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Originally Posted by RGarlick
Had to think about this for a while, and obviously I don't understand something. Isn't the idea of a stove that it is supposed to get hot?It's all right if induction units operate different, but I would appreciate it if someone would educate me Thanks, gang.
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Sure I'll give it a stab: An induction cooktop heats the pan via a coil in the "burner". Instead of a big resistor getting hot there is a coil generating a magnetic field. The field induces a current in the pan (the pans have to be magnetic). The current in the pan causes it to heat up.
Hence the "burner" doesn't get hot, the pan does.
A much more detailed
explanation from Wikipedia.
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