It works fine. The electric consumption is 1450 W, a bit less than the nominal. It reached the desired heat in a reasonable time. After that to keep the heat the consuption dropped to about 10 Watts that is I think excellent. The housing gets pretty hot, so be careful, don't touch it. All in all, the construction, materials, usage are very friendly smelting small amount of metal is easy. For home work it is recomended. If someone send me some gold and silver, I'll report the work with them too.