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| Thread ID: 143438 | 2017-01-10 19:17:00 | Ceramic vs inducrtion Cooktops | bk T (215) | PC World Chat |
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| 1430601 | 2017-01-11 07:33:00 | We have recently installed a Westinghouse Induction cook top, as part of a general upgrade all around,(been a long,long time!). My wife was a bit hesitant, after using an old rundown electric stove. Anyway installation day came, and a test was commenced, sparky puts a medium pot, with around 50--60 cm water in the pot and turns the heat up to 3 or 4, nothing much appears to be happening, so wife reaches over an turns it up to 9. Ten seconds later boiling water!! She was sold. We are really pleased with the the very fine temperature control, and the speed getting to it. Glass top is quite thick, does not look too fragile. Normal cleaning is a quick wipe over with a damp cloth, every now and then a clean and shine with a cleaner and polisher (supplied) brings the glass up sparkling. We get a small amount of hum on maximun heat, but not annoying. I would go along with Tony's points, and agree later induction cook tops at a reasonable price seem to pretty well sorted. I would be beware of cheap no-name brands, they are cheap for a reason. |
Laggard (17509) | ||
| 1430602 | 2017-01-11 07:50:00 | Thank You folks for sharing your experiences and info. :) | bk T (215) | ||
| 1430603 | 2017-01-11 08:00:00 | Um. So you can make your runny omelettes as easily over gas. Right.The point I'm making is that the heat from an induction ring is as controllable as gas - unlike most (all?) other electric cooking surfaces. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1430604 | 2017-01-11 08:02:00 | Oh they will break ok, when I was working installing kitchens I had a shelf slip out of my hands late on a Friday afternoon straight onto a ceramic glass induction cooktop. What a mess glass shards everywhere.Yes, that would do it no good at all. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1430605 | 2017-01-11 10:25:00 | Oh they will break ok, when I was working installing kitchens I had a shelf slip out of my hands late on a Friday afternoon straight onto a ceramic glass induction cooktop. What a mess glass shards everywhere. Surely that would happen with any glass top? |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1430606 | 2017-01-11 17:33:00 | Surely that would happen with any glass top? Yes it will but somebody asked if they are breakable |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1430607 | 2017-01-11 17:59:00 | A brick thrown at my glass oven door, will break it. I don't see your point. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1430608 | 2017-01-11 18:27:00 | Oh they will break ok, when I was working installing kitchens I had a shelf slip out of my hands late on a Friday afternoon straight onto a ceramic glass induction cooktop. What a mess glass shards everywhere. With the possible exception of an open fire, not many cooking systems rate very highly as high speed shelf catchers. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1430609 | 2017-01-11 21:36:00 | This topic fuelled my curiosity so I went looking on the Internet to see if I could find just what the power consumption of these things were. Well, I never found a straight up answer, but I did find a bit explaining that if you had a four coil stove and had them all on full, they all would be automatically regulated backward. However didn’t say how much. Does Full, on one, mean you are drawing maximum allowable current for the house wiring? Anyway, I’m none the wiser, but I did find a couple of other facts. 1: They cook faster because they raise the boiling point of water. (Really) :illogical 2: They improve your “Carbon Footprint”. Struth, I’ve gone through life trying not to leave a “Carbon Footprint” at all, let alone an improved one. :D |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1430610 | 2017-01-12 00:08:00 | Re power consumption, I was at Harvey Norman and Magness Benrow and none of their sales people could answer my question. LOL As I am looking for a replacement unit, (ceramic or induction) , the existing cut out hole probably is different from the new unit. Both the retailers mentioned above are unable to assist me in solving this issue. They just told me that I will need to cut a hole suitable for the new unit. This may be the biggest problem I am going to face. Firstly, I will need to get an Electrician to disconnect the existing stove, then arrange someone to modify the existing cut out hole and finally get them to deliver the new unit with an Electrician to connect it up. Looking at the above, I will probably be without the stove for a week or two! What kind of SERVICE is that? They can't even recommend any trades people to assist me! They are only interested in selling their products - service is none of their concern. |
bk T (215) | ||
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