Every induction cooktop has a cooling fan under the glass, and on the CI304DTB4 it is the part owners are most surprised to learn about. A cooktop that has developed a hum or a whirr after cooking has finished is not failing — that is the fan running on to cool the electronics — but […]

Series 9 brings slide control to the 30″ induction cooktop, which replaces stepping through power levels with dragging along a strip. The CI304DTTB1 uses it well, but it does mean the control strip is a larger and more sensitive piece of glass surface than a set of discrete touch points — and residue sitting along […]

Two SmartZones on one cooktop is unusual, and it is the defining feature of the CI365DTTB1: the surface can be reconfigured into two long bridged areas at once, which suits cooking on griddles and fish pans simultaneously. It also means the bridging circuits are duplicated, so one SmartZone can fail while the other continues to […]

The CTD-304 is a much older Fisher & Paykel gas cooktop, still documented through the manufacturer’s own archived owner’s manual and parts-industry records despite being long out of production. Without any electronic control board to speak of, problems on a unit this age are almost always mechanical — a worn igniter, a clogged burner port, […]

The drawer or cabinet beneath an induction cooktop isn’t just storage — blocking it creates a real overheating risk for the electronics above.

Induction cooktops ask for less upkeep than gas or coil electric, but a handful of habits meaningfully extend how long the electronics underneath last.