Electrolux (part of the Electrolux Group)
General Electrolux Information
Electrolux now makes some induction units under its own name, as well as the units it makes under its subsidiary brand labels. These are--saving one older European model--all relatively
recent North American releases.
As always in these listings, we give these standard general--
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Important notes on these data:
We have spent a lot of time hunting these data--often in several places for each individual unit--but we cannot and do not guarantee any datum to be correct
(indeed, we often found conflicting data at different sources). Caveat emptor! For those units we offer for sale, the prices shown are never over an hour old. For other items, the prices shown are the lowest we found with moderate but not fanatic
searching; moreover, they are not updated very often and are only intended as a rough guide to comparative unit values in cost/power terms. Most "Features" are not terribly important, and are nearly standard among roughly similar units, regardless of brand name. If some "feature"--shown or omitted--is especially
important to you, check on it, because we did not take great pains over the "Features" data. Dimensions given here are, as the makers themselves warn, only to be used as guidelines in planning--never do anything till you have your actual unit to hand. A very important datum is the "MaxPower" value. Many units show individual-element powers that add up to impressive totals that the unit cannot really supply.
For example, a unit with 4 elements each listed as "2.4 kW" might have a true unit maximum power of 7.2 kW: that means that you could, in this example, run up to three elements at
their full power, but if you tried to run all four at full power, each would only be putting out 75% of its nominal maximum (7.2 kW divided 4 ways is 1.8 kW per element, which is 75%
of that nominal "2.4 kW"). That is not necessarily a flaw or defect or misrepresentation--there are good reasons for that approach--but you should be well aware of just what
you are paying for in actual cost/power terms for the unit as a whole. Many units nowadays offer a "power boost" feature for some or all of their elements; that feature allows a "boosted" element to temporarily, for some short period (rarely
specified, but typically 10 minutes or so), run at well over its nominal power, to help--for example--get large pots of water to boiling. There are no free lunches: if the unit as a
whole is running at its maximum, "boost" works by diverting power from the other elements. In the example above, if you were to "boost" one element to, for example, 3.2 kW, there
would be a maximum of 4.0 kW left (7.2 kW total maximum minus the 3.2 kW being used by the boosted element) for all the three other elements to use; you could run one other at full
power, or two others at 83% of nominal, or all three others each at 75% of nominal during the "boost" period--be aware, though, that different makers arrange their "thefts"
differently. (This, too, has valid reasons behind it, but--again--you need to know how much true, steady-state power you are really buying with your money.)
(For much fuller information on power, read our page Kitchen Electricity
101.)
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Electrolux Induction-Unit Data
Electrolux seems--as do most appliance makers--to regard information on their units as top secret. Do they have two new north American units, or three? Go to their web site and look
for electric cooktops, and they list two induction models; do a search of their site and you turn up three. It turns out that one of the units found is not, after all, an induction
unit. The whole thing makes it kind of hard to take them seriously. (They also offer a couple of "hybrid" units, another thing we don't like.
Moreover, they are somewhat coy about power ratings. Their own specifications refer to "boosted" element powers, but the power draws they show don't seem to correlate exactly with
either the unboosted sums or the boosted sums, so it is hard to know what in fact the units' total power outputs truly are. We have done our best to extract some meaningful data
from that mess, but we will have to speak with someone at Electrolux before we can say we have any confidence in the numbers here. We urgently recommend that if you are seriously
interested in one of these units, you get a clear explanation from someone, in writing, of what the maximum continuous, sustainable total unit power output is.
We find it very interesting that Electrolux offers, as an optional accessory, a griddle; the dimensions are not mentioned, but it is clearly rather extensive in its long dimension,
strongly implying that Electrolux is saying that you can usefully "bridge" elements. As Mr. Spock used to say, "fascinating."
U.S. Electrolux commercial-type equipment is marketed under the Dito brand name.
We found 2 Electrolux induction-cooking induction-cooking models:
U.S. Availability:
Electrolux E30IC75FSS
Do we sell it? Yes! - click on the unit name above for the "buy" page.
Electrolux E30IC75FSS
(maker's product page)
- Elements: 4
- Boosted: 4
- Powers:
· 2.2 kW (boost to 3.0 kW) - left front, 8-inch diameter
· 1.8 kW (boost to 2.3 kW) - left back, 7-inch diameter
· 2.4 kW (boost to 3.2 kW) - right front, 10-inch diameter
· 1.2 kW (boost to 1.5 kW) - right back, 6-inch diameter
- Max Power: 7.4 kW = 97% [uses "power sharing" during "boost"]
- Levels: 15
- Controls: touchpad
- Timer/s: 1 ("alarm clock" - does not control any elements)
- Induction Elements Made By: Electrolux
- Features:
· childproof lockout
· 18-hour auto-shutoff
· "keep-warm" setting
· pot recognition
· residual-heat indicators
· pan-size detection
· auto-safety switchoff
· "offset"-pattern element arrangement
· fine control in low-power settings
- Size: 30-3/4" wide x 21-1/2" deep
- Cutout: 29-5/8" wide x 20-3/8" deep x 4-1/2" under
- Color: black
- Trim: stainless steel
- Voltage: 240
- Load: 35 Amperes
- Maker's Warranty:
· labor - 1 year
· parts - 5 years
- Online documents:
· User Manual (PDF file)
· Specifications (PDF file)
· Installation Manual (PDF file)
· Warranty (PDF file)
- Price: US $1649.00
- Cost/Kilowatt: US $223
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Electrolux E36IC75FSS
Do we sell it? Yes! - click on the unit name above for the "buy" page.
Electrolux E36IC75FSS
(maker's product page)
- Elements: 5
- Boosted: 5
- Powers:
· 2.2 kW (boost to 3.0 kW) - left front, 8-inch diameter
· 1.8 kW (boost to 2.3 kW) - left back, 7-inch diameter
· 2.4 kW (boost to 3.2 kW) - center, 10-inch diameter
· 2.4 kW (boost to 3.2 kW) - right front, 10-inch diameter
· 1.2 kW (boost to 1.5 kW) - right back, 6-inch diameter
- Max Power: 10.8 kW = 100% [uses "power sharing" during "boost"]
(individual elements add to 10.0 kW; Electrolux's specs seem amiss somewhere)
- Levels: 15
- Controls: touchpad
- Timer/s: 1 ("alarm clock" - does not control any elements)
- Induction Elements Made By: Electrolux
- Features:
· childproof lockout
· 18-hour auto-shutoff
· "keep-warm" setting
· pot recognition
· residual-heat indicators
· pan-size detection
· auto-safety switchoff
· "offset"-pattern element arrangement
· fine control in low-power settings
- Size: 36-3/4" wide x 21-1/2" deep
- Cutout: 35-7/8" wide x 20-3/8" deep x 4-1/2" under
- Color: black
- Trim: stainless steel
- Voltage: 240
- Load: 50 Amperes
- Maker's Warranty:
· labor - 1 year
· parts - 5 years
- Online documents:
· User Manual (PDF file)
· Specifications (PDF file)
· Installation Manual (PDF file)
· Warranty (PDF file)
- Price: US $2019.00
- Cost/Kilowatt: US $187
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U.K. Availability:
- EHD60020P (4 elements, 7.2 kW, 590 mm)
- EHD72100X (4 elements, 7.4 kW, 720 mm, "silvered" look)
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Residential-Use Products Available in the U.K.:
