Anyone ever work on one of these?
This unit is a site built house and may be 20 years old.
The switch that controls the light and fan has failed.

Lou

On Aug 20, 9:58*pm, LouB wrote:
Anyone ever work on one of these?
This unit is a site built house and may be 20 years old.
The switch that controls the light and fan has failed.

Lou

have you tried calling the manufacturer? how about some local
appliance parts stores?

whats the switch like a 3 or 4 button one for high medium low and off?

the most likely failure is a bad motor.......

range hoods are pretty cheap might be just easier to replace
it...........

bob haller wrote:
On Aug 20, 9:58 pm, LouB wrote:
Anyone ever work on one of these?
This unit is a site built house and may be 20 years old.
The switch that controls the light and fan has failed.

Lou

have you tried calling the manufacturer? how about some local
appliance parts stores?

whats the switch like a 3 or 4 button one for high medium low and off?

the most likely failure is a bad motor.......

range hoods are pretty cheap might be just easier to replace
it...........

Just failed Sat AM.
Already have names of two local outfits that may have parts.
Switch is rotary Light On Light off&Fan on Both on
I am going to check prices of new vent.

Thanks

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LouB wrote:

bob haller wrote:
On Aug 20, 9:58 pm, LouB wrote:
Anyone ever work on one of these?
This unit is a site built house and may be 20 years old.
The switch that controls the light and fan has failed.

Lou

have you tried calling the manufacturer? how about some local
appliance parts stores?

whats the switch like a 3 or 4 button one for high medium low and off?

the most likely failure is a bad motor.......

range hoods are pretty cheap might be just easier to replace
it...........

Just failed Sat AM.
Already have names of two local outfits that may have parts.
Switch is rotary Light On Light off&Fan on Both on
I am going to check prices of new vent.

Thanks

What is your question, anyway? Don't see how to R&R switch? Don't know
where to find replacement?

Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
LouB wrote:

bob haller wrote:
On Aug 20, 9:58 pm, LouB wrote:
Anyone ever work on one of these?
This unit is a site built house and may be 20 years old.
The switch that controls the light and fan has failed.

Lou
have you tried calling the manufacturer? how about some local
appliance parts stores?

whats the switch like a 3 or 4 button one for high medium low and off?

the most likely failure is a bad motor.......

range hoods are pretty cheap might be just easier to replace
it...........
Just failed Sat AM.
Already have names of two local outfits that may have parts.
Switch is rotary Light On Light off&Fan on Both on
I am going to check prices of new vent.

Thanks

What is your question, anyway? Don't see how to R&R switch? Don't know
where to find replacement?

No Q yet. Just looking for someone who has actually worked on their stuff.
OK Q1 Unit may be over 20 years old. Is it worth fixing or should I
just get a new hood? Exhausts outside.

Lou

In article ,
LouB wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
LouB wrote:

bob haller wrote:
On Aug 20, 9:58 pm, LouB wrote:
Anyone ever work on one of these?
This unit is a site built house and may be 20 years old.
The switch that controls the light and fan has failed.

Lou
have you tried calling the manufacturer? how about some local
appliance parts stores?

whats the switch like a 3 or 4 button one for high medium low and off?

the most likely failure is a bad motor.......

range hoods are pretty cheap might be just easier to replace
it...........
Just failed Sat AM.
Already have names of two local outfits that may have parts.
Switch is rotary Light On Light off&Fan on Both on
I am going to check prices of new vent.

Thanks

What is your question, anyway? Don't see how to R&R switch? Don't know
where to find replacement?

No Q yet. Just looking for someone who has actually worked on their stuff.
OK Q1 Unit may be over 20 years old. Is it worth fixing or should I
just get a new hood? Exhausts outside.

Lou

The price of a switch is what, $5? I assume it's just some generic
switch you can buy anywhere? Why not fix it?

"LouB" wrote
OK Q1 Unit may be over 20 years old. Is it worth fixing or should I
just get a new hood? Exhausts outside.

