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pscot

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4. Exhaust vent that sits across the back

Reply to Old and In the Way (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:47 PM

Oct 2016

of a 36 inch cooktop. There are 2 connectors, one for the cooktop and one for the vent. Fan is a rheostat, Vent retracts. If I have to change out the vent it will more than double the cost. Maybe it can't be done. OTOH, if I just leave it as is, someone else will be cooking Thanksgiving dinner.

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installing a new cooktop [View all] pscot Oct 2016 OP

You know what I'd do? MADem Oct 2016 #1

How many wires on the harness coming from the exhaust fan? Old and In the Way Oct 2016 #2

Exhaust vent that sits across the back pscot Oct 2016 #4

You can clip off the connector and wire directly to the fan power, using wire nuts in the junction b Old and In the Way Oct 2016 #6

it's a pop up vent pscot Oct 2016 #8

It's hard to give advice without seeing the actual application. Old and In the Way Oct 2016 #9

You might say it's been moved pscot Oct 2016 #10

I'll be interested in the replies-- I have a downdraft exhaust & I'm ready to do the same thing. TonyPDX Oct 2016 #3

The Thermador is a white elephant pscot Oct 2016 #5

If the lighters have an optical sensor to detect the flame, Thor_MN Oct 2016 #7