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Advanced Sensor Control cooker hoods are fitted with a sensor which detects steam, vapours, smoke and odours generated by the cooking process. This makes cooker hoods fully automatic and no manual intervention is required. When the sensor detects the vapours etc, cooker hoods automatically switch on to the first speed. Every 10 seconds an internal microprocessor monitors the data for a further few minutes to ensure all residual odours have been eliminated before cooker hoods switch itself off.
Further benefits include:
The cooker hoods sensor will detect an abnormal presence of gas - a great safety feature.
Cooker hoods can be manually operated and used as a traditional hood if you so desire. Cooker hoods hood can be changed from ASC system to manual operation at the touch of a button.
Positioning cooker hoods
Cooker hoods are best planned to be sited onto an outside wall in the kitchen if this is at all possible. By doing this you will minimise the length of the ducting and maximise the performance.
Cooker Hoods Ducting
General guidelines: All our cooker hoods have high performance extraction rates, therefore using the correct size ducting is of paramount importance. The majority have outlets to accept 150mm ducting. Do not be tempted to use reducers and fit 125mm or 100mm ducting as this will dramatically reduce performance and increase noise levels. Do not use concertina type expanding 150mm ducting.
When planning your cooker hoods ducting run try to keep the number of bends to a minimum as this will also help maximise the cooker hoods performance. We suggest that you always utilise Rigid Circular Ducting or Mega Duct to optimise performance.
Note that any ducting used must not be connected to any existing ventilation or flue system that is being used for any other purpose.
Cooker Hoods over BBQ's, Griddles etc
If you intend to use cooker hoods over a BBQ or Griddle then you must duct out. We strongly recommend that any cooker with a BBQ is always sited on an outside wall so as to minimise the ducting run and maximise the hood performance.
Height above Hotplates
Ideally cooker hoods should be positioned between 650mm to 750mm above the hotplate. Note that the chimney hood must not be positioned less than 650mm. If you are using a back panel you will find the height pre-determined at 660mm.
Chimney Cooker Hoods - Telescopic Flues
All the wall mounted chimney cooker hoods and corner chimney hoods have telescopic flues, which adjust to suit most room heights. The telescopic flue is made up of a lower and upper section. The lower section houses the motor, the upper section conceals the ducting and is open at the rear to allow turning the ducting through 90o. Alternatively the ducting can be run out the top of the upper section and through the ceiling.
Other wall mounted chimney cooker hoods have the motor in the base section and the telescopic flue hides the ducting. The flue is again open at the rear so that ducting can be run out through the rear wall or run out the top through the ceiling.
Before ordering a hood, measure your ceiling height. Double check that everything will fit or ask your installer to check sizes on your behalf.
Island Cooker Hoods
When deciding on island cooker hoods, there are several considerations to make. Ensure that the ceiling is sound and that it has adequate strength to accept the weight of the hood. The second point is to consider the route for the ducting and if your ceiling has joists which direction do they run. It is obviously not possible to run the ducting in the opposite direction to the joists. Check the height of your joists as these are often 5" so Mega Duct may be your ideal solution.
Canopy Cooker Hoods
These cooker hoods are designed for fitting into an aperture of a canopy housing which can be of metal or cabinetry construction such as an over mantle arrangement. Sometime a canopy is an ideal solution for positioning above a range that is sited in a disused chimney breast. If you are having a canopy housing constructed, it will be beneficial to incorporate an encatchment area into the underside of the housing - this would be a recess to hold and contain fumes etc before the canopy motor extracts these away. If the underside of the canopy housing was totally flat, you can run the added risk of fumes etc spilling around the front and sides of the canopy housing. If the canopy housing is constructed from inflammable materials it must be a minimum of 650mm above the hotplate. |
