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microwave/hood vents Mark Modrall 05-11-2008
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Posted by Mark Modrall on May 11, 2008, 8:56 pm
Hi...

We just had our kitchen remodeled... Took everything down to studs
and built back up. We got a GE stove and over-the-stove microwave/vent.
We were a bit dismayed when we actually tried the vent - the thing
sounds like a plane engine but it won't even draw the steam of a pot
boiling *right underneath it*.

We had the GE repair guy out; he said "it's functioning as designed.
That'll be $170 for the visit" even though we boiled a pot of water in
front of him and showed that the damn thing doesn't suck in the literal
sense, just the vernacular sense. We complained to Lowes, where we
bought it and they've been great. They tried to at least get GE to drop
the $170 visit charge, but GE told Lowes to fuck off.

Our contractor asked around to a couple of people who had the same
units, and they said "Yeah, the vent doesn't work for beans; I don't use
it."

Lowes has said that they'll give us an extra $170 credit towards
whatever we'd like to replace it with to make up for GE being jerks.

The question is are there any microwave/hood vents that actually work
for spit, or do you have to trade off? If you have a microwave, are the
vents just really ineffectual because the microwave is in the way?
We're thinking maybe just getting a dedicated hood vent but then that
makes you wonder where to put a microwave.

The Lowes guys just have the spec sheets for units; they didn't have
a lot of first-hand experience. According to the spec sheets, anyway,
most of the combo units claim the vent moves ~300 cubic feet per minute.
At least with the one we've got, the fan out the top may be moving 300
cpm, but it doesn't translate to any draw on the bottom side at all.

We saw just a hood vent at Lowes that was spec'ed at 300 com and it
did quite a bit better than what we've got. They also had a unit on the
shelf that was rated at ~520 cpm but it wasn't hooked up for
demonstration.

How about it? Anyone out there know of any good microwave/hood vent
combos? As the Lowes guy said, you can't just call the manufacturers
and expect them to tell the truth about their products...

Thanks
Mark

Posted by Oren on May 11, 2008, 9:22 pm
wrote:

>Hi...
>
> We just had our kitchen remodeled... Took everything down to studs
>and built back up. We got a GE stove and over-the-stove microwave/vent.
>We were a bit dismayed when we actually tried the vent - the thing
>sounds like a plane engine but it won't even draw the steam of a pot
>boiling *right underneath it*.
>
> We had the GE repair guy out; he said "it's functioning as designed.
>That'll be $170 for the visit" even though we boiled a pot of water in
>front of him and showed that the damn thing doesn't suck in the literal
>sense, just the vernacular sense. We complained to Lowes, where we
>bought it and they've been great. They tried to at least get GE to drop
>the $170 visit charge, but GE told Lowes to fuck off.
>
> Our contractor asked around to a couple of people who had the same
>units, and they said "Yeah, the vent doesn't work for beans; I don't use
>it."
>
> Lowes has said that they'll give us an extra $170 credit towards
>whatever we'd like to replace it with to make up for GE being jerks.
>
> The question is are there any microwave/hood vents that actually work
>for spit, or do you have to trade off? If you have a microwave, are the
>vents just really ineffectual because the microwave is in the way?
>We're thinking maybe just getting a dedicated hood vent but then that
>makes you wonder where to put a microwave.
>
> The Lowes guys just have the spec sheets for units; they didn't have
>a lot of first-hand experience. According to the spec sheets, anyway,
>most of the combo units claim the vent moves ~300 cubic feet per minute.
>At least with the one we've got, the fan out the top may be moving 300
>cpm, but it doesn't translate to any draw on the bottom side at all.
>
> We saw just a hood vent at Lowes that was spec'ed at 300 com and it
>did quite a bit better than what we've got. They also had a unit on the
>shelf that was rated at ~520 cpm but it wasn't hooked up for
>demonstration.
>
> How about it? Anyone out there know of any good microwave/hood vent
>combos? As the Lowes guy said, you can't just call the manufacturers
>and expect them to tell the truth about their products...
>
>Thanks
>Mark

Is it vented outside or inside?


