I do have solar panels on my house.
How does this have any bearing on paying for gas or electricity?
Induction hob or Gas
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I do have solar panels on my house.
How does this have any bearing on paying for gas or electricity?
I think that is what ruined my BT Digital radio - I put it next to hob and it squeeled it's head off. - Didn't work after that. Ours is a Siemans Hob
We had a renter while buying this place and it had gas - It didn't seem half as good as I remembered from 40 yrs ago. - flames seemed to go up side of pan - turn it down and took ages to boil water - even small ring was rubbish.
Contrary to what Delta0 said I had to run a cable to Fuse board and terminate to 40amp breaker - I have seperate on/off switch's for Hob and Oven.
If this one broke I would certainly buy another one.
Dave
For reference mine is a Bosch PIE611T14E. It is wired to the cooker circuit with the oven.
I know you're talking with a lot of experience of inductions hobs but there are no issues with stir fries etc on an induction hob for me after several years of use. Lack of heat transfers for a few seconds when tossing food about the pan is neglible IMO and by no means a "deal breaker."
The sensor is on a timer so if a base isn't recognised by the hob it turns off after around 10-15 seconds so that is irrelevant as that's plenty of time.
Easy to wipe clean and dead quick to heat up pan contents. No chance of a gas hob accidently being left on once the pan is taken off (it does happen.) Built in timer so can "set and forget."
I wouldn't go back to a gas hob.
Each to their own!
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If a lack of heat transfer when cooking isn't a deal breaker, I don't know what is.
If you can get gas, get gas.
I cannot get gas, i even considered a messy tanked LPG setup. I didnt bother in the end and just went for induction as it was easier.
If my house had a mains gas supply then i would have not even considered an electric hob.
I cannot get gas, i even considered a messy tanked LPG setup. I didnt bother in the end and just went for induction as it was easier.
If my house had a mains gas supply then i would have not even considered an electric hob.
Induction has greater heat transfer.
Isn't it obvious that it's cheaper to cook with free electricity that your panels are generating than to cook with gas you have to pay for?
My parents-in-law have a certain percentage of generated power that is free to them, so they switched from gas to electric in their new kitchen, hence their new induction hob.
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Not with a wok or when lifting a pan to stir, it doesn't.
Another thing which everybody forgets to mention when it comes to Induction glass top hobs is that you cannot switch the heat off instantly, as the glass surface has heated up. You have to move the pan off to one side if you wish to stop it being heated.
Gas is much better, instant control whether in contact or not. I would even consider going for a tanked system next time even with the expense of one.
Gas is much better, instant control whether in contact or not. I would even consider going for a tanked system next time even with the expense of one.
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I am a recent convert to gas, my folks have induction and from the little i have used it i am impressed. Costs wise the research i did when replacing out old electric cooker suggested gas was still marginally cheaper - all down to cost of gas v electricity rather than efficiency!
A factor for me was the ability to use a gas hob when no electricity for whatever reason, has already happened and just lit a match and away i went. I like having a backup, last time the electricity went out i was cooking on the log burner!!
A factor for me was the ability to use a gas hob when no electricity for whatever reason, has already happened and just lit a match and away i went. I like having a backup, last time the electricity went out i was cooking on the log burner!!
Gas wins hands down.
I've moved around a bit over the past year and have used a variety of hobs. Gas is so nice to cook with, as soon as you turn the heat off, the food stops cooking. No ****ing about with moving the pan to another hob you're not using because even though you turned it off it's still red hot.
If you have a choice, get gas.
I've moved around a bit over the past year and have used a variety of hobs. Gas is so nice to cook with, as soon as you turn the heat off, the food stops cooking. No ****ing about with moving the pan to another hob you're not using because even though you turned it off it's still red hot.
If you have a choice, get gas.
When I turn mine off it turns off instantly. As soon as I turn it down it reacts instanstly. I think the reaction is the same as gas. If I overflow a pan I can just lift the pan off wipe it clean without burning a cloth. Leave it for 30 seconds or so and I can touch the glass with my hand. Touch it with a wet cloth it will be cool instantly. If the hob is still hot after turning it down it is not induction.
If I had access to gas I would use it.
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My folks have a top of the line NEFF induction hob, there is no way its cool within 30 secs - it even has warning lights to say the hob will be hot!
Not within 30 secs, at least. Depends how high you were running it with a pan on. It cools down a lot quicker than gas.
I have a top of the line Rangemaster 120cm with induction top, it doesn't cool within 30 seconds, as the post above mentions it even has warning lights
The fact we would both use gas if we could despite having top end induction hobs speaks volumes.
Depends on what deal you have (being cheaper to use electricity) and who covers the initial cost of the panels (the free bit).