Hi all,
I recently finished some renos to my garage so I could use it as a workshop. Living in a colder climate I have a good industrial space heater hooked up to a 30 amp outlet. That got me thinking that I could probably hook-up a powerful induction cooktop to that powersource and do some home brewing in the garage. I went ahead and purchased an MDC 3500W induction unit, because it seemed to get good reviews. I found an adaptor that allowed me to use the same outlet that I use for the heater. So far so good!
The problem is, I did my first test tonight, using my 15-Gallon Spike kettle filled with 5 gallons of water. On high, it took the cooktop 1 hour to get the water to 208 degrees - never achieved a full boil.
I was curious if others have similar experiences, or if this is below normal performance. Since this is my first attempt at using induction, any tips or advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
I recently finished some renos to my garage so I could use it as a workshop. Living in a colder climate I have a good industrial space heater hooked up to a 30 amp outlet. That got me thinking that I could probably hook-up a powerful induction cooktop to that powersource and do some home brewing in the garage. I went ahead and purchased an MDC 3500W induction unit, because it seemed to get good reviews. I found an adaptor that allowed me to use the same outlet that I use for the heater. So far so good!
The problem is, I did my first test tonight, using my 15-Gallon Spike kettle filled with 5 gallons of water. On high, it took the cooktop 1 hour to get the water to 208 degrees - never achieved a full boil.
I was curious if others have similar experiences, or if this is below normal performance. Since this is my first attempt at using induction, any tips or advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!