• Eric
  May 22, 2022, 2:30 am

  …and that looks suspiciously like an induction stove top. A first for Tinyhousetalk methinks.

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  • James D.
    May 22, 2022, 3:25 am

    First? Nope, seen many times before going back years… Just harder to use them off-grid and still plenty of people who prefer gas…

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    • Eric
      May 22, 2022, 5:37 pm

      …possibly, my memory ain’t what it used to be. Except I won’t use gas, seen, and experienced far too many accidents with them.
      My sister used to have gas in her home. She went induction because of the danger of gas. Especially after 2 incidents 1 of which very nearly cost her life.
      Induction can also be used in tiny homes quite easily. Maybe your harder and my harder don’t quite match up. But I agree with you on plenty of people preferring gas, but, they might change their mind if they used induction. Look at the benefits. No naked flame to set fire to all manner of things. Instant heat, as does gas. No bottles to fill up with gas (a BIG plus from my point of view) and the space they take up. And in tiny homes they could get away with 1 or 2 elements because, in the main, there are usually a maximum of 3 occasionally 4 people.

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      • James D.
        May 22, 2022, 6:26 pm

        Yes, the dangers of gas becomes increasing a issue as homes become more air-tight. Something that becomes clearer once people start learning about home chemistry and home performance, and it can become even more of a concern in a small and confining space. While it’s one of the reasons proper venting in the kitchen is becoming mandated in the building codes.

        However, doesn’t change there’s still many people who just prefer cooking with gas and will continue to choose that option even when they’re aware of the negatives.

        While difficulty is very simply that not every tiny home will have the proper set up to support cooking with electricity no matter how efficient. Especially, when living off-grid where they have to provide their own power and cooking is often not the only need to be supported.

        Mind, Induction requires a minimum of 1800W to support its full cooking capacity and that can go up the more cooking elements it has to support. If you want a four-element induction each having a maximum power of 1.8KW. The power output would be 4* 1.8= 7.2KW. That would require an AMPS of 7200/240= 30 AMPS.

        While tiny houses, especially those on wheels, may have only a total of 30/50A service for 120v. Some may even just be connected to an extension cord to a main house that’s just on a 15/20A circuit and that has to power everything in the tiny house. Similarly, those off-grid may only have a small set up that’s only providing enough power for a small fridge, lights, and powering small personal electronics but can’t support anything that generates significant heat.

        So it’s those who I’m referring to with “harder to use”…

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