Induction hobs – service record?

[Majjie]

Hi there,

I’m after some professional advice again.

Ever since seeing a demonstration, I’ve been a big fan of induction hobs. They respond as well as gas, they don’t get hot (so are safer and energy efficient) and you can use them as worktop when not in use (really useful in very small kitchens).

The only disadvantages, I thought, were that you might need new (magnetic) pans and you can’t use round bottom woks (unless you get one of those models with a special depression – but that seems extravagant to me).

Recently, though, someone suggested that because the technology is relatively new there’s a problem when anything goes wrong. What is the position on servicing induction hobs. Do you independents have enough info to do it?

[kwatt]

Re: Induction hobs – service record?

Hi Majjie,

The good news is that they don’t generally seem to be failing that often.

The bad news is that, when they do, there’s little option but to replace full assemblies in them as there are few “serviceable” items in there. This tends to be the plates, all of them or two at a time or all the electronics in them both of which mean a BIG repair bill and it is in fact more cost effective to replace the hob totally.

HTH

K.

[Majjie]

Re: Induction hobs – service record?

Ah … thanks a lot K.

That is another possible disadvantage then – but good to hear that it doesn’t happen too often.

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