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> my child not leaving it on by accident This is interesting. How does your induction cooktop prevent someone from leaving it on? Does it automatically turn it
by bitcharmer 5y ago
> my child not leaving it on by accident
This is interesting. How does your induction cooktop prevent someone from leaving it on? Does it automatically turn itself off after a while?
My electric cooktop can be set to do that so just trying to understand the advantage of induction ones here.
- dcolkitt 5y agoAn induction stovetop can be left on, but it won't get hot unless there's actually magnetic cookware on top.
- falcolas 5y agoInduction burners aren't hot unless there's a pan on there. And they can use sensors to look for a pan (since it has to be ferrous to work with induction) before even turning on the coils.
- tyrells 5y agoIf the cooktop doesn’t detect a load (i.e. a pan) on the burner, it automatically turns itself off.
- csunbird 5y agoBecause it does not transfer heat at all, it creates a magnetic field that causes the pan to heat itself, with induction effect. The stove will only turn on its magnetic field when something that is affected by the magnetic field is placed on top.