My parents have a Hotpoint induction hob they got about 2 - 3 years ago. For short cooking times I'd found it brilliant and it converted me to induction hobs, but I noticed when I tried to cook for longer a noisy fan came on and it cut out - the power and settings were all still on, but the heat was reduced or went off completely.
It got so bad you could barely boil a pan of water as it cut out all the time before you could bring it to the boil.
The repairman came out to fix it and it does work better now, but it still cuts out eventually before I'm finished. I've never known it manage longer than 30 minutes maximum at full heat before it cuts the heat off for several minutes, and it's usually less than 20 minutes.
Surely this can't be normal, even though the repairman implied it was? My own limited research has shown induction hobs do have to have a fan because they use a lot of electronics and they need to be kept cool, but surely a cooker which can't cope with being on full heat for more than 20 minutes before cutting off the heat isn't worth having?
I can't cook like this - it keeps cutting off, I have to wait a few minutes and then it'll give me a few minutes more of heat before it cuts me off again - everything is taking twice as long as it should.
I'm tempted to just get rid of it and buy a better brand - I wouldn't have bought a Hotpoint anyway - but I don't want to buy another brand if all induction hobs really do work this way, I'll go back to a normal hob if they do.
Anyone comment? Is this normal for induction hobs? If is I'm amazed anyone buys them!!
It got so bad you could barely boil a pan of water as it cut out all the time before you could bring it to the boil.
The repairman came out to fix it and it does work better now, but it still cuts out eventually before I'm finished. I've never known it manage longer than 30 minutes maximum at full heat before it cuts the heat off for several minutes, and it's usually less than 20 minutes.
Surely this can't be normal, even though the repairman implied it was? My own limited research has shown induction hobs do have to have a fan because they use a lot of electronics and they need to be kept cool, but surely a cooker which can't cope with being on full heat for more than 20 minutes before cutting off the heat isn't worth having?
I can't cook like this - it keeps cutting off, I have to wait a few minutes and then it'll give me a few minutes more of heat before it cuts me off again - everything is taking twice as long as it should.
I'm tempted to just get rid of it and buy a better brand - I wouldn't have bought a Hotpoint anyway - but I don't want to buy another brand if all induction hobs really do work this way, I'll go back to a normal hob if they do.
Anyone comment? Is this normal for induction hobs? If is I'm amazed anyone buys them!!