A new and exciting door opened in 2013

December 2012 came and now its 2013 January.

That's it, the induction hob that was installed is finally dead,,,,,and I mean dead. There was a short resurrection in August in my last post.

This time in December I called the Service Centre, MAYER Singapore, to request for a technician to come take a look. As it happened before Christmas eve, the earliest they could come was Jan 3 2013.....but my wife had a Christmas dinner to cook.....what should we do.....

Never fear, Jesus is every so good. A call to my sister and she gladly gave me her portable induction cooker....It's a Taiyo....cost about $160 and it could do exactly what my thousand over dollars induction hob could do. Best of all, it's portable and we even had steamboat dinner using it.

Wow.....why didn't I buy this instead????? A consolation was 4 years ago, the technology of induction hob was no that advanced (consoling myself). Nowadays, the technology is better.

Anyway, the technician came. A Chinese "uncle"....he took a look....commented....".i think you better buy new one.....there are 2 curcuit board, each one cost $350 and after you change that, I cannot guarantee that the others are not spoilt......so you think properly ok??? Better buy a gas stove, only hundred over dollars."

Hmmm....his observation and analysis was that the installation process was wrong. The carpenter should have left more space at the front of the induction hob to allow the air to escape from the unit. The hold cut in the worktop was too small......

I wanted to argue with the uncle that the hold was cut according to the user manual.....why didn't the user manual say to cut bigger hold and leave space in front of the hob????

Anyway, it's wise to show grace in my words and season it with salt....I smiled and asked the uncle how much was the trip to my place....I paid him $60 for 10 minutes of observation.

In conclusion.....induction hob is good to use. Perhaps the manufacturers can indicate their installation guide to leave space in front of the hob for air to circulate. 

Now my next task is to buy a gas hob. Its off to Harvey Norman.