Please settle an argument that dh and I keep having about the (yawn) ceramic hob

[emkana]

And it goes like this:
Does it do harm to the hob if you switch on the rings before putting a saucepan down on them?

Do harm as in 'it'll be scarred for life and have trouble fitting into society'?? I have no idea as we only have boring old gas.

I don't think so, we had one for a few months in our first house. However you might harm your eyesight by looking at it, or you could switch all the lights off in your kitchen and all the rings on on your hob and wait for your neighbours to call the Police and report an alien abduction/invasion?

pmsl at both of you

ok, i'll adjudicate as the proud owner of such a beast. which one of you is doing the switching on, and why?

dh switches it on first, then puts the porridge oats and the milk into the saucepan, then puts saucepan down

errrr....no? How would it?

how long for?

and why would you bother?

I have no idea, but I put the saucepan down before I turn it on.

I keep thinking I read somewhere that you shouldn't do that.

I swing both ways but you've got me thinking about the wisdom of this now...

ceramic hobs don't need warming up like the old types

so it's just a waste of energy as much as anything else

FWIW i think i switch mine on once the pan is down but only because of fear of little fingers straying onto the cooker and an irrational hatred of starship enterprise style goings on in my kitchen LOL.