An induction heater operates by surrounding the object to be heated with a coil carrying high frequency AC current. Basically, the entire setup acts like a huge transformer with a shorted secondary.

This induction heater has a trick up its sleeve, too. Instead of using an air coil to generate heat in the cookware, this one uses an iron core instead. The project’s creator [mircemk] built an ...

Changing from gas to climate-friendly electric appliances often involves expensive retrofits. A growing list of companies ...

Induction ranges not only have the benefit of being safer and more energy efficient than both gas and electric coil ranges, but they also heat quickly and precisely and are easy to clean.

Though powered by electricity, induction cooktops are different from radiant and coil cooktops since they use electromagnetism to heat the pans. Radiant and coil cooktops both use heated electric ...