NB Alnwick Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 Has anyone tried one on a boat? will they run on 24vdc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGoat Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 EH? - They're fairly hungry beasties. My domestic one is in the loft as The Management won't use it (she thinks is a VooDoo art), but IIRC they consume about a Kw. Their principal advantage is that the don't get hot but you're food molecules do). Happy to be corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frangar Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 19 minutes ago, NB Alnwick said: Has anyone tried one on a boat? will they run on 24vdc? I know of a few boaters that have them but they all run on 240v AC via either the landline or decent full sine wave inverter & suitable battery bank...I think induction hobs by their very nature need AC but I might be wrong about that. They are popular with those that have the heritage/aga cookers as an alternative in the summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, OldGoat said: EH? - They're fairly hungry beasties. My domestic one is in the loft as The Management won't use it (she thinks is a VooDoo art), but IIRC they consume about a Kw. Their principal advantage is that the don't get hot but you're food molecules do). Happy to be corrected. She is not far wrong in one respect. The electromagnetic field they create can be dangerous to users of pacemakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbfiresprite Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) I have a couple of 500watt hobs brought from Maplins when they were going bust. I use them when hooked up to the shore supply, if the range is not lit. They do the job, only limit is the size of pans that can be used 18cm base. If using cast iron pans there is a risk with some high power hobs of cracking the iron due to the speed the pan heats up. Edited February 21, 2022 by nbfiresprite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Tee Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 We looked at a boat recently that had one - the current (no pun intended!) owners said that the landline (16a) tripped out every time they tried to use the electric oven and / or the induction hob. Only way to cook was to fire up the humongous generator in the engine room (11kW cocooned Beta). The landline ran everything else, just not the oven or induction hob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 Rented a holiday cottage two weeks ago that had one fitted. Bloody rubbish, right load of nonsense. Unless the pan is dead pan ( love it ) flat they dont work. You cant regulate them as well as standard leccy ovens ( gas even better ) a ridiculous idea. I spose they were to catch out peeps that think anything new is better, they are definately not!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 13 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: I spose they were to catch out peeps that think anything new is better, ... unlike some people who think that anything old is better! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearley Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Mike Tee said: We looked at a boat recently that had one - the current (no pun intended!) owners said that the landline (16a) tripped out every time they tried to use the electric oven and / or the induction hob. Only way to cook was to fire up the humongous generator in the engine room (11kW cocooned Beta). The landline ran everything else, just not the oven or induction hob. We have 3kw oven and 2.4kw induction hob. Use gennie when cruising and shoreline when not. Not tripped it yet but then we don't use both at the same time. However, if we did then power assist on the Multiplus would kick in. Edited February 21, 2022 by pearley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 25 minutes ago, system 4-50 said: unlike some people who think that anything old is better! Tried and tested old bean, tried and tested, always the way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterboat Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 3 hours ago, NB Alnwick said: Has anyone tried one on a boat? will they run on 24vdc? No I have one for the summer it fits on top of the Rayburn brilliant bit of kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianws Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 They can be great and top end variable between 0 and 3000 watts and now replacing gas in lots of serious commercial kitchens. On a boat that's still a lot of leccy to replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtheplod Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) We have these at home and work great, but not sure I'd want one on the boat... takes an awful lot of leccy.... Edited February 22, 2022 by robtheplod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanD Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 hour ago, robtheplod said: We have these at home and work great, but not sure I'd want one on the boat... takes an awful lot of leccy.... If you've already got a super-heavy-duty onboard electrical system to run 230Vac appliances -- and here "big" means multi-kilowatt inverter/charger, probably a generator, lots of solar, massive battery bank (a 16A shoreline isn't enough) -- then electric cooking is fine. But very few boats -- probably only electric/hybrid boats and a very few diesels -- have the power to cope with this. If you have to upgrade the electrics to support electric cooking the cost will be many thousands of pounds, far more than the cost of the hob and oven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesthenuke Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 We have a small single ring induction heater and it works fine on a 2kW inverter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanD Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, jonesthenuke said: We have a small single ring induction heater and it works fine on a 2kW inverter. A small counter-top one is fine (if inverter and batteries can cope), but presumably you also have a gas hob and oven as well? Most people who ask about induction hobs want to replace a gas hob, and usually also an electric oven, in other words a "gas-free" boat. This is where it all gets horribly expensive... 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 I see Sterling are selling a 1500W one. I would like to get hold of a 1Kw or there abouts to use on the boat in the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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