DIY downdraft kitchen range hood extractor with DIY carbon filter re-circulation review test
Вставка
- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- After 3 years of using my downdraft extractor, an inside view how it performance and how the carbon filter is holding. See also a former video:
• Selfmade downdraft kit...
Absolutely love it, exactly what I was looking for.
I like the idea of downdraft even more than those slanted 'headfree' units, but commercial solutions seem way overpriced. Thanks for showing this super simple setup!
Thanks for your kind comments. Success with your downdraft. If I can help you out, please let me know.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I am really hoping to implement a similar solution. I am considering making the splashback taller than yours, with a bigger ledge, and putting the extraction hole directly in the splashback (frontal view), beneath the ledge. Do you think this could work well? How high do you recommend having the extraction hole? What are the dimensions of your splashback and ledge?
Do you cook a lot?
I wonder where the grease is going. Usually its trapped in the carbon filter. In this case filter looks quite clean.
We cook daily, but vegeterian. With meat you should replace the carbon filter more often I guess.
Great idea. Will build it in my new house. But i think i will place the motor al little farer away. Maybe that will reduce the sound. Maybe you can tell us the manufacturer number of the motor. Thanks a lot.
ventilation-system.com/product/tt-pro-250-ec
Hi, fantastic idea!!! It’s so easy to do it and cheap instead to buy it...
I have a question, if I put a pipe so the smoke goes out , you think it will work?
It will work, but keep in mind that the maximum capacity is 1400 m3/h. I didn't do it because we have also a fire place,. I am afraid the smoke will go the wrong way then. A normal kitchen hood takes 300-400 m3/h, downdraft around 700 m3/h.
Thanks for posting this. I am trying to "fix" the previous owner of my homes' attempt at a DIY downdraft hood vent. Unlike yours, mine is vented to the outside and is powered by a fan that is mounted to the exterior of the house. Currently there is no filter! So grease ends up trapped in the duct work and ultimately the fan is not nearly as powerful as yours. I am hoping to use what's there and improve it but I may end up having to build a recirculating fan such as yours. Thanks again.
Hope you can fix it and enjoy your downdraft again. For some reason we do not have any grease problem, also the filter remains quite clean. I don't know where the grease is going, but it makes life easier.
@@johnnieboer6339 How big is the opening above the counter top and how did you calculate the size of this opening?
@@johannsehmsdorf9771 opening is 700x100 mm. I didn't calculate it, in practice it suit the capacity of the fan.
Hi. I hope you can make. An update video also ahowing maintenance Thanks!
Pure genius! Thank you!
Very nice set up. How do you filter the oil? Also with the carbon filter?
Yes, there is no separate filter for grease. We don't have any grease problems, but we eat vegetarian, maybe when cooking meat is will become an issue. The carbon filter will capture the grease, so than you have to replace it now and then.
Genius. Thanks for share.
Love it.. though how do you access the fan incase you wanna do some maintenance.
Look at the end of the video...
yes, easy to remove the panel. Last year I replaced the fan because the variable speed control was not functioning any more.
Great job.. How do exhaut air.. Is it only by fan or strong vaccum machine outdoor
Its only the fan, but the capacity is twice that of the official downdrafts
exactly the thing i was looking for. I'm planning to build the same koncept, only in a corner. and i wanted to figure out if it was ok to blow the air directly at the floor.
nice to hear. it is funny how a simple diy solution is far better than complex expensive on the market products. succes with your downdraft!
@@johnnieboer6339 so far I've build the cabinet or of spare shelves I had lying around. Next is the housing for the pump. I'm adding an extra weaker fan for nonstop filtration of the air in the house
photos.app.goo.gl/iG3KbRZhgUqtwAUF7
@@ondegnom that's a very nice picture, handy to use the corner this way.
@@ondegnom How did you calculate the size of the opening above your counter top?
@@johannsehmsdorf9771 no calculation, just winging it. I just measured the height of my biggest pot, and added a bit.
Love it. Might have to borrow this idea for my new kitchen.
Be my guest. I think ii works better than the sophisticated ones you can buy in the store. Suucces.
Thanks for sharing. What kind of carbon filter did you get?
thank you very much for sharing.
This was really helpful.
thanks, succes with your job!
1400 m³ per hour is 824 CFM
Please can you quote the model of the fan? It is indeed, powerful! I like what I saw, and would like to make one..
All the best from Serbia!!🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
www.jr-luchttechnieken.nl/buisventilator1110/1400m3thermostaat
where does the air exhaust too once it sucks the air out?
Hi Kris, the fan blows it down to the floor, and then it goes back in the kitchen. you can feel the air along your bare feet.
@@johnnieboer6339 it blows the moist air back into the kitchen? It doesn't go outside?
@@TheChadjacobs air goes back in the room, no problem at all. the carbon filter works fine.
What is your max CFM on that fan?
capacity is 1400 m3/h
Is the 1400 the max capacity?
Can be more than 1400 m3/h, but the noise level gets even more annoying I'm afraid.
@Victor Vek 1400m3/h in CFM IS 824 CFM
This is interesting.