Posted by Tony Hwang on May 11, 2008, 9:39 pm
Mark Modrall wrote:
> Hi...
>
> We just had our kitchen remodeled... Took everything down to studs
> and built back up. We got a GE stove and over-the-stove microwave/vent.
> We were a bit dismayed when we actually tried the vent - the thing
> sounds like a plane engine but it won't even draw the steam of a pot
> boiling *right underneath it*.
>
> We had the GE repair guy out; he said "it's functioning as designed.
> That'll be $170 for the visit" even though we boiled a pot of water in
> front of him and showed that the damn thing doesn't suck in the literal
> sense, just the vernacular sense. We complained to Lowes, where we
> bought it and they've been great. They tried to at least get GE to drop
> the $170 visit charge, but GE told Lowes to fuck off.
>
> Our contractor asked around to a couple of people who had the same
> units, and they said "Yeah, the vent doesn't work for beans; I don't use
> it."
>
> Lowes has said that they'll give us an extra $170 credit towards
> whatever we'd like to replace it with to make up for GE being jerks.
>
> The question is are there any microwave/hood vents that actually work
> for spit, or do you have to trade off? If you have a microwave, are the
> vents just really ineffectual because the microwave is in the way?
> We're thinking maybe just getting a dedicated hood vent but then that
> makes you wonder where to put a microwave.
>
> The Lowes guys just have the spec sheets for units; they didn't have
> a lot of first-hand experience. According to the spec sheets, anyway,
> most of the combo units claim the vent moves ~300 cubic feet per minute.
> At least with the one we've got, the fan out the top may be moving 300
> cpm, but it doesn't translate to any draw on the bottom side at all.
>
> We saw just a hood vent at Lowes that was spec'ed at 300 com and it
> did quite a bit better than what we've got. They also had a unit on the
> shelf that was rated at ~520 cpm but it wasn't hooked up for
> demonstration.
>
> How about it? Anyone out there know of any good microwave/hood vent
> combos? As the Lowes guy said, you can't just call the manufacturers
> and expect them to tell the truth about their products...
>
> Thanks
> Mark
Hmmm
My condo where our daughter lives has a LG one. It's vented outside.
Works and pretty quiet.

Posted by Oren on May 11, 2008, 10:07 pm

>My condo where our daughter lives has a LG one. It's vented outside.
>Works and pretty quiet.

Hood vents from BORG and Lowe's; in my experience, have a default
venting of inside. One needs to adapt/change the install methods of
the vent (RTFM). I've skipped venting outside on mine, because "I"
cook mostly outside.

Even so; inside, the vent pulls "steam" from the "bawling" pot!


Posted by Kirby on May 11, 2008, 9:42 pm

"Mark Modrall" wrote
> Hi...
>
> We just had our kitchen remodeled... Took everything down to studs
> and built back up. We got a GE stove and over-the-stove microwave/vent.
> We were a bit dismayed when we actually tried the vent - the thing
> sounds like a plane engine but it won't even draw the steam of a pot
> boiling *right underneath it*.
>
> We had the GE repair guy out; he said "it's functioning as designed.
> That'll be $170 for the visit" even though we boiled a pot of water in
> front of him and showed that the damn thing doesn't suck in the literal
> sense, just the vernacular sense. We complained to Lowes, where we
> bought it and they've been great. They tried to at least get GE to drop
> the $170 visit charge, but GE told Lowes to fuck off.
>
> Our contractor asked around to a couple of people who had the same
> units, and they said "Yeah, the vent doesn't work for beans; I don't use
> it."
>
> Lowes has said that they'll give us an extra $170 credit towards
> whatever we'd like to replace it with to make up for GE being jerks.
>
> The question is are there any microwave/hood vents that actually work
> for spit, or do you have to trade off? If you have a microwave, are the
> vents just really ineffectual because the microwave is in the way?
> We're thinking maybe just getting a dedicated hood vent but then that
> makes you wonder where to put a microwave.
>
> The Lowes guys just have the spec sheets for units; they didn't have
> a lot of first-hand experience. According to the spec sheets, anyway,
> most of the combo units claim the vent moves ~300 cubic feet per minute.
> At least with the one we've got, the fan out the top may be moving 300
> cpm, but it doesn't translate to any draw on the bottom side at all.
>
> We saw just a hood vent at Lowes that was spec'ed at 300 com and it
> did quite a bit better than what we've got. They also had a unit on the
> shelf that was rated at ~520 cpm but it wasn't hooked up for
> demonstration.
>
> How about it? Anyone out there know of any good microwave/hood vent
> combos? As the Lowes guy said, you can't just call the manufacturers
> and expect them to tell the truth about their products...

Mark,

I had just installed a GE Profile Microwave/Convection in my place. I don't
know the specs on the fan, but it works quite well.

I will tell you, before the microwave is installed, there's a plate over
the fan. The fan actually rotates to 3 different positions, depending how
you will vent the exhaust. It's very possible, if yours is built the same
way, someone may have left the plate intact. Or, they rotated the fan motor
the wrong way vs. the way it actually exhausts.

Check the installation here, under "hood exhaust".
http://products.geappliances.com/ProdContent/Dispatcher?REQUEST=ITEMID&itemid=49-40247



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