Help! Downdraft gas range?
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Comments (2)I went to a showroom that has a working Jenn Air gas downdraft cooktop. I had decided to get one, to replace our old electric (coils!) downdraft cooktop. But I did want to check it out first. We turned on the ventilation, and as soon as I turned on the burner, the downdraft sucked on the flame itself. This was a deal breaker for me. You should definitely give one a trial run to see if this matters to you....See Morejenn air downdraft range with gas pulls flame sideways
Comments (4)Well Maytag was worthless but a local appliance servicer called me back and said that the old "factory fix" for this evidently common problem was to restrict flow at the outlet. He said: drill a hole through the cap over the flapper, stick a 3 or 4 inch bolt in backwards (bolt head inside the cap) with a nut on the inside and a nut on the ouside. Adjust the protrusion of the bolt to hold the flapper partly closed when the fan is running. Fiddle with the bolt until you have a nice balance of exhaust vs flame pattern. Pretty good trick, thought I'd share it with any other sufferers....See MoreHelp - Cooktop vs. Range vs. Downdraft vs. No Vent!
Comments (8)Your analogy seems to fit my vibe about the BlueStar (Top Gear fan?) - powerful enough and OMG fun, but a little rough around the edges, vs. solid, polished and expensive (Mercedes/Viking, maybe?). My Jenn-Air is more like my old beat up VW Rabbit -- which was also prone to spontaneously bursting into flame. It got me from point A to point B . . . eventually. But I hated it. Which now has me thinking of the last just-good-enough compromise, practical car we bought. Which I still hate to drive. It's not a bad car, it's just not *my* car. (Of course now I'm getting too far into the metaphor -- I just traded my beloved VW Passat in for a Mazda CX9, 'cause I needed the AWD and more seats -- it's not as nice of a car, it's not as powerful, but it has most of what the 'ssat did plus the things I needed at a good price, without sacrificing *all* the fun. And it won't cost $$$ every time something breaks, which was increasingly common. What does that say about my stove preferences? It's not that I couldn't afford a Mercedes, I just don't see the point.) I do find the BlueStar *really* attractive -- DH and I dig the cast iron, the open burners (because I spill stuff everywhere when I cook), the low simmer, etc. -- and the thought of having a range with an oven I could actually bake in makes me positively giddy -- even if I do have to build a new island. DH got a nice grill last year that gets wicked hot; we're now prone to all-season use -- in *Seattle* -- because the only other choice is to do without little things like "searing" and "roasting" and "broiling". But maybe I'm just trying to convince myself that the extra money is really worth the ride ;-) (BTW, does that make Lacanche the Rolls? So gorgeous, but wah!)...See MoreNeed help to get a quieter downdraft range fan
Comments (5)Where does this unit dump the cooking effluent? Is that straw-sized duct extended somehow to the outside of the house? In principle, once out of the cabinet, the duct could be enlarged and an external blower used. If the duct run were long enough an intermediate Fantech silencer could quiet the external blower. There would still be some local noise from the remaining constricted duct in the cabinet, and/or from whatever slots are used at the cooktop level. "... since downdraft ranges don't work quite as well as hoods." Most don't work even remotely as well as correctly sized hood systems. This is due to the physics of hot air flow, among other reasons. Some capture and containment functionality may be achieved by plume flow reversal down-draft ventilation for low volume/low temperature (low velocity) cooking plumes emitted close to the slots. Somewhat better, but still inadequate for any serious cooking, is the pop-up scheme that has to divert the plumes sideways with very limited effect farther away from the pop-up assembly than the entry aperture minimum dimension size. "... backward curved motorized impeller fan." Noise properties associated with impeller shape was a topic addressed in passing in an on-line blower article I recently came across, but didn't save. You might find it with a search engine. Usually the kitchen ventilation hood industry doesn't provide much choice in blade configuration, so larger and slower are directions one can move in some circumstances. Fantech sells a wide range of components that might have some application to your otherwise highly constrained system. Some here, including myself, have found that they are accessible for discussion....See MoreEMC2011
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