Kitchen extractor - an integral accessory

Kitchen - this is a special room in the house, which requires some care and proper repair. It is necessary to consider all the smallest details, especially when choosing a hood for the kitchen. The hood for the kitchen should be of appropriate dimensions, with practical modes and so on. In this article, we will acquaint you with all details of the choice of such a device and the principles of its operation.

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Why clean the air in the kitchen?

Kitchen - this is the most favorite and at the same time hated place mistress. She spends about 60% of her entire household time on her, which is why her health depends on the state of the air in this room. The air in the kitchen during the cooking process is contaminated with products, the smallest pieces of food that are released during heating. If the room is not thoroughly ventilated, the odors create some discomfort. They negatively affect the mood of a person, they can even ward off an appetite from a very hungry person.

Ventilation is one of the ways to fight against polluted air. But it is best to put a special trap of gassed air straight ahead of the stove, and thereby free the room from it. With this task is able to cope with a special hood for the kitchen.

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What model of kitchen hoods to choose for the kitchen?

There are several parameters that you need to pay attention to when choosing a hood for the kitchen - the type of appliance, the size, the throughput, that is, the performance, the way the appliance is operated, the mode of operation, the presence or absence of filters. They need to be taken into account in a complex of performance characteristics, correlating with the price of equipment. Acting on this principle, it will not be difficult for you to decide what type of hood to choose for an electric stove or a gas hob.

Productivity

Great value when buying a kitchen air cleaner has the performance of the machine. This parameter is determined by the amount of air that the extractor can pass through itself in 1 unit of time. This is precisely what determines the efficiency of this device.

According to the accepted sanitary norms, the whole volume of air should be exchanged in 1 hour.

Important! You can calculate the productivity of the hood that is necessary for your kitchen, using the formula: multiply the area of ​​your kitchen by the height of the ceiling, multiply the result by 12 - this is the rate of air exchange adopted by the SES.Multiply the result by the factor of the potential stock, which is 1.3.

Thus, for a kitchen in which the ceiling height is 2.5 meters and the area is 6 meters, it is necessary to choose a hood with a capacity of at least 234 cubic meters per hour.

Parameters

The width of the hood must not be less than the hob surface of the cooker. If the parameters are less, the hood will be less able to catch polluted air. Best of all, even that the width of the hood is slightly wider than the hob itself.

Thus, if the width of the slab is 50-60 cm, take a hood with a width of approximately 90 cm, naturally, if the design of the furniture itself permits.

Operating modes

Ask consultants, in which mode the cooker hood for the kitchen that you have chosen can work. This can be:

• exhaust mode, during which all the polluted air is eliminated outside the apartment;
• filtering mode, when the polluted air is cleared, and then gets back inside the room.

Important! It is generally believed that 100% of indoor air purification provides exactly the exhaust mode. But in the event that you decide to purchase a filter hood, you better buy the cartridges immediately and change them as needed.

Types of filters

Filters can be either coarse or fine:

1. Filters, which are based on rough cleaning, delay a large number of particles of fat. This is a metal multi-retouch mesh, which must be washed as they are contaminated. An additional filter is a disposable mesh made of synthetic material. To change such detail is necessary in process of pollution therefore as the grid which has developed all resource, will negatively affect all mode of work of your extract.
2. Fine filters, that is, carbon filters. They are purchased separately. The frequency with which it is necessary to change these grids depends only on how often the cooker hood works exactly in the air circulation mode.

Control methods

What is the best way to control the cooker hood? It all depends on your personal preference:

1. Hoods that have touch controls are activated by pressing the touch button. They are convenient, but often the internal circuit breaks down, repair of which is not cheap and can be demanded often after the first breakdown.
2. Push-button control of the hood means pushing the convex buttons. Such a mechanical way of adjusting the operating mode of the hood for the kitchen is the most reliable and durable.
3. Control is also a slider - it is carried out by mechanical horizontal switching. Also a good option in terms of reliability, in addition, at a price such kitchen hoods are very acceptable.
   

Choosing additional functions

When deciding which extractor is best for the kitchen, pay attention to the additional functions, namely:

• residual fan stroke;
• interval switching on the hood.

What this affects:

1. The residual fan stroke will ensure the operation of the hood for some time after it has been turned off - approximately 5 to 15 minutes. This will completely clear all air after you finish cooking.
2. The intermittent switching of the extractor switches the unit on for a short time, once every 1-2 hours for approximately 5-10 minutes, but only at the minimum power. This is done so that the influx of fresh airflow into the room is not interrupted.

Important! Some electronic timers are embedded in some hoods. Turn them on at the end of the cooking process in order for the device to switch itself off after passing a certain time. This principle of operation allows to ensure the maximum efficiency of the operation of the kitchen extractor in each individual case.

Virtually all the hoods are equipped with some kind of lighting fixtures. Can use incandescent lamps, halogen lamps or fluorescent lights. Of course, the hoods in which the incandescent lamps are built are somewhat cheaper, but devices with halogen lamps consume less electricity. To replace all burnt out bulbs in your hood will not be very difficult.

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On what parameters does the effective work of the kitchen hood depend?

The efficiency of the device depends on a large number of factors.

• From the air pressure that the motor produces. If all the air pressure indicators are very high, this means that its performance will also be high.
• From the operation of the kitchen hood. If it is output to the ventilation shaft, the process of operation will be more efficient than in the process of recirculating air currents.
• From the cross-section of grease filters and the density of coal filters, if any. The denser the filter, the smoother the odor is eliminated. But remember, none of the carbon filters does not purify the air 100%.
• From the stock of production performance. The most effective way, which allows you to clean the air in extreme conditions, for example, during the burning of food. When choosing a hood, be sure to pay attention to this parameter.

We hope that our recommendations will help you buy the right equipment for your home, because now you have all the necessary knowledge, information, recommendations for the correct choice of hoods for the kitchen.