Hygena Cooker Hood conversion.

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  • August 4, 2017 at 8:34 pm #91844
    Crystallake
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    Hello all.

    I have been given a Hygena Cooker hood that was originally extracting externally out through their kitchen wall.

    I am unable to do this as my property is terraced.

    Can I convert it so it doesn’t do this and just extracts through internal filters that can be changed every so often?

    Kind regards,

    August 4, 2017 at 8:44 pm #449469
    electrofix
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    Re: Hygena Cooker Hood conversion.

    cookers hoods that recirculate the air have charcoal filters to absorb the smells which external vented units do not


    apart from that cant see a problem but it depends on the hood architecture as It needs to vent the air out of the top

    Dave

    August 4, 2017 at 8:55 pm #449470
    Crystallake
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    Re: Hygena Cooker Hood conversion.

    Thanks Dave.

    You have been so helpful to my needs, I’m very grateful indeed!

    I have looked online and there are charcoal filters that clip on to the two fans inside.

    Maybe it’s just a case of modifying the direction of the airflow??

    But that too will need electrical connection. 😮

    BTW – Waiting on a Sparky to get back to me about the hob electrical installation. 😉

    August 4, 2017 at 9:04 pm #449471
    electrofix
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    Re: Hygena Cooker Hood conversion.

    if your doing everything you need to look at the whole plan

    are all your sockets in the right position?
    do you want lights under the cupboards?
    and now you need a spur outlet for the cooker hood. Make sure the hood is fused at max 5 amp. I get a lot of hoods where the lamps blow and instead of popping the fuse they blow a hole in the works inside the hood. The default fuse in a spur box or plug top is 13 so make sure its changed

    if you have a sparks onsite it wont cost a lot more to get it right and they will also check your earth system is safe and up to current standards

    Dave

    August 4, 2017 at 9:56 pm #449472
    kwatt
    Keymaster

    Re: Hygena Cooker Hood conversion.

    Have a read of…

    http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/help/buyi … tion-notes

    That will probably tell you a a lot and explain the next line…

    A cooker hood that’s not vented is little more than a ornament that lights up a bit, rattles and gives the illusion of cleaning the air. It really isn’t doing a stellar job if anything at all.

    Carbon filters are supposed to remove odours and, to some degree they do work but, not as well as many people might think.

    K.

    August 4, 2017 at 10:52 pm #449473
    Crystallake
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    Re: Hygena Cooker Hood conversion.

    electrofix wrote:if your doing everything you need to look at the whole plan

    are all your sockets in the right position?
    do you want lights under the cupboards?
    and now you need a spur outlet for the cooker hood. Make sure the hood is fused at max 5 amp. I get a lot of hoods where the lamps blow and instead of popping the fuse they blow a hole in the works inside the hood. The default fuse in a spur box or plug top is 13 so make sure its changed

    if you have a sparks onsite it wont cost a lot more to get it right and they will also check your earth system is safe and up to current standards

    Dave

    Thanks for that Dave.

    Yes, I wasn’t looking to do all this, but bits n pieces have been offered to me.

    Luckily I have been given a kitchen cupboard suite that could fit my kitchen three times over so I can modify them to fit my very small kitchen.

    Then I have been offered various other bits.

    So I will have to take a step back and rethink very carefully. :eeek:

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