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> For those who don't know these are stoves that have on board batteries allowing them to generate, for a period of time, far more heat than an ordinary house c

> For those who don't know these are stoves that have on board batteries allowing them to generate, for a period of time, far more heat than an ordinary house circuit would be able to power. Depends on ordinarity of a house. My ordinary house has 3phase power and my pretty cheap induction stove outperforms all gas stoves I had. When I was living in a flat, I only had single phase power, but 4kW should still be enough for a stove. In USA you typically only have 110V (or 220v for those daring), so anything electric is straining your circuit breakers.

XorNot 4y ago
The US has 240VAC though it's just not a common household appliance circuit. My induction cooktop (in Australia) draws 7kW and is supplied by a dedicated 20A circuit for it (because that's what you over-spec the wiring too). It was put in to replace a gas cooktop which was there when we bought the house, and vastly out-performs that unit in speed and heat output. If you converted you'd be pulling a dedicated circuit through anyway - no one's tying induction cooktops off to just whatever line you already have. The one area gas can be better is if you're doing wok cooking, but that's more to do with how wok's are shaped and heat up then any limitation on the ability to get heat into them (I've not been able to find one of the adapters which apparently exists to solve this).
- seanmcdirmid 4y ago
  You can find wok ready induction cooktops in China. It’s not an adapter so much as it is a bowl shaped induction surface. Also, if you are really serious about wok cooking, you’ll go with propane rather than natural gas. https://www.amazon.com/Induction-14-inch-tempered-precision-temperature/dp/B077GL6BJY/ref=asc_df_B077GL6BJY/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241996626851&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6900705816115204770&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9033311&hvtargid=pla-535785773470&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/Induction-14-inch-tempered-precision-...
kwhitefoot 4y ago
> In USA you typically only have 110V Surely stoves are connected to the 220 V connection? Same for washers and dryers. 110 V in the US is one arm of a centre tapped secondary.
- rascul 4y ago
  > Surely stoves are connected to the 220 V connection? Same for washers and dryers. Yes, except the washers.
- tallanvor 4y ago
  Electric stoves and dryers are connected 240V, yes. Washers are typically only 120V because they only really have to power the motor - unlike in Europe, the washer has hot and cold water inputs, so it doesn't need to use a lot of energy heating the water.

XorNot 4y ago

The US has 240VAC though it's just not a common household appliance circuit. My induction cooktop (in Australia) draws 7kW and is supplied by a dedicated 20A circuit for it (because that's what you over-spec the wiring too). It was put in to replace a gas cooktop which was there when we bought the house, and vastly out-performs that unit in speed and heat output. If you converted you'd be pulling a dedicated circuit through anyway - no one's tying induction cooktops off to just whatever line you already have. The one area gas can be better is if you're doing wok cooking, but that's more to do with how wok's are shaped and heat up then any limitation on the ability to get heat into them (I've not been able to find one of the adapters which apparently exists to solve this).

seanmcdirmid 4y ago
You can find wok ready induction cooktops in China. It’s not an adapter so much as it is a bowl shaped induction surface. Also, if you are really serious about wok cooking, you’ll go with propane rather than natural gas. https://www.amazon.com/Induction-14-inch-tempered-precision-temperature/dp/B077GL6BJY/ref=asc_df_B077GL6BJY/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241996626851&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6900705816115204770&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9033311&hvtargid=pla-535785773470&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/Induction-14-inch-tempered-precision-...

kwhitefoot 4y ago

> In USA you typically only have 110V Surely stoves are connected to the 220 V connection? Same for washers and dryers. 110 V in the US is one arm of a centre tapped secondary.

rascul 4y ago
> Surely stoves are connected to the 220 V connection? Same for washers and dryers. Yes, except the washers.
tallanvor 4y ago
Electric stoves and dryers are connected 240V, yes. Washers are typically only 120V because they only really have to power the motor - unlike in Europe, the washer has hot and cold water inputs, so it doesn't need to use a lot of energy heating the water.