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Default swapping electric hotplate hob for induction

On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 05:47:55 +1100, "Ray" wrote:



"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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Andrew May wrote:

Induction can take a whole lot more current than a standard hob.


They seem to vary from 13A plug-in, to 16A hard-wired to 32A hard-wired,
I've heard lots of people raving about how good induction hobs are, has
anyone got any stories about the lower powered ones being ... um ...
underpowered?


Really depends on how you use it. Few choose
to have all the elements on full anymore. Its much
more about using the appropriate element now.


On mine the controls go from 1 to 9. Between 5&9 the continuous power
is changed, between 1&4 the duty-cycle is changed.

If, for example, you have two burners on "2" which is about 50% duty
cycle, I would have expected them to alternate to help with diversity,
but no, they come on and off together.