Addendum to 120/240 volt question below

[Dave Siegel]

I'm sorry I forgot to include this with the question below. But as a point of interest, one of the reason why I took out the propane stove was of the tremendous amount of heat that it generated while cooking. Even with the vent open and the A/C running, the propane cook top created way too much heat for the small space in our coach. (PD3751 Silversides) . I have also developed a fear of having a bomb in one of our bays.

I am trying to create a smooth work top surface (counter top) as we only occasionally cook in the bus. But I did find a single burner "Induction" cook top that can be stored away under the sink and pulled out when needed. (It requires a separate 15 amp line) For those of you skeptics that have never used an "Induction " cook top I am here to tell you that I have never seen anything like them. They require a steel pan,(not aluminum) I put some vegetable soup on the cook top for a trial and it started to boil in (GET THIS) less that 5 seconds. I turned the heat down and it was at a nice simmer in less than a minute. There is NO ambient heat around the cook top (Perfect for our work space) and when you take the pan off the cooktop there is no heat at the cooktop surface. Only the pan and it's ingredients are warm.

I would love to have the money for a built in version of this style cook top but they are way, way too expensive for that. If I am told that I can't do what I want with the standard cook top then I will get another "Induction" single burner unit and store that away too.

Thanks for letting me rant.

Dave Siegel

[JackConrad]

Dave,
    Ref: 240 volt wiring. If your generator is wired 120/240, you should have 4 wires coming from your generator: Ground (green), Neutral (white), Hot (black), and Hot (red). Either red or black combined with the white gives you 120 volt. The red and black give you 240 volt.  50 amp shoreline should be the same. Only problem with a 240 cooktop is when you are in a campground that does not have a 50 amp shoreline connection. If there is no 50 amp connection, you will not have 240 volt avaialable and most campgrounds frown on running a generator when plugged in at a campsite. 
    The induction cook top sounds interesting.  Is it 120 or 240 volt?   Jack

[Dave Siegel]

Thanks Jack for answering so quickly. The coach is wired to receive 240 volt with the appropriate white, green, red and black wires going to the correct terminals. I know that I need a 50 supply at a campground for a complete hookup and a 240 volt stove to work. We don't cook that  much in the coach, mostly right there on the side, so this is for occasional use. Even when we go out on the road, we'll probably cook the same way. So I am not not worried about no having a 50 hook up. But if we did, would the stove work?

Here's the link to that induction cook top, it's a big one so copy it all.(Get both lines.)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Table-Top-Induction-Stove-Ceramic-Cooktop-Magnetic-Cook_W0QQitemZ300082439866QQihZ020QQcategoryZ71248QQss
PageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item300082439866

Dave

[Chaz]

Man, that thing sounds cool!!!! And I JUST bought my gas cook top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Grrrrrrrrrr....
  Oh well....... I would need to do some research on that anyway. It sounds cool, but what are the drawbacks??

   Always intrigued, but a little skeptical,
         Chaz

[H3Jim]

best thing since lsice bread.  The only drawback is these things tend to be a little pricey.  That link to the stand alone seems pretty reasonable, but I've seen them range from $800 to $4000 for built ins.