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May 16, 2022
Electric cooking systems onboard
Option of choosing electric cooking systems for moving away from propane. This is already happening slowly in aftermarket, people are moving away from propane based systems, why not give us the option of selecting an induction cooktop and electric oven/microwave/broiler instead of the regular propane stuff.
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Je suis également intéressé par une plaque à induction avec un combiné four/four micro-onde. Une solution qui pourrait être envisagée serait d’avoir l’option de supprimer tout simplement l’installation au gaz et de laisser au futur propriétaire le soin d’installer les appareils qu’il souhaite et d’upgrader par la même occasion la puissance de l’installation électrique. Ça aurait l’avantage d’éviter le gaspillage.
We would definitely be interested in an induction cooktop to eliminate gas for safety and also the availability when world cruising, more and more full time live aboard’s are opting for this. I think it would be a beneficial plan for Excess to consider having this option.
In addition, the expense of procuring propane gas is completely eliminated.
The compatibility problems of the bottles and connections in different regions of the world will then be a thing of the past!
An important selling point for an Excess catamaran, in my opinion! :-)
I think the move towards electrical systems is out there. Especially amongst the lifeaboard cruisers. Having to remove the gas system from a brand new boat and replacing it with electrical could be the difference between buying and not buying. As I hate the garbage can with a vengance as well.
Kind regards
Example of Bosch induction plate on excess 11. https://tinyurl.com/23cj6raw
When it comes to the ‘pick up rate’, I guess this largely depends on your target market. Charter companies will probably avoid the additional cost. Live aboards might be more open.
Best,
Michael
Indeed we have a few clients who chose to install electric cooking systems on board their Excess catamarans. This requires to add power in terms of additional batteries, a genset and/or solar panels. And obviously leads to incremental costs.
Today, at Excess we offer a microwave option but no other electric cooking appliances.
I am open to add more options in principle, but when doing so we need to be sure that a fair number of our clients do chose these options. We call this the 'take-rate', and we typically need at least 20% to 30% of our boats fitted with the options offered on our pricelist.
My feeling is that we would not get enough clients chosing induction cooktop or other electric to reach a minimum take-rate. But I may be wrong and am therefore very interested to know what kind of demand there is out-there for such options!
To all Lab Members: please let us know, through posting a comment here, if you would be keen to purchase an electric cooking options (if so, which one) when ordering one of our boat.
Thanks.
Thibaut
You get a lot of advantages for the money:
- no more bottles/rust/ refill efforts/gas costs / compatibilty problems / open and close the bottle
- more safety (burns / explosions / injures)
Compared to the overall price of the boat this should be worth additional costs of up to 5.000 EUR.
And probably brings you a unique selling point for Excess Catamarans !
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Am I wrong? More money today, more happy for years to come!
Roberto
When my wife and I were deciding on options for our Excess 14, we were disappointed not to be able to choose an electric galley. We would prefer not to have propane in the galley at all. Particularly with the efficiency of induction hobs, electric seems to make more sense than propane, for safety, ecological, and convenience reasons. (When cruising, finding different propane tanks in each country is a pain.) We are already adding solar and lithium, so we should have enough power for electric appliances. We were advised that we could find an aftermarket provider in Les Sables-d’Olonne to rip out the propane appliances and put in electric ones and we did consider that. But it seems to be a crazy expense to have to pay for appliances twice, so now we will probably keep the propane, as a back-up, and mainly use a portable induction plate and an electric combo oven. We’ll see how that works out for us, but I do recommend that you offer an electric galley as an option in the future. In my discussions with other manufacturers before deciding on Excess, I was told that a majority of private buyers are requisition electric galleys.