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(DIR) Post #Ai5aFsBd8tImTls0QK by sol_hsa@mastodon.online
2024-05-20T13:19:26Z
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I've seen this kind of stovetop design in some (primarily american?) media, and I wonder..Why are the controls that control the hot things on top of the hot things?Sounds like a really unsafe design to me.@TechConnectify might be able to comment?
(DIR) Post #Ai5aFt2RyVYL7aaBkm by TechConnectify@mas.to
2024-05-20T16:16:14Z
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@sol_hsa I suspect the main reason for this is technical - generally, electric stoves have them in the back panel which would make wiring easier, and gas stoves have them at the front which makes piping easier.Personally, I don't find them at the back to be dangerous at all. First, as others have identified, they are harder to accidentally bump. And much harder for small children to get to. Second, the outer knobs almost always control the front burners. You reach around for them, not over.
(DIR) Post #Ai5aFtmtBqhRRcJH8a by TechConnectify@mas.to
2024-05-20T16:19:23Z
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@sol_hsa but most importantly, with an electric stove, if you've found yourself with an emergency like a grease fire, shutting off the burner isn't going to help you. You have more pressing needs, and the dangers of not shutting the gas valve off immediately (i.e. open flames below or gas leaks if they go out) just aren't there.
(DIR) Post #Ai5aFuNP05uHGrOR3A by crit@fedi.crit.run
2024-05-20T16:27:10.569Z
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@TechConnectify@mas.to @sol_hsa@mastodon.online I've also seen this design where they're at the back which I'm not used to at all. And while I can see the benefits of it, I just can't help but think that having them at the front is just a bit more convenient. One design I don't understand is those capacitive buttons inside the glass plate which gets activated if you spill liquid on it.
(DIR) Post #Ai5aFv5iLLLtUI7p7Q by TechConnectify@mas.to
2024-05-20T16:51:21Z
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@crit @sol_hsa having lived with and gotten used to both, having them at the back is not even an inconvenience that goes through my mind at all.And as a matter of fact, being able to see the full circle and where exactly the knob is pointing to is helpful compared to only seeing the top of the knob as you look down at it.I actually think this is part of why some people prefer electric or gas stoves - you judge output mostly by flame size on gas and don't need to see the scale
(DIR) Post #Ai5aFvltoV61b7rVs8 by TechConnectify@mas.to
2024-05-20T16:55:03Z
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@crit @sol_hsa elucidating a little further, one thing I've never really understood in the debate of which is better is how the blatant non-linearity of the gas valve doesn't bother people. I have never used a gas stove where the knob had a perfectly smooth gradient. There were always several pronounced steps. So you could not use the knob's position to mean anything; you had to react to the output and fine-tune.Electric doesn't react quickly, but you can plan ahead since the dial is linear
(DIR) Post #Ai5aFwRNKIGzflGdWK by erincandescent@akko.erincandescent.net
2024-05-20T16:59:35.800866Z
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@TechConnectify @crit @sol_hsa hmm. i think i operate stoves by vibes, even on many electric stoves they feel nonlinear.
(DIR) Post #Ai5aFxIC9uWYJZyoqm by TechConnectify@mas.to
2024-05-20T17:11:31Z
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@erincandescent I'm pretty confident that they're not perfectly linear. I suppose the more proper term is repeatable. If I'm doing the same cooking task on an electric stove, then I know the number I need to point to for it to work correctly. Or for instance, there's a dish I like to make. To get perfect results to my taste, I need the dial to point straight down.I was never able to operate in that paradigm with a gas stove. I had to fiddle with it a lot and couldn't be sure it was right.
(DIR) Post #Ai5aFxz5aQpqSc34i0 by 0@gh0st.live
2024-05-20T17:14:40.132614Z
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