I watched the "hybrid" video and am not sure what to make of the noise level. It seemed very pronounced when PB (power boost) was dialed in. It seemed to almost disappear when the presented dialed the setting down below 7.5. I found the humming-buzz really annoying. But, as a professional videographer, I also had to wonder how much of the noise level was an artifact of holding an inexpensive consumer video camera close to the pots with no way to disable the audio auto gain controls (AGC). What puzzles me is that the buzzing seemed to be partially drowned out by the sound of the water boiling. The sound of the water boiling seemed seemed much louder to me than the sound of boiling water that I hear in my own kitchen. Audio AGC ramps up the recording volume when things are really quiet and dials it down as the noise level goes up. It can seriously exaggerate relative sound levels. The presenter did mention that he heard the noise and said (as others have in commenting on the KA induction units) that you don't hear it when the range fan is on. That suggests to me that the induction modules on that Frigidaire cooktop are indeed noisy though perhaps not a noisy as it might have seemed from the video. I've got a portable countertop induction unit (Max Burton 6200) which produces a bit of a ringing-humm when set to high with smaller pans. It is at a frequency that I personally find annoying, but it goes away as the pan heats up and it is nowhere near as loud as the level seemed in that video. I'll be interested to hear what angiebangie reports.

Hi mojavean and kaseki... Thank you very much for your replies. I appreciate your help. In my second post I mentioned that I was sufficiently swayed to do things correctly, and an electrician was ALREADY scheduled to come out. (No "magical thinking" involved or necessary.) So I had a 50 amp breaker installed. The wire is 6-2wG, so I'm not really sure if kaseki's post is something I need to look into or not. But I may have to look into alternatives. The experience with the electrician was pretty bad (costly), along with a price increase occurring on this range. :( Thank you again all the same. PS. to davidro1... My previous statement was NEITHER a rebuttal or literal. This was the SECOND time you've sent me off to the wiring forum (the first time was not intended helpfully/nicely) ALSO on a question regarding induction ranges (cjzimmer's thread, no less!). My statement was more speculation if "someone" (YOU, probably?) would send me back over here. And an ANECDOTAL answer CAN be helpful. I personally wouldn't risk it IF cjzimmer had told me a breaker popped even once during cooking, no matter what minimum specs say. Plus the electrician kept trying to talk me out of adding the breaker, so maybe her post explains why. Like I said, no magical thinking involved or necessary.

To play the devil's advocate: The chicken nugget button maybe of use to someone who has an autistic child or other dietary disorder. Although chicken nuggets are not in my precious boy's dietary repertoire, I could definately see where that may be of use to someone (if it actually works). I could definately use that pizza button; however, that is not an option on my dinosaur range! At one point in my life, I would have found that appalling as well but things change. Gotta roll with the punches! My oldest DS is healthiest eater I have ever seen and has been like this since birth so I never though I would have one who only eats a very few items which is mostly cr*p. As far as the hybrid issue, the safety issue is a little scary. And a note about the Frigidaire, I have a DW that is only a couple of years old and has already bit the dust. Hope this helps! Shannon

I will try to answer questions. I don't know our GC's rationale and that's a good point that I should just ask him to explain his thinking. I doubt he is thinking resale as we have very clear with him that we intend to live in this house for the long term. (And the neighborhood defintiely does not call for huge "professional" gas ranges.) The capture point is a good one. The counter is that it's a small old kitchen. A big hood would dominate unreasonably, IMO. And I'm tall enough to bump my head on it too. So I think the slide out is a decent compromise. We have a gas furnace that is located in the attic. I doubt it has it's own mua, though the attic is also leaky. We have a gas tankless water heater located on the exterior of the house. And we do have a wood burning fireplace--currently never used, but with very long range tentative plans to convert it to gas and use it. The kitchen will have multiple operable windows (one of my main goals for this remodel is windows I can open in the kitchen). Thanks everyone!