Comments by "Mikko Rantalainen" (@MikkoRantalainen) on "Simmerstats: The genius old tech that controls your stovetop" video.

  1. This is basically mechanical PWM controller. And I was thinking our induction stove had bad design then its PWM cycle appears to be around 3 seconds. The sound makes me think it's using relay with an actual electromagnet instead of bi-metal mechnical part, though. Actual induction switching is obviously solid state relay so I have hard time understanding why there's additional relay but maybe it's some kind of failsafe? And yes, our induction stove most definitely has actual knobs instead of touch UI. I still have to use the touch UI with one press to activate the "boost" option that increases the max power but if I'm happy without using the boost option, the real rotating knobs are enough for everything.
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