Does anyone else here have an induction cooktop in their kitchen and use Insteon? I just installed a bunch of Switchlinc V2 dimmers & a KPLv2 in my kitchen, and I'm aware that two of the dimmers are fed from the same circuit which feeds the cooktop. Whenever I dim the lights and am cooking on the induction unit, the induction cooktop makes a very angry buzzing sound, somewhat proportional to the level of dimming, with the worst buzzing happening around 50% dimming of the lights and gradually fading to 0 at 0% and 100% dimming. Any suggestions/thoughts/comments? I don't recall this happening with the old slide-dimmer I had on the circuit, but in the previous setup, I only had 1 dimmer and the rest of the lighting circuits were on switches.
Insteon & Induction Cooktop
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First off, this is an induction cooktop and not a traditional stove. Induction cooktops run around 84-90% efficient, whereas most gas and electric stoves only are 35-45% efficient. Because of this, it only draws 12A @ 120VAC, so a typical 40A/240VAC circuit wouldn't be appropriate. I know most cooks/chefs would think this isn't anywhere near enough power, but so far I've found it to be much faster than gas/electric and actually has better control/response than gas.
and I was actually incorrect, it's on the same phase, but not the same breaker/circuit as the lighting. So much for using a sensitive toner on the line. In light of this, I'd imagine the problem would be really nasty if everything was on the same circuit.
and I was actually incorrect, it's on the same phase, but not the same breaker/circuit as the lighting. So much for using a sensitive toner on the line. In light of this, I'd imagine the problem would be really nasty if everything was on the same circuit.
