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Halogen Cooktops
Halogen cooktops look exactly like their ceramic glass cousins except that underneath the glass lies a halogen quartz tube element. Thats right, its a light bulb! But how can light cook my meals? Lets find out.
Halogen bulbs contain a tungsten filament and halogen gas. When electricity passes through the tungsten filament it heats [...]

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Gas Ignition Systems
Gas ignition systems for cooktops generally come in three different types. Matches or lighter (self explanatory), piezo and electronic. I’ll skip the matches and lighter and describe the other two types.
Piezo ignition
Most peoples introduction to piezos come from the good old singing birthday or christmas card. The speaker inside the card is [...]

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Flame Safety Devices
Flame safety devices (or flame failure devices) work by stopping the gas supply to the cooktop if the flame goes out.
The flame safety device works by utilising a thermocouple heated by the burner flame. The thermocouple generates a small electrical current which is connected to a small electromagnetic valve in the gas [...]