- Stainless steel
The Asko HG1986SD is a current gas cooktop. Day-to-day wear on the HG1986SD concentrates on one spot: an igniter that sparks without lighting, or a burner ring that has been distorted by boil-over. There is no display code to read on the HG1986SD. There is no US listing for the HG1986SD -- it ships from Asko's Australian kitchen catalog, and American kitchens that have one usually got it through an import or a European-spec'd build.

Diagnosing the HG1986SD starts with a question most guides skip: which control generation is fitted. Asko induction hobs are unusual among the cooking range in publishing real error codes, but they do it in two non-overlapping sets — the F-series list (F00, F0–F6, F7, F8, F9, F99, FA, FAN) and the E-series list (Er03, E2, E3, E5, E6, U400, Er47) — and a code read against the wrong one points a technician at the wrong component. A gas hob publishes no codes at all; there the tell-tales are a burner that clicks without catching or a flame that will not build. Ventilation gets checked first on any induction problem, since the generator throttles or problems when it overheats. For the HG1986SD, see cooktop repair and our cooktop error-code guides. Whenever you want the manufacturer's own figures for the HG1986SD, global.asko.com holds the specifications, while our model directory and guides handle the rest.