New induction hob issues

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Indeed, according to the manual, the left top and bottom rings share a supply and the middle and two right hand side rings share another supply. We have seen the sharing in action with one ring on power boost mode and another ring being limited to just over half power. Quite ridiculous coming from a gas cooker. Having said that, there is no doubt in my mind that there is a problem with the hob. It’s almost as if it’s on half power. Hopefully we get the answer when the engineer visits.
 
With my induction hob you have to select that you want to pair hobs, normally they are all independent.. The boost function, when selected, seemingly "pinches" power from the other in the pair and that would seem to be what is happening to yours. One of your rings is usually a higher rating and provided the pot diameter matches, this will boil fastest, without boosting (which I have never had the need to).
 
Not necessarily, the mains power goes into switch mode power supplies to feed the hob. It's not a 50/50 split, the PSU's current limit if they dont have the required feed. The hob is a 5 ring hob BT
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The diagram shows the alternate configuration for a single phase supply using a bridge to a two phase supply using a 50/50 split how many rings on each phase is irrelevant unless you are trying to balance the phase with another appliance, but irrelevant to the hob wiring.
 
With my induction hob you have to select that you want to pair hobs, normally they are all independent.. The boost function, when selected, seemingly "pinches" power from the other in the pair and that would seem to be what is happening to yours. One of your rings is usually a higher rating and provided the pot diameter matches, this will boil fastest, without boosting (which I have never had the need to).
Four rings on my Zanussi. I can't use boost on two rings on the same side at the same time. The only downside of mine is the control panel, it's on the top surface at the front, so I can't put a steel griddle or large oven pan across the two front rings because it cuts out.
 
My understanding is that boost is only for individual rings as the boost reduces power to the "pair" ring.. On mine pairing is LF & LR or RF & RR so I can have a large pan spanning two rings but only front to rear and my controls are also at the front. I have never had reason to boost and have rarely paired. As my range cooker replaced a gas hob/electric ovens range cooker, I much prefer the induction hob over the gas.
 
My Neff induction hob does not have rings what Neff call Intuitive flex zones on either side that adjust automatically to the size of pan placed on them, once the size of pan is established moving the pan vertically automatically adjust the power to simmer, Neff call that "Power Move' seems to work no matter what is in the pan?
 
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