Range Hood Fan

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We were cooking with the range hood fan on, and it suddenly quit running. Interestingly, the hood light stayed on. I looked at the fuses and didn't find any that were bad.

I assume that since the light works, that the power coming to the hood is good. One thing I did notice when I had the fan assembly opened, that one of the leads to the fan has what looks like a resistor in line. Since we just arrived in Bullhead City, Az and they have a Harbor Freight and will grab one of the multimeters and start checking voltages.

wa8yxm · Answer

Might have been a resistor or a thermal fuse.. It might be bad or not (you need a multi-meter to be sure) I've had to replace a motor or two.

jimk-ny · Answer

I would like to find a hood fan that was not a piece of junk.  Mine is so noisy I hate to use it.  There also seems to be another issue.  Every exhaust flapper I have seen is just made from cheap plastic.  I need a ladder in order to latch the flapper.  If it is not latched it flaps while I drive and does not last long.

wnjj · Answer

JimK-NY wrote:I would like to find a hood fan that was not a piece of junk.  Mine is so noisy I hate to use it.  There also seems to be another issue.  Every exhaust flapper I have seen is just made from cheap plastic.  I need a ladder in order to latch the flapper.  If it is not latched it flaps while I drive and does not last long.As someone suggested to me, use the awing pull rod to operate the latches.  I also did this to add protection and allow open and close from inside:  http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/24397265.cfmOP, as others have mentioned that resistor thing is likely a thermal fuse.  They are cheap, like the fan itself.  I once replaced on on a home range vent fan.

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