Induction hobs

Betty57

I have moved your post here from the Ask the Expert Section.

David

First of all,I am a massive fan of Induction Hobs and I have fitted at least three of them over the years.

But the lowest ampage induction hob on the market is 3kw which is around 13 amp ,so I take it from your post you are looking at each ring or ring,when you say 450w ,so theorectically yes you can fit an induction hob,you just have one, two,three rings on at a time,but that does not leave you much from the sites 16amp supply.so use of heating,kettles,water heaters,microwaves ect must be restricted.

If you have found a 2100watt induction hob could you please send details. "Normal" induction hobs require a 32a supply.This requires another directly circuit from the consumer unit. 

Does this help?

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Nice one micky - my single one at home has just died on me and I did use it onsite - but never on full.  Maplins it is! 

Hello,

Firstly, thanks for putting my query in the right place.  My husband and I (I sound like the Queen!), are new to this and are first time Motor Home owners.

The hob I am thinking of buying is the Tefal IH201840 with one hot plate.  The specifications say that the wattage is from 450 to 2100.  I cannot find any other reference to ampage etc.  I assume the variation is because it has different settings for boiling water, slow cooking etc.  

As you can tell I don't know the difference between watts, amps etc.  Does this clarify things?

Many thanks  

We have that very hob at home and find it excellent. I have a suspicion mind that the lower wattage settings are simulated. By that I mean it is on full power but cycles itself on and off to simulate a lower setting, I may be wrong mind. Just a thought based on my experience of using it and that I've never witnessed induction hobs cope well with a true simmer, that is a constant and steady low heat cooking method.

Thanks for that but have you ever used it on a site.  I am still confused about Fozzie from Kent's reply? 

My van is a continental with only gas hobs, Yes, we did take it with us once but used it only a couple of times over a few weeks trip, I then questioned the need and extra weight so haven't bothered since. When I did use it I just plugged it in, made sure everything else electrical, apart from the fridge, was off and only used it then on the 'lower' settings. All worked well at that time. I did then look at the Maplins mini hob but was aware of the need to buy new small pans to work with it and didn't bother buying it due to the costs involved and limitations.

We use the Tefal in the caravan. We leave it on the default setting, which is 450watts and the EHU copes perfectly well with this. 

Even on that setting it is much quicker to boil water than the solid plate on our caravan cooker and, of course, it uses the site electrics and not or gas.

Don't forget that you need specific pans; they must be metal rather than copper or aluminium.

Thanks for the replies.  Think we will give it a go.