can I install a roof top blower for range hood ?
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Comments (6)Well, I didn't know what to expect until I came home and mine was installed, and I was kind of shocked to see this quite unattractive large metal thing installed on the side of my house. It looked like something you would see on the back of a restaurant, and I was appalled at first. I have a brick house, and it really stood out like a sore thumb. But we painted it a brick color, to blend in, and now I don't notice it much. When I expressed my shock to my GC at how big it was (we have a commercial grade range) he said "yeah, people are always shocked." I thought "why not warn us?" I'm sure it depends on what size you are getting, but it was rather larger than I thought it would be, but like many things, we just got used to it, and it doesn't bother me anymore....See MoreWolf Range hood and Broan / Best exterior blower combo
Comments (15)OK better late than never. I finally got the wolf hood fan and broan 335 They are working as designed. For reference, my Wolf range hood was the pro hood..PW482718 I believe. Inside the hood there was just one electrical wire. This wire connects to the house 120V supply. There are also two regular electrical plugs inside the hood. These electrical plugs are where you plug in the blower (remote or internal) You will need your electrician to run a 3 conductor wire from the blower down to the range hood. Here are the differences between the Broan and Wolf remote blowers: The wolf external blower comes with a power cord that plugs into the plugs in the hood. You then splice this cord together with the cord from the remote blower and hide it in the junction box inside the hood. The broan remote blower does not come with this cord. Fortunately it is just a standard 3 prong plug. Just picture a computer power supply plug, and cut the end that connects into the power supply off. Just make sure it is rated for the amperage of the remote blower. Plug one end of this cord into the outlet inside the range hood, and splice the other end to the wires coming down from the remote blower. On the other hand you can purchase the official wolf cord but it is like $65 That's it, everything works as planned, the blower fan speeds are infinite. Lights, heat lamps, etc all work if wired this way. There may be slight differences cosmetically on the exterior of the blower, but without having both I can't say. All I can say is the broan 335 works with 100% with the wolf pro hood, you just need to supply a power cord....See Morerange hood blower positioning
Comments (1)I ended up selecting a Best by Broan iQ12 rated for 1200CFM and horizontal or vertical orientation. The blower has a sensor that calibrates the airflow depending on the pressure/resistance it senses. Does the job perfectly....See MoreQuestions about ducting and blower performance for a new range hood
Comments (4)There are on-line calculators for various duct sizes and lengths. But for initial "just how bad is this" questions, there is an approximation from IRC Table M1506.2. This is that the equivalent circular duct diameter for a non-circular duct equals { 4 times the sectional area divided by the perimeter }. One can examine the limits of this equation for weird ducts and see that it might break down for cases no one would use, but it is the best I know of without detailed flow analysis. Note that transition loss from one shape to another will be significant and I don't know if there are any data repositories for the numberless cases one might conceive. A real HVAC engineer may know of such....See MoreCharles Ross Homes
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