Induction cook top
Is it possible to run an induction cook top (2 burner) on battery power with dual batteries??
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We have a Summitt SINC2B120 in our MH. It has two burners. The back on is 1800 max and the front one is 1300 watts max. The front burner has 6 power levels or about 216 watts each. The back one has 8 power levels or about 225 watts each.
We never use the back burner because the front one cooks so fast. The fron burner we used on level 6 once for a short period to get it hot fast then back down to 3 or 4. With our pans it's faster then our gas stove. We use pans that cover the burner area but no more or less. That's the most efficient. We also generally try to keep the height of the pan as short as possible. The higher parts of the pan aren't being heated by induction but they represent a thermal mass you'd have to heat up (waste energy).
I haven't timed it but I'm sure we could heat two fried eggs on setting 4 in less then 5 minutes. That's 864 watts for 5 minutes or the same as 72 watts for an hour or 6 amp hours.
We never use the back burner because the front one cooks so fast. The fron burner we used on level 6 once for a short period to get it hot fast then back down to 3 or 4. With our pans it's faster then our gas stove. We use pans that cover the burner area but no more or less. That's the most efficient. We also generally try to keep the height of the pan as short as possible. The higher parts of the pan aren't being heated by induction but they represent a thermal mass you'd have to heat up (waste energy).
I haven't timed it but I'm sure we could heat two fried eggs on setting 4 in less then 5 minutes. That's 864 watts for 5 minutes or the same as 72 watts for an hour or 6 amp hours.
