I received it Thursday night. I bought the Broan E6042T SS. It is beautiful. No logos on it. Also doesn't have any paperwork with it for some reason. Will need to download user manuals and installation manuals I guess. It is not installed yet. It is just waiting patiently with the other appliances. First picture is the part where it would vent straight up. Two small rectangles that unscrew. The same for rear venting. Broan E6042T SS Accessories Mandatory Yes Accessories Optional Yes Accommodates Ceiling Height 8' ADA Compliant No Blower Air Mover Type Centrifugal Blower Blower Included Yes Boost Mode No CFM (Airflow) 1200 Color/Finish Stainless Steel Control Feature Filter Reminder No Damper Included Yes Delay Shut Off No Digital Clock No Dishwasher Safe Filters Yes Duct Connector Size 4-1/2" x 18" ENERGY STAR� qualified No Filter Included Yes Filter Type Stainless Steel Baffle Flue Accommodates ceilings up to xx ft N/A Heat Sentry Yes HVI Certified Yes Light Bulb Quantity 3 Light Bulbs Included No Lighting Function Two-level Lighting Type Halogen Max Sones/100 CFM 1.2 Minimum Height Above Cook Top 24" Mounting System Wall Mounting Type Wall Nightlight No Non-Stick Coated No Product Depth (inches) 24" Product Height (inches) 18" Product Width (inches) 42" Rated Amps 9.0 Remote Control No Sones Certified Horizontal High 13.5 Sones Certified Horizontal Low 1.5 Sones Certified Vertical 7" Round High N/A Sones Certified Vertical 7" Round Low N/A Sones Certified Vertical High 14.0 Sones Certified Vertical Low 1.5 Switch Control Settings Variable Switch Style Rotary Dial Timer No UL Status Yes Voltage 120

many many many makes out there. Go to an ecommerce site and use key words like blower, insert, power-pack, and liner (although i always thought liners were just the thin layer of steel lining a chimney, it is a useful term and it appears to mean the motor too.) Congratulations on getting a massive hood. I think it is a great find. I'll ask you a few questions, in reverse order. What dimensions is the opening at the top of the hood? Rectangular or round? Do you know what an adaptor or transition is in terms of ducting? What duct size would you think you want to install? Before that, the big question is the quantity of air (CFM) you expect to blow. Before that, the kind of cooking you do, and whether it's for one, for two, or for a whole restaurant size crowd (i.e. many burners on high, and often). Since you have complete access to your future duct, an inline motor is an option. A good option. There is no advantage to "inserting" the motor into the hood, compared to having the motor be positioned in the duct (inline) or even outdoors on the outside wall. J, you have a good sense of what is needed. First you got a "sump" (the collector / hood / canopy / umbrella) and now you want a blower. Makes sense to me. When I list a bunch of terms as if they were synonyms, it helps you search later. Don't take any term too seriously. Below is a link to another thread where I may have confused the woman who posted her query. Too many terms. HTH -david Here is a link that might be useful: Where to find the 'guts' to fit in custom stove hood

heartsurgeon and cpovey, Thanks for the info. In March, after reading hours (days?) of hood information on GardenWeb, I had decided to get a VAH 42", 600 cfm (VAH doesn't make anything higher than 600 cfm for a 42" hood and 48" was too big). I had made a cardboard hood of that size and mounted above the cooktop (no cooking allowed!) to get an idea of sightlines. 32" was best for viewing across the greatroom for me, but the cook in the house was fine with 30". The VAH rep insisted to never go above 30", so we were set to go with VAH at 30". But, since there was a delay in the BlueStar cooktop we wanted, we waited. The housing market got worse and a large appliance place folded and liquidated their inventory, and I got a deal on a Viking that I couldn't pass up. The hood didn't come with a blower, so that's why I have been asking the blower questions. Since higher CFM blowers were available on the Viking, I thought I could push the hood up to 32" with higher CFM and be OK. I figured the internal motor probably has twice the noise...the air noise through the baffles and then the air noise through the squirrel cage blower. So heartsurgeon, it wouldn't surprise me that it's noisy when on high at 600 cfm. Do you even hear the motor...or is it all air? The external probably does look like the best option, as I agree with cpovey that an in-line motor would be a hassle to maintain. Looking at the specs, I think the external would fit on the roof. Cpovey, I don't know if I could install the external upside down either...is there a damper that would be upside down? I had been only considering venting out of the bottom if I used the in-line. If I use external, it would go on the roof. Now today when I picked up my hood, I scrounged around the warehouse and found that they had a 600 cfm internal blower left for that hood, which I able to pick up for a good deal as well...so I couldn't pass that up either. So I"ll start with a 600 cfm internal, mounting the hood at 30". If it end's up too noisy, it's not that much of a loss and it would allow us to find out if we need more than 600 cfm. If we don't, but want to use an external for noise reasons, we will still come out ahead cost-wise. I think I'll still use 10" duct work in case I do want to go up in CFM if we go to an external...it's not that long of a run, so it shouldn't cost that much more. Also, I would think that a 10" elbow above the hood would make less noise than a 7" elbow. I plugged the 600 cfm fan in (not inside the hood) to an outlet to see how noisy it was. It does make some noise, but it seemed less noisy when I added some wind resistance, so I won't be able to tell much until it's fully installed. It sure could blow some air when unrestricted though! This got me a little concerned that if the vent exits on the top of the roof...it will be only about 8 feet away from the deck table, pointing right at it. Will this cause an unappealing breeze to the outside dinner guests? Maybe the baffles cause enough resistance that it really doesn't blow out that fast in the real application? I am still interested to hear if someone has put an external fan this close to an outdoor sitting area and what the noise level is like. I'm guessing that it may just be a white noise-type situation outside?

Nightflyer, you asked "Will I regret doing an inline fan?". Did you really mean "Will I regret doing an internal fan?"? I think the inline fan is worth it and recommend that you make sure your installer is familiar/experienced with them. Otherwise you may be giving up some of the benefits for which you're paying extra. Please confirm the 25% extra was for a hood with an inline blower vented through the attic vs. a hood with an internal blower also vented through the attic. There shouldn't be a big cost difference between the sheet metal for the two. You should probably find out if there will be any extra carpentry or electrical costs for the inline blower. Now that the weather is cooler, we are getting a cold draft from our hood. I'm not sure it has anything to do with the inline blower, however. Our first step to try to resolve it will be insulating the ductwork (which runs through the attic over the mudroom and garage). If that doesn't work we may need to add another damper. Suggestions?