• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    This is kind of wild. The caption implies that only Chinese people use electric stoves, which is hilariously wrong. The comic implies a cigarette could ignite an electric stove, which is hilariously wrong. Wtf is going on here

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      The top is a blonde woman praising her induction stove. The bottom is someone cooking over a huge flame with a wok.

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      People are downvoting real hard for this, but there are 3 different interpretations of this comic in this thread, so you definitely have a point.

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        Thanks. Yeah, I see the point others are making while bashing me, but I genuinely didn’t understand this comic the first time I looked at it. It wasn’t super obvious at first glance

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    Cheap induction stoves can be AWFUL. If you’re having to use certain pans and position them accurately, you have a crappy one.

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      I use a crappy cheap one on occasion and it’s great aside from the coil whine, but for what I paid and how infrequently I use it, that’s fine by me.

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    Does anyone hear the high pitched squeal from induction stoves? Did they ever fix that? I really want one but that noise keeps me away.

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      I have a couple mobile induction burner that I got from a yardsale a decade ago and there is no whine. I remember my parents brand new induction stove sounded like turning on a crt. I guess if you are buying new you get what you pay for. I can give you the model of the burners I have if you want.

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      I’ve used many and with cheap ones it’s super audible, but even the quite high end ones sounds exactly like an old CRT monitor. It’s absolutely maddening to cook on.

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      There’s a high pitched squeal? I guess they did because I’ve never heard that.

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      Coil whines are unfortunately common on low end induction stoves, but medium to high end stoves usually don’t have them.

      Coil whines usually comes from microvibrations due to the current going through the coils, but depending on the build quality it can be almost imperceptible.

    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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      Just got an induction stove. Sound level depends on the power setting and the pot/pan, and maybe even on the stove manufacturer.

      I’ve never heard a “squeal”, but there is a faint “buzz-click” as the power cycles in the coils. If you need high power the buzz is slightly louder and steady, if low power it’s fainter but you get the “click” of the relays as it cycles. Some cookware seems to make the buzz a little louder.

      Overall IMO it’s not loud, and the sounds of cooking pretty much drown it out - boiling, searing, whatever.

      I’ve cooked with all three (gas, electric, induction) and while a good gas stove is still my favorite, induction IMO is really the best of both worlds. I absolutely would not go back to standard electric after using induction.

    • that’s called coil whine, some older folks might recognize it as “the crt sound”. Coil whine is simple to prevent if the manufacturer gives a shit, but then that eats into profit margins and megacorpos hate that. You can get induction cooktops that don’t coil whine, they just cost more.