Swapping from a gas hob to an electric ceramic hob

[diyer2011]

Hi all,
Just a quick query - is swapping from my gas hob to a ceramic electric as easy as I'm hoping it will be?

i.e. Capping off the gas hob, removing it, popping in the electric hob and plugging it into a power socket.

Or is it a case of requiring higher grade wiring and an isolator switch? The gasman that's capping it mentioned something about checking my circuit can take the additional drain.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Diyisfun]

You will need a dedicated circuit.
also the hob aperture sizes vary

 

[ban-all-sheds]

You have the best type of hob there is.

Keep it that way.

 

[diyer2011]

The reason I'd like to swap (apart from easy cleaning) is that someone's managed to snap one of the sparking elements and bend the rest. Perhaps I should just replace it and close my home to morons...unless they make gas hobs any better these days? (it's a fairly old one)

 

[flameport]

The reason I'd like to swap (apart from easy cleaning)

Clearly you have never tried to clean burnt whatever from a ceramic hob then - they are most certainly NOT easy to clean.
Unless used properly and carefully they also scratch really easily and look tatty very quickly.

 

[diyer2011]

My old ceramic hob seemed much easier to clean than my current stainless gas one, maybe it's grass is greener syndrome.

Am I right in thinking a gas on glass type hob such as this (http://www.hispek.com/kitchen-home-appliances-built-in-built-in-hobs/neff/neff-t62s26s1-gas-on-glass-hob-with-fsd-and-two-year-neff-uk-warranty-pd-9096.php?utm_source=Froogle&utm_medium=Froogle&utm_campaign=Froogle_Feed)
would be easy to clean? Or are they as bad as ceramic?
Thanks,

 

[Aragorn84]

Electric hobs are bloody awful things. Fit a new gas one.

 

[ub7rm]

I've recently moved from a flat with gas hob to a house with a halogen hob thing and I really miss gas. Takes longer to heat anything and much less control.

If you're determined to change to electric I'd have a look at induction hobs as they are supposed to be on par to gas in terms of control.

Also steer clear of touch control, its most irritating when it locks itself and a pan is boiling over. Another issue is that most gas hobs have a lip that contains any liquid that spills over. The flat glass type obviously do not and it can get messy.

 

[diyer2011]

Yes, thanks for the replies, decided to stick with Gas - just tasked with finding something that'll fit like for like. Shame product specifications don't give the inner (under surface) dimensions.

Weighing up whether to go with a cheapo or a neff glass gas thing.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Yes, thanks for the replies, decided to stick with Gas -

 

[Diyisfun]

The reason I'd like to swap (apart from easy cleaning)

Clearly you have never tried to clean burnt whatever from a ceramic hob then - they are most certainly NOT easy to clean.
Unless used properly and carefully they also scratch really easily and look tatty very quickly.

I spill & burn things all the time, use a paint scraper laid flat scraps everything off, even a razor plade will do.
Dont dig, keep at low angle..easy pizzy

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Weighing up whether to go with a cheapo or a neff glass gas thing.

Bit of a problem with that Neff glass thing.

With a to-scale representation of a large frying pan centred over one of the front rings:

 

[mfarrow]

We recently went from gas to induction, and I had to look at instruction manuals to find the cut-out size, but most were 490x560 (in fact I can't recall finding one that wasn't). It guess that's an industrial standard.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The problem is not the size - it's where the cretins employed as designers decide to put the controls.

 

[Diyisfun]

You cant design for all.
Its a mass market.
Lift the pan, adjust, replace pan.