Lou

You can probably fix it far cheaper, but there are other considerations.
Does the hood perform as well as you'd like? If not, replace it.

Can you put in just a new hood or will that be the trigger for a $30,000
kitchen renovation?

Ed Pawlowski wrote:

"LouB" wrote
OK Q1 Unit may be over 20 years old. Is it worth fixing or should I
just get a new hood? Exhausts outside.

Lou

You can probably fix it far cheaper, but there are other considerations.
Does the hood perform as well as you'd like? If not, replace it.

Can you put in just a new hood or will that be the trigger for a $30,000
kitchen renovation?

Probably and no to a renovation:-))

Smitty Two wrote:
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LouB wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
LouB wrote:

bob haller wrote:
On Aug 20, 9:58 pm, LouB wrote:
Anyone ever work on one of these?
This unit is a site built house and may be 20 years old.
The switch that controls the light and fan has failed.

Lou
have you tried calling the manufacturer? how about some local
appliance parts stores?

whats the switch like a 3 or 4 button one for high medium low and off?

the most likely failure is a bad motor.......

range hoods are pretty cheap might be just easier to replace
it...........
Just failed Sat AM.
Already have names of two local outfits that may have parts.
Switch is rotary Light On Light off&Fan on Both on
I am going to check prices of new vent.

Thanks
What is your question, anyway? Don't see how to R&R switch? Don't know
where to find replacement?
No Q yet. Just looking for someone who has actually worked on their stuff.
OK Q1 Unit may be over 20 years old. Is it worth fixing or should I
just get a new hood? Exhausts outside.

Lou

The price of a switch is what, $5? I assume it's just some generic
switch you can buy anywhere? Why not fix it?

I am not so sure on generic $5 switch. BTW Can I assume the hood is on
the same circuit as the stove or a different circuit. Since the light
and fan do not work due to switch going bad there is no easy way to test.

On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:22:06 -0400, LouB wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
LouB wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
LouB wrote:

bob haller wrote:
On Aug 20, 9:58 pm, LouB wrote:
Anyone ever work on one of these?
This unit is a site built house and may be 20 years old.
The switch that controls the light and fan has failed.

Lou
have you tried calling the manufacturer? how about some local
appliance parts stores?

whats the switch like a 3 or 4 button one for high medium low and off?

the most likely failure is a bad motor.......

range hoods are pretty cheap might be just easier to replace
it...........
Just failed Sat AM.
Already have names of two local outfits that may have parts.
Switch is rotary Light On Light off&Fan on Both on
I am going to check prices of new vent.

Thanks
What is your question, anyway? Don't see how to R&R switch? Don't know
where to find replacement?
No Q yet. Just looking for someone who has actually worked on their stuff.
OK Q1 Unit may be over 20 years old. Is it worth fixing or should I
just get a new hood? Exhausts outside.

Lou

The price of a switch is what, $5? I assume it's just some generic
switch you can buy anywhere? Why not fix it?

I am not so sure on generic $5 switch. BTW Can I assume the hood is on
the same circuit as the stove or a different circuit. Since the light
and fan do not work due to switch going bad there is no easy way to test.

There is almost zero chance it's on the same circuit. The stove will be
single-drop 240V circuit. The range hood will most likely be on a 120V
circuit, likely shared with something else.

In article ,
LouB wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:


The price of a switch is what, $5? I assume it's just some generic
switch you can buy anywhere? Why not fix it?

I am not so sure on generic $5 switch. BTW Can I assume the hood is on
the same circuit as the stove or a different circuit. Since the light
and fan do not work due to switch going bad there is no easy way to test.

The first thing you learn in manufacturing is, nobody makes anything.
It's just assembling stuff that someone else made. With nine million
stock switches to choose from, it's virtually inconceivable that the
hood manufacturer designed his own switch. And on the off chance that
you couldn't find an exact drop-in, you could certainly find one that
was functionally equivalent. Might have to modify the mounting a tad.