady) tends to arrive with. Answer these at the range hood before anyone is booked.

[All problems](https://rangehooderepair.center/problems/)

Before you call

### [Reading a Range Hood Error Code or Blinking Light](https://rangehooderepair.center/problems/range-hood-error-code/)

[All 7 causes, cheapest first](https://rangehooderepair.center/problems/range-hood-error-code/)

It also comes with

- [**Range Hood Runs but Barely Pulls Smoke**](https://rangehooderepair.center/problems/range-hood-weak-suction/)
- [**Grease or Oily Water Dripping From the Range Hood**](https://rangehooderepair.center/problems/range-hood-dripping-grease/)

Problem

### Reading a Range Hood Error Code or Blinking Light

7 causes, cheapest first

Where Filter alarm LED on (steady) usually leads

## Range hood filter and baffle service.

**Mesh or baffle filters, charcoal pads and the grease channel · lowest.**

Book a visit [What the job involves](https://rangehooderepair.center/services/range-hood-filter-and-baffle-service/)

## Faber range hoods.

A Faber range hood that runs on only one speed, or hums without spinning, gets a visit that starts at its speed control.

[Faber range hood repair](https://rangehooderepair.center/brands/faber/)

More Faber codes

[Filter alarm LED flashing](https://rangehooderepair.center/error-codes/faber-filter-alarm-led-flashing/) [Intensive speed drops back after 6 or 10 minutes](https://rangehooderepair.center/error-codes/faber-intensive-speed-timer/) [Top speeds disabled after CFM adjustment](https://rangehooderepair.center/error-codes/faber-reduced-cfm-setting/) [All LEDs flash two or three times](https://rangehooderepair.center/error-codes/faber-all-leds-flash/)

Filter reminders on other makes

[Bertazzoni F](https://rangehooderepair.center/error-codes/bertazzoni-f/) [BEST Fan LED bar flashes slowly for 30 seconds after the fan is turned off](https://rangehooderepair.center/error-codes/best-fan-led-bar-flashing-after-off/) [BlueStar Timer icon blinking, blower off](https://rangehooderepair.center/error-codes/bluestar-timer-icon-fan-off/) [Bosch clean grease filter](https://rangehooderepair.center/error-codes/bosch-clean-grease-filter/) [Dacor Low button blinking](https://rangehooderepair.center/error-codes/dacor-low-button-blinking/) [Elica Grease Filter](https://rangehooderepair.center/error-codes/elica-grease-filter/) [Falmec Red LED steady on with the fan off](https://rangehooderepair.center/error-codes/falmec-red-led-steady/) [Fisher & Paykel Filter button lit](https://rangehooderepair.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-filter-button-lit/)

[All 61 codes of this kind](https://rangehooderepair.center/error-codes/#family-filter)

Faber builds this

### Wall-mount range hood

The chimney hood fixed to a bare stretch of wall above the burners, its canopy catching the rising smoke while a telescoping cover hides the duct that climbs to the ceiling.

Faber builds this

### Under-cabinet range hood

The slim hood screwed to the bottom of the wall cabinet over the burners, venting up through that cabinet or back through the wall, or cleaning the air and returning it to the room.

Faber builds this

### Island range hood

The hood that hangs from the ceiling over burners set into a kitchen island, open on all four sides, with its duct and wiring hidden inside a chimney that drops from above.

## In Faber's own words

> Signals the Metal Grease Filter saturation alarm, indicating that it is necessary to wash the filters.

[Faber Highlight island hood installation, use and care guide](https://pdf-uploader-v2.appspot.com.storage.googleapis.com/faber-usa/Highlight-install-725/Highlight-install-725.pdf) [Faber Highlight island hood installation, use and care guide](https://pdf-uploader-v2.appspot.com.storage.googleapis.com/faber-usa/Highlight-install-725/Highlight-install-725.pdf) [Faber Inca Lux Premium insert installation, use and care guide](https://pdf-uploader-v2.appspot.com.storage.googleapis.com/faber-usa/Inca-lux-plus-install-725/Inca-lux-plus-install-725.pdf)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Highlight island hood (S1 LED) and Inca Lux Premium insert (speed two and intensive lit); other Faber controls may differ.

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## Questions about Filter alarm LED on (steady).

### Can I clear Filter alarm LED on (steady) myself?

Take the metal grease filters out with the hood off and wash them by hand or in the dishwasher. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### Why are two buttons lit on my Faber insert when the fan is off?

On the Inca Lux Premium, speed two and intensive lit together is the grease filter alarm after 100 hours. Wash the filters and reset.

### How do I reset the Faber filter alarm?

With the motor and lights off, hold the reset button your manual names; the LEDs flash three times to confirm.

### How often will a Faber hood ask for filter cleaning?

Every 100 hours of operation for the grease filters.

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