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Now today I’m going to show you how easy it is to remove the filters and do a comprehensive cleaning
on
one of our range hoods. Now this model is our plfw one, one six.
It's here in our warehouse display Area.
Very simple, now this cleaning should take you less than a minute or two.
What you're going to do is remove the baffle Filters. You’re going to put those in the dishwasher
and you're going to remove the grease tray, clean that up and then we’re also going to show you how to remove
the blower fan.
So what we're going to do
The first thing, the first step, start with the center,
push it to the back and pull these out.
Each of these comes out the same way.
Now you can see in our display area, we still have the film left on. You would take that
off in your environment.
So we’re going to remove all these
Very quick, very simple.
Slide them up and towards the front
first
and then pull them out.
Now again, those will go right in the dishwasher
and what you going to want to do is remove this grease pan
So here right in the back. Now
if you're in a greasy environment, you’ve cooked a lot
you'd have some condensation.
For the average cooking environment you can go for years without cleaning this but we
recommend generally about once a year
so you would just
put this in your sink warm, soapy water. Clean it out and then re-install it, make sure it’s dry.
Now that we've removed baffle filters, I’m Going to show you how easy it is
check and clean you're fan blades. These are your blower blades.
This model and most of our nine hundred cfm Models, especially low-profile hoods that are like
this
have a dual motor,
dual fan system, and so
it draws the air from both sides of the hood that's the best way to have it so that you get an even distribution
Of airflow. Now the idea here is we're going to remove these three screws
to bring down this protective cover and we're going to undo the center hub to remove
the fan.
You can use a drill or screw driver.
I’ve got a drill to make it fast.
Remove these three screws
We’ll pull down the protective cover
And then you have a center hub here
and what you’ll do
on the center hub, it will show you which direction to loosen tight because some of
them were threaded in reverse
so this was threaded in reverse
and then
we want to just pull this down.
Now the reason that you'd want to do this
is let's say that you have a barbecue environment, let's say that you're using this
in an outside environment,
let's say you have a lot of smoke
a lot of
real greasy, dirty environment,
you'll get buildup on these blades.
That'll reduce the airflow.
It'll increase the noise
And it’ll also reduce the motor life on the fan. These are Designed to last a lifetime.
You can see it's an all metal blade, powder coated
and very efficient. These will last a lifetime.
Now this can go write in the dishwasher with your
baffle filters
So easy to clean.
Now the other reason we're showing this to you is that occasionally, every once in a while,
We’ll get one of these hubs, these center nuts, coming loose during shipping
and you'll be able to hear it
so just remember that so if you ever
you have to change this if you have a
noise or rubbing sound, you probably need to go in and tighten the nut.
Now the other thing I do want to mention is that these are directional so
In a lot of cases just like if a blower
Is a
horizontal or a vertical blower, like this,
you'll have one is the left and one is right so remember which side they go on.
So this one has an “f” on it
and we need to remember that. Now
This, on the back here
is a groove it lines up with a pin
that is in
on the spindle of the motor. Can you see that?
So to reinstall it,
we simply slide this up.
Slide it into place and then tighten up our
hub
and tighten it nice and tight.
A lot of customers after the first cleaning
will simply leave the protective cover off
the protective covers actually in place
because before we had baffle filters,
they used to hang a grease cup from right here
We don't need that anymore because the Grease now collects in the grease cup in the back and
The baffle filter
but we still have a lot of these models will still have the protective cover
to meet,
just to protect the consumers from putting their hand in there when the motors running.
Ok, so there you have. We’ve cleaned our grease tray. Our Grease tray back right back up in there
Grease tray slide in the very back with the thin at the back.
Now we take our filters.
Again, we're going to put in the back start in the center,
back first and then down
and slide them over.
There you have it. It’s really that easy. It takes about five minutes to clean your range hood.
Do it once or twice a year depending on Your use and where you have it and it
will give you years of trouble-free service. Thanks for watching!