David wrote:
On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 10:27:50 -0700, spuorgelgoog wrote:

On Monday, 13 March 2017 15:22:12 UTC, David WE Roberts (Google) wrote:
Dumb implementation because the electric hot plate is below the level
of the pan supports so you have to drop the pan into a 20 cms * 24 cms
space which effectively means a 20 cms diameter pan.

I think anything solid enough to conduct heat effectively (ie a solid
lump of metal) would also have unfeasibly high thermal mass and slow
response.

Could you raise the electric hot plate by removing it from the hob unit
and sandwiching a band of stainless steel round the perimeter between
the hotplate and the hob unit, I think most electric hotplates fix with
a central screw to a spider?

Or can you use a flat-bottomed wok?

Owain

I wonder if aluminium which is light but a good conductor of heat would do?
Or copper, for that matter.

Electric hot plate is in one corner of the hob so a kitchen unit and the
glass cover both get in the way so a wok probably wouldn't fit.

It is a relatively low power hot plate anyway (total power to caravans can
be quite low, often 10 Amps or 16 Amps) so I assume they don't want a red
hot 3 kW hot plate taking the circuit breaker out.

3kW is around 12 amps so can be used on a 16 amp circuit with some to
spare.

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Chris Green
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