custom hood for pro range?
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Comments (0)I saw these fans on ebay(I think there was link in a post on this forum, but I can't find it again)...and was wondering if anybody here actually has one installed? If so...how about some feedback? Thanks... Here is a link that might be useful: hood fan...See MorePro range with non-venting range hood
Comments (4)You can always turn down the heat you use. Assuming you are considering the eventual buyer of your place, the average schmoe will be impressed with a pro-style range and won't think twice about exhaust. Do you have "any" access to external venting? Reason I ask is that a friend who bought a unit in the JPM building across from the NYSE was given a strange setup where a chimney style hood vented into the "capture area" above the entire galley kitchen which then vented into the building's standard exhaust system. Yes, it's questionable, no, I have not experienced the practicality of it (do successful Wall St bachelors really cook?) but apparently it looked attractive to (or, more likely, was overlooked by) a buyer of a $2MM apt....See MoreRange hoods: Please Help! Broan Elite RMIP Pro-Style? Silencers??
Comments (15)One thing that seems to be shown here, from your experience and also laranbrian's, is that mesh filters are noisier. We have "pro style" metal baffles. Here's the (obviously biased, but I think informative) quote off the Modernaire site: "Modern-Aire Ventilating believes like most major range manufacturers and restaurant supply houses that the most efficient filtration system is the Baffle Filter. Unlike non-filtered range hoods, a Baffle Filter catches up to 97% of all grease and grease particles before they ever enter the interior of the range hood, making clean up a breeze. Unlike mesh filters, the air passing through a Baffle Filter is not restricted, thus allowing a smoother and quieter transition. Perhaps the most important aspect of the Baffle Filter is that the baffles in the filter are positioned to eliminate direct passage of flame through the filter thus making it one of the safest and most efficient filtration systems available today." I think it's a far superior design for the liner. And it looks cooler too :-)...See MoreI'm trying to acquire a new pro range hood. How do I reduce noise?
Comments (48)@opaone: your numbers, while still higher than my estimates, are at least within an order of magnitude, which in this business probably is reasonable correlation. I agree that this could rise to a significant concern with 10 people really cranking away in a poorly ventilated room. So we're on the same wavelength. @spurpura: you are correct in that I've not invested in air quality monitoring devices or hired PhD's to test my house. But my calculations are grounded in simple physics. The only assumption I have made is in the estimate of CO2 production during exercise, and that was from an academic sports physiology laboratory, authored by a PhD and published in a peer-reviewed journal. If you have figures showing that CO2 production during exercise is roughly 10 times higher than my estimate (which is what would be needed to support your observations), I'll await the citation. There are really only three possible scenarios: You are measuring local concentrations of CO2, presumably close to where you are exhaling. Your PhD consultants and their equipment are wrong. There's an exogenous unidentified source of CO2 infiltrating your exercise room. Enough of that dead end discussion. But...as to your original question, I think you're on the right track. As noted upthread, our 1200 cfm hood runs through a straight run of 10" duct, about 25' upwards, with an attic-mounted Fantech LD10 silencer and FKD10XL blower. It measures 60db (LCS weighted, ear level, roughly 4' from baffles) on high. So we hit the mark you are shooting for and I expect your setup will too. Good luck!...See Morekaseki
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