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Posted by mike_0_007@hotmail.com on May 13, 2008, 9:17 am
> 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
what is the configuration of your exhaust piping? diameter, length,
number of elbows?
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