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TangerineDr3am · 2024-11-10T18:07:03+00:00

Potentially having a new kitchen and currently have gas. An induction hob would be more expensive, involve the added expense of a new fuse box and potentially be trickier to use but would be cleaner. Will we regret not changing to conduction further down the line?

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TangerineDr3am · 11/11/2024 07:19

YarkYark · 10/11/2024 21:51

"Can't use Le Creuset" - Bollocks

"Can't plug into 13A socket" - Bollocks (in many cases)

"Need new saucepans" - Potentially bollocks. All our older and newer ones were fine, with the exception of a crepe panand a very old egg poacher. No new saucepans needed to be bought.

"Glass surface will crack". Yep, drop the Le Creuset on it from a height and I suppose it will. Under normal use, no way.

"I'll need a new fuse box". Pardon? Your fuse box holds the circuit breakers (unlikely actual fuses), which will almost certainly include 45A for a cooker circuit. The fuse box has plenty of "power" but may not have enough spare slots, so it could need upgrading, but more likely If you need a new supply for a high powered hob then yes, you need a new circuit breaker in the "fuse box" but the new work is really to put in new wiring from the box to the hob. If you want to use four burners at full power that's what you're going to have to do. So the terminology is wrong but there is potentially quite a bit of work to be done. However, the plug in hobs use a 13A supply which is ample to have four pots boiling. What you can't do it have four pots on "turbo" at once. We haven't found it to be a problem, at all. A family of four or more might.

That's my take on it, but I think most of the objections are from people who have made their mind up regardless of actually using them.

Dont want a plug in one, we would need a new fuse box.

Ideally I’d have induction but the extra expense- fuse box, extra thickness of counter top and £££ for a good one alongside breakage risks( I have teens and dyspraxia) is putting me off.

Wondering if I’d regret sticking with gas- has anybody?

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Floatlikeafeather2 · 11/11/2024 09:11

Hoppinggreen · 10/11/2024 19:56

When we had a new kitchen last March we swapped a gas hob for induction.
Its much better from a cleaning point of view and I don't regret it BUT you can't really get the heat you need for some things.
Stir frys aren't quite as good and I was just trying to make flat breads and they didn't work as well

I think that means that your particular hob isn't up to it, rather than that all induction hobs are like that. I'm just as capable of burning stuff on my induction hob as I was before.

Thelnebriati · 11/11/2024 09:14

Two good things about gas; its cheaper than electric and you can still cook if there's a power cut.

NoTouch · 11/11/2024 14:07

I've never had a power cut in this house which we have been in for 22 years, and I can't remember any in our previous flat... I don't think that is a huge consideration when choosing a hob, unless you stay somewhere where there are regular power cuts.

TwinklyAmberOrca · 11/11/2024 19:34

YarkYark · 10/11/2024 21:51

"Can't use Le Creuset" - Bollocks

"Can't plug into 13A socket" - Bollocks (in many cases)

"Need new saucepans" - Potentially bollocks. All our older and newer ones were fine, with the exception of a crepe panand a very old egg poacher. No new saucepans needed to be bought.

"Glass surface will crack". Yep, drop the Le Creuset on it from a height and I suppose it will. Under normal use, no way.

"I'll need a new fuse box". Pardon? Your fuse box holds the circuit breakers (unlikely actual fuses), which will almost certainly include 45A for a cooker circuit. The fuse box has plenty of "power" but may not have enough spare slots, so it could need upgrading, but more likely If you need a new supply for a high powered hob then yes, you need a new circuit breaker in the "fuse box" but the new work is really to put in new wiring from the box to the hob. If you want to use four burners at full power that's what you're going to have to do. So the terminology is wrong but there is potentially quite a bit of work to be done. However, the plug in hobs use a 13A supply which is ample to have four pots boiling. What you can't do it have four pots on "turbo" at once. We haven't found it to be a problem, at all. A family of four or more might.

That's my take on it, but I think most of the objections are from people who have made their mind up regardless of actually using them.

The fuse box replacement is potentially correct depending on house age.

Our early 1980s build house had the original fuse box system, we couldn't add the induction onto the 30A oven loop (as it would draw too much current if both switched on) and there was no space on fuse box for another loop. We therefore updated the consumer unit and foolproofed it for any further electric stuff like car chargers.

YarkYark · 11/11/2024 19:40

Agreed TwinklyAmberOrca but I was trying to make the point that having to have the fusebox changed is probably unlikely, which some posters were latching onto, but few people were taking about the additional heavy duty wiring which would be required which is far more involved. In our case, impossible without taking half the kitchen out.

I don't know why I'm so invested in this, hope your future proofing worked well!

Badburyrings · 11/11/2024 19:46

I was a life long gas hob/electric oven person. Would NOT even consider moving away from gas.

Until, I moved house, had LPG gas and no gas to the kitchen. I had an electric Aga that was inherited with new house. Long story short we got rid of it as it was costing a fortune.. we bought a new range cooker (lacanche) with induction hob. Am absolutely astounded. They are so different from the electric rings I remember on ovens 40 years ago.. totally responsive and just as reactive as the gas hob. Totally converted!