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[โ€“] Dave@lemmy.nz 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Electric heating is 100% efficient in general, as in 100% of the energy used is converted to thermal energy.

Yeah, I was careful to specify transferring heat to the pan.

Luckily a ridiculous amount of research has been done to show:

Ok I am convinced now ๐Ÿ˜†. I'm easy to convince if you have data. I am surprised though, I have used all three and induction is by far the quickest to heat. I can boil a giant pot of water in a few minutes, so I am a bit surprised that the difference between electric and induction is not that big.

I guess gas is fast to heat because it stores a ridiculous amount of energy so it can waste plenty and still be quick.

[โ€“] DeadDigger@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Electric is the max temp of you power system so for 120v it's like 500ยฐc and gas burns at like 1300ยฐC you just need a lot more power in gas than in electricity

[โ€“] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 6 hours ago

Damn, I have a 240v induction stove, can I melt metal? ๐Ÿ˜†

I tried searching this question but apparently there are safety features to prevent me doing cool stuff.