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Another very common question we get at vansage.com, and I get in email is with regard to induction cooktops.

In particular 12 volt induction cooktops. I thought I would get on that first just to get it out of the way, because, 12 volt induction cooktops are problematic.

This stuff is complicated and I'm not the best with electrical. I tend to defer to experts on the topic of electrical in general, I can handle myself at a basic level, but when we get into the math and anyway... enough about that. Other than to say that I found a great comment over at Sprinter-source.com

Someone had asked, you know, where do I get a 12 volt induction cooktop? And the comment goes like this. It's from PT Chambers. He says, and I quote...

β€œYou do realize that a 12 volt cooker At 1800 Watts would require 150 amps, huge wiring sizes to minimize losses and any switching would have to use very large contacts and would require a massive battery pack to be able to use it very long.”

So very high amps at 12 volt is a-no good. You don't wanna mess with that. All that to say, let's just move on. There aren't any 12 volt induction cooktops. If you want to run an induction cooker in your van, then you need an inverter, unless you are hooked up to shore power and it's that simple.

So either a 12 volt or 24 volt to 110 volt or 240 volt inverter. I'm gonna go ahead and include a link here. It's from a site called Engineeringtoolbox.com and it shows amps and wire gauge in 12 volt electrical circuits, including charts and graphs, and how to choose wire gauge for various amps. It's very, very useful stuff.

You can see for yourself in this chart, if you're a disbeliever in what I just read to you with regard to 12 volts and induction cooking.

Moving along, we'll talk more about portable induction cooktops. We've got a great article called Portable induction cooktops over at Vansage.com. It includes the induction cooktops that we've found to have the highest rating and the best features.

All portable induction cookers, we're focusing on some single and double burne cooktops. My favorite is the duxtop double burner induction cooktop People love it. The ratings are high. It's got lots of...

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