Jennifer K
Kind of. There is a large circuit board in these units. Depending on how many hobs are on your unit determines how many generators are on the board. Typical configuration is two hobs per generator. Each generator has a heat sink, to dissipate heat. In turn typically each heat sink has a fan to assist with the removal of heat. My cooktop for example has 5 hobs, it has three generators, three heat sinks and three fans. Each of these "generators" are for all practical purposes are three separate boards in my case. Some, especially 30" units come with one board with both generators attached. It will be configured however the manufacturers wants it. There are no fans directly attached to the hob or what you refer to as the element. Just to reiterate, Induction technology is completely silent. If not for the fans you would hear nothing at all. The pans are what makes the sounds that some find annoying
Interesting note. Because two hobs share one generator, you can only run full power to one hob at a time. How high you can run the second hob is completely dependent upon the individual manufacturer and how "cheap" they wanted to be. My first induction unit was a Samsung, what a POS lol. The power sharing was almost unbearable. I had to use one side of the range to heat up my dish and the other to maintain it, absolutely ridiculous if you were planning on using more than two hobs, which I do almost daily. I was happy when it failed so I could replace it. If you are trying to boost a pan of water for example and you already have a dish cooking, you will reduce the power on the first hob to boost on the second. Some with a bridging option are the exception to this rule. I can run my bridge at full boost. This is automatic, you have no control. Since boosting is not a continuous function, manufactures find this an acceptable cost saving option as opposed to having a generator dedicated to each hob. Not to mention the power and wiring requirements are not as great. Just imagine if you could get full power from 4 hobs simultaneously! The bad, of course there would be blown electrical breakers or worse, house fires caused by induction (to much current) all over the country. Because few would read the specs and just wire it in.
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