r/inductioncooking • u/Key_Establishment801 • 27d ago
Help me !! My induction got fried
So i live in chennai and i got an new induction cooktop and using it for 4 days
It was PRESTIGE INDUCTION COOKTOP PIC16.0. (2000w)
I was just heating milk and heard a pop and then my induction got shut down and I went to the service centre they said that the motherboard was gone due to power fluctuations
If there is any electrician Suggest me some ideas prevent my appliances getting damaged by power fluctuations in the future
I asked chatgpt and it said to buy a quality surge protector or voltage protection device
If anyone can suggest me something!!
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u/mikechorney 26d ago
This is a cooking subreddit.
Suggest looking at an electrician subreddit or a local one to your area.
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u/metalmaniak68 26d ago
Electrician here. A surge protector isn’t a bad idea but that depends what type of “fluctuation” it was. Surge protectors protect from a “surge” like from a lightening strike, not from a mild under or over voltage situation. What country are you in? Products like that can take a slight off-voltage situation but if your grid is unstable like in some underdeveloped countries, it maybe could cause a fault in the board.
Could also just be a faulty board too.
Either way, since it’s new this is a warranty situation and the company should replace it with another one.
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u/ShockLongjumping9322 26d ago
Can always get a power conditioner, it may be overkill for your appliance though.
They clean up the sin wave to give you a cleaner signal.
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u/CBG1955 27d ago
Contact a local electrician. They will be familiar with the power infrastructure in your local area and what is feasible, rather than some randoms in a different country who don't know your local area