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We still have a gas hob in the kitchen, but are thinking of replacing it with an induction hob.
I know you can get ones that run off a 13amp socket, but they don't have the power to run four pans at once (so you'd need an electrician to run a higher amp cable in). Most of our saucepans and frying pans are induction usable, so we won't have to pay our for more pans.
Anyone?
Never used one, but remember being amazed when I first saw one ... must have been in the late '80s ... very space age!
Power - if your oven is electric, can it piggyback off that cable? (I've no idea, I'm not an electrician!)
From what I've absorbed from conversations over the years :
1) They can become scratched, like a skating rink, although I guess that's less of a problem nowadays.
2) If you catch a heavy pan on the corner, they can break! (Can you get them with buffers?)
Some good tips here : 6 things I wish I'd known before I bought an induction hob
The oven is on the other side of the kitchen to the hob.
Thanks for the link.
I had one in my old place last year. I can’t comment about the wiring as it was fitted as part of a new kitchen install but I’m pretty sure it was hard wired.
The heat control was amazing and if you turned down a boiling pan of water it would cool almost instantly, far quicker than a standard hob (and quicker than the gas one in my new place) and it would boil a pan of water quicker than my kettle. The only negatives we found were that the touch control controls were a bit of a faff sometimes and we broke 2 (it was a very expensive 3 months) My girlfriend opened a cupboard door and a jar of pickled onions dropped from the cupboard and landed on the corner of the hob. I had that one replaced and my daughter was opening a cupboard on the other side and dropped a small plate on the hob so I had to replace that one too. After that I bought a large ceramic hob cover from Amazon, as that was cheaper than replacing the hob every few months.
The oven is on the other side of the kitchen to the hob.
But still easier than running a new cable from your mains box?