Cooking On SOLAR Power, Is This A Solution? - Induction Cooktop by Duxtop 

My whole Van life experience starts with a hot cup of coffee or tea. Having a warm beverage in the woods is my idea of heaven. That’s why I watch these videos:)

Been using one of these induction cooktops for over 14 years at home. Removed the typical stovetop with oven, and never turned back. So convenient, saves space, saves money, and safer if kids are around.

Hi Ive, an induction cooktop does not use resistance to heat with. There is no heating element in an induction cooktop. It actually uses magnetism to heat. There is a term called hysteresis, which determines how much heat can be caused with magnetism. I haven't used that term since I was in college, and I been out of college for over 50 years, so not sure how to explain it, but if you have ever felt of a small transformer and saw how hot it was, Then you have seen magnetism create heat. The worse a transformer is wound, the more heat it creates with magnetism and hysteresis is a term for the heat it creates from induction. Induction is when you create magnetism by passing a current through a wire that is wrapped around an iron core. Not a great explanation, but I hope it helps.

I did this for awhile. Induction is extremely hard on lithium power stations. This is how I got started in the solar game. I had a crappy Milin Power Station and a 500watt Induction cooktop from South Korean. 500 watts is not a lot of wattage to cook and basically just enough to get liquid to boil. To get liquid to start to show repetitive bubbles took 25-30 minutes. As you can see it took half the battery to do anything involving liquid and took the entire battery to fry and the food most of the time never got thoroughly cooked. Coupled with the Milin having crappy ports and the infamous 12-volt-port-having-the-10-second-power-off-if-no-power-draw-is-detected feature the induction/power station combo was a non-doer for me.

Thank you for helping me decide what power station works for induction oven

We're looking for a small cooktop so your video is helpful since the Duxtop is highly recommended for the size you're using. Thanks for the video.

Thanks for the video, I've also done some extensive testing with induction. It is very hard to find an induction cook top that varies the watts as you dial it in. There used to be some available at reasonable cost however, they are expensive to make with the delicate circuitry required. The cheapest way to make them now is to have the cycling power level at about 400 or 500 watts when a low heat is required to simmer, for example. When you get up to the mid point, level 5, it will be more stable at 1000w, after that, level 6, 7 etc the watts increase and are steady. There are models that top chefs and bakers use that maintain a very constand dialed in temperature, but they are over $1,000 ..... Also, I found that using cast iron is not recommended because 1. it gets so hot, it causes a over heading error on the cooker and 2. the lower grade cast iron can crack becasue it gets heated so fast, it's cooking the metal; that's induction. I love ours in the caravan (RV) on the inverter, soo good for off grid living. Keep up the good work, keep the videos coming.

please-Don't forget to come back with the Low wattage heater test - I have a 40w cutie from W.... thanks again this was interesting!!!!

This is it! Our friends need these to help feed the children and save power!

This was cool to see an induction cooktop in action, I haven't used one before. I'm guessing with all the fancy touchscreen and button controls it needs full voltage to function. I have yet to find a useful device to run on 'Xboost' or "power lift' modes. These are a gimmick IMO (that's why I don't talk about it much in my reviews). On the screen of the 'duran duran' it shows 110v output, thats probably why you were seeing less wattage than advertised. If the power station put out the full 120v, it would have hit rated power.

You're welcome Ive! Im glad you feel better, we have eucalyptus and lavender going on right now, glad it helped :D

You should make an AskIve Cooking Channel, lol. But on a Serious Note, I've had my eye on this thing for a minute now.

was waiting for this. Great. Good practical look @Ive. You covered this demo very well.

Thank you for making this video for the any old Jo …

Excellent video for us RVers.

I have 3 different brands of Induction ovens, I love them, I first learned about the induction oven from Roble Ali, I was like, "I must have one of these portable money disks! LOL" and to be able to take the induction anywhere with a solar generator is a game changer....great video Ive!

I have a NuWave that has 3 wattage choices 600w,900w and 1300w I got it specifically for this feature so I would not stress the inverter in my truck

Hey Ive. Thanks for doing this video. I have a butane cooktop, but I've always wanted an induction cooktop. I will look into this brand to use with my Ecoflow Delta Pro. 'Preciate cha!

