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  1. 8th September 2023, 07:11 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by 101RRS View Post
    As my house does not have gas I have two of the gas cannister style gas cookers setup to use the wok - but in reality they are easier and quicker to use than the electric stove and only use one gas can every three weeks or so. These work fine but do get messy and hard to clean.

    Despite not knowing anything about induction cook tops, after seeing this thread i decided an induction cooktop might be a good replacement for my gas cookers.

    I bought a Devanti dual unit off Amazon for half price at $130.

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    I guess I should have researched better - first it has a 15A plug requires a 15A socket - how many houses have 15 amp wiring as standard - mine certainly does not - my fault for not noticing this but I think I can work around this.

    Second - I did not realise you need specialised cookware - I have aluminium frypans and these do not work as the material of pots and pans needs to be magnetised ferrous metal - my stainless steel pots also do not work.

    So for the moment the induction top will stay in its box and as I need to replace cookware I will get induction compatible items.

    yoyu can just put a plate of steel on the plate and get that heated up, not a great solution, butit works
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    Quote Originally Posted by 101RRS View Post
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    I guess I should have researched better - first it has a 15A plug requires a 15A socket - how many houses have 15 amp wiring as standard - mine certainly does not - my fault for not noticing this but I think I can work around this.

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    Most ovens have 15A plugs.

    I remember this when I had my 'new oven' installed about 23 years ago. I got gas, because I preferred cooking with gas, but plubmer tells me I need to have elec install a 15A plug. "Hang on, I got a gas oven!" The grill/toast element is electric!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jwb View Post
    We’ve used the ikea ones in our new house while waiting for the kitchen to be installed. Performance was ok but not great. Power pulsing is annoying when trying to simmer and unit seemed to heat unevenly across the plate but, hey, it’s cheap and works.

    Now bought a couple of Nuwave units for camping as they have power selection buttons 900W, 1500W, 2000W so can use on our 100A or 250A lithium systems. So far happy with them. 900W setting draws steady 77ish amps on the 100A battery with a 1200W inverter.

    Also compared here
    Induction Cooker Comparison on Lithium Batteries and 12V Inverter - YouTube
    Mate can you please let me know how it performs set to 900w? Cheers
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    Quote Originally Posted by ozscott View Post
    Mate can you please let me know how it performs set to 900w? Cheers
    Nearly all off our cooking is at <1000w

    Crank it up to 1200w for searing steaks than back to 800w
    Boil water at 1800w
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    Quote Originally Posted by AK83 View Post
    Most ovens have 15A plugs.

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    Mine is less than a year old and it's only 10. Nothing fancy though,
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tins View Post
    Mine is less than a year old and it's only 10. Nothing fancy though,
    Barstards! .. (my oven brand) .. sold me a total dud then!

    Now I'm in a bind with needing a new oven too. I don't like electric, but I do like the idea of induction cooktops for a lot of cooking, all my pots/pans are steel(zero Al stuff).
    Only problem is the Wok burner, which I use for 90% of my cooking.

    Induction(or any electric) pretty much useless compared to gas for this .. and I like my totally used and abused wok for cooking!
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    Quote Originally Posted by AK83 View Post
    Barstards! .. (my oven brand) .. sold me a total dud then!

    Now I'm in a bind with needing a new oven too. I don't like electric, but I do like the idea of induction cooktops for a lot of cooking, all my pots/pans are steel(zero Al stuff).
    Only problem is the Wok burner, which I use for 90% of my cooking.

    Induction(or any electric) pretty much useless compared to gas for this .. and I like my totally used and abused wok for cooking!
    Induction has its place but i'll stick to gas even if its just the wok burner on the bbq.
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    Quote Originally Posted by W&KO View Post
    Nearly all off our cooking is at <1000w

    Crank it up to 1200w for searing steaks than back to 800w
    Boil water at 1800w
    I have a 100amp continuous discharge Lithium so allowing for inverter loss I am probably limited to 900 to 1000 watts and I am not keen on inverter unless I can sear so probably keep to gas for now and keep the Lithium for other duties. Cheers
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    Quote Originally Posted by ozscott View Post
    I have a 100amp continuous discharge Lithium so allowing for inverter loss I am probably limited to 900 to 1000 watts and I am not keen on inverter unless I can sear so probably keep to gas for now and keep the Lithium for other duties. Cheers
    Hmmm, agree hotter the better for searing, we’ll not that I’m any sort of chef……

    It’ll be awhile for me to do at test run at 900w, got a few nice steak Portable Induction Hotplates - Your recommendation? in the freezer as well
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    Quote Originally Posted by ozscott View Post
    Mate can you please let me know how it performs set to 900w? Cheers
    as also noted above most of our cooking is lower than higher settings. On the 250A BMS battery we can easily run the 2000W setting. Cast iron skillet seems to sear ok at the lower wattage but haven’t done a lot of testing yet.
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