Looking to put a range hood (ductless) over my propane range. Any suggestions or ideas. I could use a ductless and pump the heat into the bay if necessary.
Thanks
Grant
Do your self a favor and duct it outside.
you don't want all that grease in your bus, no matter how many filters you have grease gets everyware.
Gary
A Fantastic Fan in the area is hard to beat for venting a stove
good luck
A vent is a must for, if nothing else health reasons. You don't want the fumes in such a small place.
Quote from: Seayfam on January 17, 2011, 11:06:18 AM
Do your self a favor and duct it outside.
you don't want all that grease in your bus, no matter how many filters you have grease gets everyware.
Gary
Amen: That was the first upgrade to my house. I wouldn't expect less for my bus.
I used a 24" ductless hood, but have a Fantastic Fan directly above. It works great. But-I also don't fry, cook bacon, or greasy stuff indoors. I have a single propane burner that screws on top of the propane can that I cook greasy stuff outside. Especially nice for bacon in the morning-Ah the smell of the outdoors and bacon cooking! Good Luck, TomC
It's not just the grease; you don't want excessive humidity from cooking to remain inside the bus.
The 2008 Consumers kitchen planning guide has hood vents in that isssue, they might have archives. 30" ductless under 350.00 they give Maytag UXT543A a best buy, Sears had a couple that rated well,5234 at 225. and a GE Profile JV535H at 180. was in the running. i use the fantastic overhead also as our bus is vertically challanged.
I didn't do it that way. You might have guessed. I too perused the $300 and up hoods and none were to my liking or met my air flow spec. Sooooo here is my solution.
I cut a square hole in the side of the coach. I installed a roof vet cover over the hole so that when open the "top" was up and shielded from rain. I then installed a radiator fan out of a Nissan Pulsar and I selected that guy cause the fan( both of them) was only 10 inches tall. I had resistors in the feed so I could let it idle over slowly and make no noise but give a little ventilation and it ran for half of the last 20 years and is still perfect. I had intermediate speeds for when I cooked. The upper two speeds made a roar and that would vent the coach, a 30 foot Winnie, "in about less time than that" or even the time it took you to read this. I have since installed a fantastic fan in the bathroom that pulls silently from that end. I sleep with the rad fan on a high idle speed to pull air into the bedroom windows. To move the night time air the fantastic makes a little noise and that disturbs my delicate ears and messes up the melodic notes of my snoring.
Those rad fans find a lot of uses and don't forget the "danger....finger hazard" stickers.
John
Ps: fans cost me 5 dollars
I did not see what size you were looking. I have a 20" apartment gas stove and found the 20" range hood at RV and Truck Supply for $25.00. Nice unit with light and fan. Do a Google search on RV range hoods and get several hits.
Tom Hamrick