Replace gas hob with electric?

[one_non_blonde]

My gas hob’s on it’s way out and I’d ideally like to replace it with a ceramic one. However, I’m pretty sure there’s only general household wiring in the vicinity and not a dedicated cooker circuit (I believe the oven is now in a different place than when the kitchen was first wired and there looks like there may be a redundant cooker point on the other side of the room). Do all ceramic hobs require proper hard-wiring and if so, is putting such wiring in place an expensive job? 😯

Also, is the aperture required for a 60cm hob a pretty standard size? Without hauling my (extremely heavy) oven out I can’t measure the hole that’s there. :rolls:

[wsts]

All ceramic hobs require a dedicated supply.
Yes it can be expensive.
No there’s no standard size (unfortunately).

[Martin]

Re: Replace gas hob with electric?

I’d replace gas with gas to be honest. Cheaper and a more efficient controllable heat source that all professional chefs/cooks use you’ll notice. 😉

Ceramic is neat clean and tidy other than that, none of the above applies. 🙂

[one_non_blonde]

Re: Replace gas hob with electric?

Martin wrote:Ceramic is neat clean and tidy other than that, none of the above applies. 🙂

But that was the whole point. 😀 😆

Thanks for the advice though. 8)

[kwatt]

Re: Replace gas hob with electric?

Martin wrote:I’d replace gas with gas to be honest. Cheaper and a more efficient controllable heat source that all professional chefs/cooks use you’ll notice. 😉

Not true now Martin, there has been a considerable shift toward induction in professional kitchens as it’s a lot easier to clean and pretty much does the same thing. I was quite surprised by this, but there you go.

Apparently it’s much the same cost to run but lower maintenance costs. Go figure.

K.

[Martin]

Re: Replace gas hob with electric?

one_non_blonde wrote:But that was the whole point. 😀 😆

Ah OK then, next question for you is: How much money have you got to spend on replacing this gas hob? (I’m assuming it’s a 4 burner job?)

Induction hobs are pretty darn flash, I do so agree with my colleague there, but it’s not a cheap option and likely as not you’ll need to chuck away your old pots and pans?

Ceramic (halogen or coiled element) hobs require your cookware to have good flat (machined even) bases to make good all over contact with the ceramic glass. Induction requires mostly stainless steel pans to be used. Cast iron and some anodised pans are not suitable as a rule and copper bottom pans are out as far as I can recall?

John Lewis sell a cracking 4 ring induction hob for around £500 – very nice! Take out an extended warranty though as like all electric gizmos (unlike gas 😉 ) they will fail sooner or later. 🙁

Imagine Christmas Day when the power goes out in the stormy winter weather. However are you going to boil up your sprouts now you’ve bought an electric hob??? Heaven forbid…. 😉

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