Electric cooker hob: Red dots on the plates Home › Forums › Public Support Forums › General Enquiries And Questions › Electric cooker hob: Red dots on the plates This topic has 4 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 13 years, 10 months ago by NickStranger. Viewing 5 posts - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) Author Posts June 3, 2012 at 9:49 am #69773 NickStrangerParticipant Hi. I have a new electric cooker, with 4 ceramic hob plates. Two of the plates have red spots in the middle of them. What does this mean? Says nothing in the manual about them. Thanks. June 3, 2012 at 9:53 am #375932 kwattKeymaster Re: Electric cooker hob: Red dots on the plates Usually it means rapid heating. K. June 3, 2012 at 9:55 am #375933 NickStrangerParticipant Re: Electric cooker hob: Red dots on the plates kwatt wrote:Usually it means rapid heating. K. Thanks. Does it use more power then? June 3, 2012 at 10:26 am #375934 kwattKeymaster Re: Electric cooker hob: Red dots on the plates Depends on the specification but usually a little, yes. Not that it’s huge or worth worrying about. K. June 3, 2012 at 4:08 pm #375935 MartinParticipant Electric cooker hob: Red dots on the plates ……….unless you’ve got a coin slot ‘lectric meter and no change…! Author Posts Viewing 5 posts - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In