Tell me about your induction stove!

[quicksandfarmer]

Even without combustion appliances, houses will need makeup are because of the "stack effect" that promotes leakage out of the upper areas and results in negative pressure in the lower areas. My house is two story with basement and is pretty well insulated and sealed with newer windows. I have a u-bend (trapped) air makeup tube in the basement and in cold weather I get a noticeable inflow of air. The only air use is the water heater. Everything else has outside air intakes.

If you have a noticeable inflow of air that's your makeup air.

I don't understand what you mean when you say "The only air use is the water heater." The water heater is a combustion appliance.

 

[KennyG]

If you have a noticeable inflow of air that's your makeup air.

I don't understand what you mean when you say "The only air use is the water heater." The water heater is a combustion appliance.

Of course. The other combustion devices (furnace, wood stove) have outside air supply. The water heater is a very intermittent use.

 

[ericm979]

Make-up air is only required if you have combustion appliances in the house.

Current code in Oregon requires make up air if your stove vent fan is more than 400 cfm.

 

[RobertN]

No generator that you can hook up? My 6500 watt Generac easily runs our well pump. Yeah it kicks hard when it starts up, but never stalls or trips.

Our house is all electric too. My biggest gripe is that our fancy heat-pump water heater doesnt like the square wave power out of my generator, so it refuses to run.

We have an odd setup. The main house is on one panel/meter. The Granny Flat is on a second panel/meter; the well is on that meter. I have run the well and granny flat with a 6500W, but then I need a second generator for anything in the main house.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

Current code in Oregon requires make up air if your stove vent fan is more than 400 cfm.

Check your code. The International Residential Code -- which Oregon has adopted -- only requires makeup air if there are combustion appliances in the house. If the house is all-electric you don't need makeup air.

 

[ultrarunner]

War on gas is real… nearby city had a ballot measure to add $3 per therm tax on gas saying we need to get fossil gas out of buildings since the outright ban proposed in 2019 failed…

 

[lman]

War on gas is real… nearby city had a ballot measure to add $3 per therm tax on gas saying we need to get fossil gas out of buildings since the outright ban proposed in 2019 failed…

No war here. We have no therms.

 

[DarkBlack]

It's not just a liberal conspiracy, lol.

It’s about certain people trying to eliminate our choice to choose between natural gas or being captive to the electric grid

 

[deezler]

It’s about certain people trying to eliminate our choice to choose between natural gas or being captive to the electric grid

Oh, don't get me wrong, I do not support energy choice mandates in any way. I should have left that sentence out of my post, haha.

Only point was that most people do not think about or understand their indoor air quality situations at all. High VOC paints, cheap furniture and carpets, chemical cleaners, combusted fossil fuels.... etc - and little to no fresh air. Has a tangible effect on human health that is rarely considered, IMO. I'll send a text to RFK jr to add it to his agenda, lol.

 

[ultrarunner]

No war here. We have no therms.

Are you all electric?

Homes are tighter now but being tighter has the potential to decrease indoor air quality.

The old 1930's Wedgewood Gas/Wood kitchen stove I have will outlast us all on quality...

The Wood side and the Gas Oven side well vented... Cook top gas burners vent to inside as there is no hood...

Has friends buy a home with Induction decades ago and pulled it for gas... she is a professional Chef and at home the Induction didn't do it for her....

My guess is WOK cooking or Asian style dishes don't transfer to Induction?