Hello Suzp. Congratulations on your new cooktop! Did the water boil as quickly as you hoped?

I only hear the fan running if I open the drawer under my cooktop. When the drawer is closed, I do not hear the fan at all. I am not skilled in the ways of machinery so I can't guess as to how the cooktop knows when it needs to cool itself via the fan. Perhaps it's like a computer in that the fan runs nearly all the time to ensure the components don't overheat?

try_hard

Thanks, try_hard! My wall oven is now installed under the cooktop so I don't hear the fan any longer, but after I typed this post I thought DUH....it's got electronics just like a computer so of course the fan would be on most of the time. I like my cooktop ALOT....and actually I didn't get it so much for the speed as for the control functionality that was similar to gas cooking, sleek look, and ease of cleaning. So far it meets all those requirements with a 5 star rating! My husband already says things taste better cooked on the induction (could it be in his mind???)

What do you use to clean your cooktop? I currently use the small bottle of cleaner that was included with the cooktop, but I'm wondering for future if there's something else on the market that might work just as well.

Thanks again for all your helpful posts!
Sue

Suzp: I have been using soap and water to remove any grease and then a few sprays of Shaklee Basic H cleaner (diluted per Shaklee's instructions) plus a microfiber cloth to make it shine. But I noted another recent thread in which someone said they found a product called
"Wink" that they liked better than Cerama-bryte. I intend to buy some Wink and see if that works well.

try_hard

Actually it's "Whink"

;)

According to whink.com the company has been around since 1947. Personally I never heard of it before. I'd actually feel a little silly going around promoting their cooktop cleaner, except for fact that I find it a remarkable improvement over the brand that comes as a trial sample with virtually cooktop. Maybe there are even better products out there, I don't know. All I know is this one blows away the big bottle that took me like 6 years to get through!

Thanks ya think! I'll check some local stores to see if they have it before I order on-line. I was just wondering if a few sprays of windex and a microfiber cloth might be ok, or if it would do something to the cooking surface.

Whink makes a great stain remover for clothes that is sold in our Hy-Vee grocery stores so maybe the cooktop cleaner is available in stores, too.