Vent a Hood vs. Zephyr
halgreene
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hvtech42
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Comments (24)Hi Gaby I would Love to have a 48" range!! The 36" is the maximum our corner would allow without major structural changes and I did not want to go there...however, in my dreams....a great range, George Clooney, etc. That being said....I am really happy with the efficiency of the hood. It does cover the front burners. I am training myself to remember to turn on the fan just before I turn on the range top....almost there! I would think that you will be happy with your hood as long as the cfms are adequate. Cheers Pam...See MoreX-Post - Hood inserts: Best vs. Zephyr?
Comments (4)I have a Zephyr Range Hood that I love that is a lower model as I needed one that also did recirculating as well as vented in case I get permission from my townhouse one day to vent the range hood to the outside. Mine has carbon filters that work amazingly well and a very good filter inside. The Zephyr is quiet, beautiful, takes odors out, my carbon monoxide detector never goes off anymore when I am cooking using my GE Cafe Gas Range. I just found my model which is not powerful enough for you but it is a Zephyr and the best range hood I ever owned. Zephyr Breeze II Series AK1200S. (S is for stainless) 30" Under Cabinet Range Hood with 400 CFM Internal Blower, 3 Speed Touch Controls, 2 Incandescent Lamps and Recirculating Option...See MoreRange hoods: XO vs Zephyr vs GE vs ?
Comments (2)I installed a Zephyr Typhoon when I re-did the kitchen in the old house. When we built the new house, I again had a Zephyr Typhoon installed. It is quiet and does an excellent job of venting odors out of the house. I cannot say enough about the excellent customer service Zephyr provides. In the first house, the guys installing the countertop beat the h*!! out of the front of my vent hood. Zephyr promptly sent the parts that were needed and helped me find an authorized repairman to install them. In the new house, the installers threw away about half of the parts (grease cups, cages that fit over the fans, and probably a couple more things that I've suppressed). Zephyr promptly sent replacement parts. One of the cages came in warped. They promptly sent another replacement. When you call Zephyr, you talk to a real person (I think in California). There are no language barriers. Can you tell I love Zephyr? You could not give me a GE product. I have a GE Cafe stove that is a nightmare. Customer Service has also been a nightmare. I won't recount it all here. It has been posted in other threads. I know you asked about particular models and I didn't address your question. But good customer service is important to me. Hopefully others will be able to address the models you inquired about....See MoreHood liner advice needed (VAH vs. Best vs. Zephyr)
Comments (8)... coming out of hibernation to put his oar in, says: This forum has a large wealth of technical information on this topic that should be reviewed by anyone new to the subject who is planning to achieve actual kitchen ventilation. Here are some tidbits, boiled down from various attempts here to provide practical rules of thumb. We will start with opaone's suggestion. Hood function depends on successful capture and containment. Capture depends on hood aperture overlaping the rising and expanding cooking plumes. 54 inches by 27 inches would be considered the minimum for adequate capture of a 48-inch high power cooktop. Hood containment depends on flow velocity at the capture aperture. For this size hood (assuming inside aperture is nearly 54 x 27) I would argue for around 1000 CFM of actual flow rate. To get this flow rate with a real blower, you will need a blower that is characterized (at zero pressure loss) as capable of 1500 CFM. Similarly, if one is constrained at 48 inches hood width (please cook greasy things on the middle burners), the values are 800 and 1200 CFM, actual and rated. Either size blower can easily operate through a 10-inch duct. Hoods with single duct interfaces are widely available from Modernaire, Captiveaire, Wolf, and many others. The actual flow rates noted above are based on a 1.5:1 ratio of nominal to actual, and this assumes some generalities about the fan curves of reputable fans and pressure losses of baffles, ducts, and most importantly -- the make-up air system. (Please review relevant threads on MUA in this forum.) No air flows out the duct that didn't get into the house somehow. At the higher actual CFM levels, house leakage is not adequate for providing this air flow rate. To answer the OP's question just above, higher flow rate through an undersized hood has only a slight to modest effect on increasing the effective size of the hood. The reason is that hoods do not suck cooking effluent from the cooktop, but intercept it and keep it in the hood. The rising plume velocity can exceed a meter per second for gas cooking, and this is what gets the plume to the hood. Air flow velocity for the flow rates I suggest is only half of this at the hood aperture, and rapidly drops off more than a few inches away from it. For actual flow effect at the source of the plume, one would have to use fume hood rules of engagement, where high flow at the effluent generator (welding, grinding, whatever) is achieved. You would need ear protection with such a system, and a huge heating capability for the make up air, perhaps augmented by structures intended to restrict the effluent from escaping the flow. kas...See Morekmg67
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