Hood Liner insert recommendations? Looking at Zephyr Monsoon DCBL

3 years ago

We are buying a Wolf 36“ Induction cooktop that will be up against a wall. I’ve been looking at the Zephyr Monsoon DCBL insert that gets up to 715cfm. Does anyone have this liner? Is Zephyr a good brand for hoods or recommend other brands? Do I need the 36” or 42” hood liner? Thanks

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kaseki

3 years ago

42-inches will provide better capture in the long direction, but should be matched by similar pan overlap in the front-to-back direction.

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Georgina Beaumont1!
3 years ago
Jed Earls,

Our GC also told us to go with a larger hood over our cook top. He recommended a Futuro Futuro 60" hood with 940 power over a 48" gas stove. You will be better off with the 42" over the 36" for better performance.
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regbob, thanks for the insights. Well I look at it a little differently. Since I have a special needs child I often put things on the burner farthest back with nothing burning on the front. Secondly, I do not want to be in an uncomfortable position or have to bend awkwardly to 'learn' not to bump my head. That makes no sense to me to purposely put something where my head might bump into it. I cook only a little for fun and mostly out of necessity and I don't need any negative reinforcements to being around the range. My cabinet makers made a nice mockup of my hood with two strong guys holding it at various heights and me practicing lifting something to the back burner, which is the primary time my head may bump. 33" off the stove, or 69" from the floor, seemed like a good clearance. I do not know how much functionality I am losing from the hood being this far away. Maybe some. But coming from a kitchen with none, I think I can live with this.
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I am so not an expert, but am also considering a Zephyr insert for over a 36" induction cooktop (probably Miele), and from what I've gleaned 27" doesn't seem wide enough. Based on recommendations that exhaust hood be at least 6" wider than cooktop, I'm looking at the AK94AS ("Power Monsoon DCBL") - blower goes from 250 min. to 715 max. CFM. I THINK that "power pack" means that you're buying the operational guts of the hood (motor, grease-collecting apparatus, lights, etc.) to be installed in your own enclosure (e.g. cabinetry, custom fabricated metal surround, etc.), and that "internal blower" means that the mechanism that actually blows the nasty stuff out of your kitchen is located right within the guts that you're buying - as opposed to having the blower within the ductwork or outside at the end of the duct run ("external blower"). Hope that I haven't horribly mangled anything & that someone with more knowledge will chime in!
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Flow rate (cfm) depends on the aperture area of the hood having enough air velocity to contain the rising effluent. It is not particularly dependent on whether gas or induction is used. Further, except for the need to remove gas combustion byproducts, the rising effluent from cooking on gas or cooking on induction will be the same for the a given cooked food. Pro style gas ranges, however, often provide grills that can generate greasy smoke at higher levels than pan fried fare on induction is likely to do, barring walking away and forgetting that the setting is too high. A given fan at the end of a short duct run will probably be equally loud as the same fan in the hood, but roof mounted fans can be larger than ones sized for the hood and can be run at lower speeds for the same cfm, reducing blade tip turbulence noise. Turbulence noise induced by a duct turn or two will probably be less than the hiss of the air through the hood filter baffles. kas
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3 years ago
Its always a better idea to go with a larger range hood and do your best to have it ducted.
TxMomma
3 years ago
Jed Earls - Did you buy the Zephyr Monsoon DCBL? If so, how are you liking it? Wondering if ok on the loudness and ease of cleaning the baffles. I am also buying the Wolf 36" induction cooktop for kitchen remodel and my appliance guy sent me the Monsoon DCBL and Monsoon 1.
Runnermom
3 years ago
@TxMomma did you find out anything about monsoon I versus DCBL?

the monsoon I is 19.25” deep while the monsoon II is 22.5” deep - both are 1200 CFMs. The monsoon connect is also 19.25” deep but only 715 CFMs. I personally only Need 700 CFMs but I am finding the monsoon I is one of the few inserts that isn’t back ordered. I have read that 1200 CFMs might cause the need for makeup air. Does anyone have experience with using any of the monsoon models?
Therese N
3 years ago
Most homeowners don’t need those massive fans. Retrofitting for make up air can really throw the house HVAC out of whack. Consult a furnace guy. I decided to dial mine back to a simple Brown with somewhere around 250-300 CFM. I will still vent it, but it won’t need MUA.
Therese N
3 years ago
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TxMomma
3 years ago
Runnermom - I wound up ordering the Monsoon model # AK9234BS. It has 600 CFM capability, which keeps me below the MUA requirement here in Tx. I will have a Wolf induction cooktop, so I didn't have a large CFM requirement with that. I'm thinking I won't be running it at the max anyway. Only in week 3 of the kitchen renovation so I can't speak to how it works- but the appliance guy said it was just as good as the Vent a Hood (and half the price) so I went with it. Hope this helps!
Runnermom
3 years ago
@TxMomma really appreciate the insight. I will have a 36” wide Wolf range, so I need the 42” wide vent insert and that one has the 1200 CFM capability. But I doubt I’ll ever need to use it on that setting and my contractor assured me that my space is large enough with sufficient ventilation so that makeup air wouldn’t be an issue for me. I also found vent-a-hood much more expensive and my appliance person highly recommended the Zephyr brand and the Monsoon II in particular because of its depth and also the LED lighting in the front and back of the insert. Sounds like such a nice practical feature. Would love to hear how it sounds/works once you have the chance to test it out. Thanks

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