Great video my brother. We all gotta eat. You are still my favorite solar go to by a long shot. Thanks

Very interesting and informative video now makes me want to tryout my own induction cooktop

Thanks, I have the same induction oven. This type of video is great. :-)

Thats cool you got the induction heater. Planning to make meals off mine every day as long as i have enough solar coming in. Great way to utalise the power imo.

Great video! Thanks for sharing this.

Good video, doing some research on DC appliances and ran across you again.

Thank you , looks like a good alternative to using propane burner s

We use My mini frying pan (300w), a grain cooker (200w) and wafflemakers (500w). All 3 heat efficiency with low energy draws.

@AskIve Solar Didn't miss this one! 👍🏽 Saw the pop up! Mmmm ... I have to test mine (techwood); I haven't, even, used it. yet. I want to see if I get similar results ... especially, regarding the types of pots/pans, that can only be used on it (e.g. them needing to be magnetized, etc.). Interesting!

You could also consider the little 250 watt George Foreman grill or mini grills for direct cooking

Interesting. The chart on the Amazon page shows temp to watts and the reality is that it is basically useless for cooking anything by means of a power station / battery unless people have a huge system because the energy used takes too long. For the price of the unit it's better to just invest in a little propane stove and some propane. That will quickly cook / heat up food in no time thus saving your electric reserves for other needables and use minimal propane. Plus most people will already have the propane to run their duel fuel generators so they can charge up power stations / battery systems when there isn't any Sun.

I recall you mentioning this "joint" 😅 FINALLY and Thank you

cool but I will use my jetboil in case of emergency (cook water in a minute) and it also fits better in my bag pack 🙂

Wow...that's cool!!

The EcoFlow Delta2 will easily power almost anything in your house. The Delta 2 is small and lightweight, even though the inverter is very powerful, the battery capacity is modest, but this is exactly what I needed for portability and power.

That company could of used another name for their power station, anytime I hear Duran Duran, I think of the Rock Group, lol

Jackery 500 Instant pot mini Boils fast on sauté setting Coffee in da woods

Great video, but you didn't test the max rated output. The manual says level 10 is 2 kW and I just saw it on certain popular marketplace where they claim it is 2 kW unit as well. In the video your station reports only 1250 W load at level 10. You said inverter was strong enough and battery seems to be decent. What was causing it? Does pan size matter?

There are similar portable burners that use infrared instead of induction (infrared does not require special cookware). Would like to see a similar test with an infrared burner.

Amazing unboxing, full support new friend here ❤

Thank you so much for this!

Looks cool 😎

I have a very similar model cooktop I've found wattages below 600W, it PWM pulses 600 watts Above 600 watts, it scales smoothly My system is piece built, with a 2500W inverter, 750w solar collection, and 300ah of lithium. Cranking that burner at max, it makes the best gas burners look like cr@$. it'll boil a gallon of water in mere minutes

Is there a benefit to using les power and taking longer to boil rather than using more power and taking less time to boil?

I'm surprised you got any action out of your unit. Mine won't work with an empty pot. There has to be some food or liquid in it to avoid an error message. I wonder if yours would work better with something cookable in your pot or pan.

Had same happened on heater too. But then mine only charges back up when it wants too now it not wanting too so buying another power box since this will only work when it wants for rechargeable. EB3A

Interesting

Weldone sir... Please what's the capacity of your solar generator? Thanks!

Pressure cooker combined with induction!

What wattage settings does it come with? Curious if my old gz yeti 400 would be able to drive this in a power cut on lowest. I noticed 0.5 setting was pulsing 400w?

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Nice my brother. Now you can cook chicken on this instead of the microwave 🤣

My dextop is not giving me any heat. It's only giving me the error code POE. Any solution?

Your power box is what 600W or higher

i thought this cooker was a wireless cooker i thought you said the cooker was great when you loose power.

you do realize that to your solar power inverter the induction stove is NOT a heating device.

This Duxtop cooktop is on Amazon for $116 now. Kinda pricey & it says 1800 watts...hmm..pass for now

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Nice (nerdy) video, talking mostly nonsense about crap that the casual crowd could care less about……..using all that equipment to measure this and that. I suppose it makes some folks feel important to use all those gadgets to feel important, who knows. The bottom line is……. Consumer Reports rates this brand as the best rated induction portable on the market. Don’t worry about all the ridiculous nonsense shown in this video, it’s just nerd talk.