Electrical Chimney – Introduction
People asked us here and here about electrical chimneys. We mentioned briefly in our article Hob placement in kitchen – User Query what an electric chimney is supposed to do.
It is a vacuum cleaner kind of a device which has a motorized way of creating an air turbulence. Somewhat similar to an exhaust fan, a chimney throws air out of the cooking area creating a low pressure/suction effect near the cooking media.
However, an electric chimney is far more sophisticated in nature. For starters, it has a duct mechanism which serves to channel the air flow in an efficient manner.(Compact chimneys do not have the duct). While the exhaust fan has a powerful suction at it’s rear end, the smoke does not have to get guided all the way to the fan which is situated at the top end of the room.
The electric chimney is therefore located just above your cooking stove/hob and the smoke which logically rises above, enters the chimney automatically. Further the surface area is quite large which makes escaping of the smoke no longer an issue. (an exception here would be steam from the whistle of a pressure cooker which would escape sideways and not to the top. However it is more or less pure steam so less harm is done.)
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When turned on, a constant low pressure and flush out effect is created in the Chimney which sucks the smoke into the hood and expels it outside the kitchen.
Most chimneys have buttons with which you can control the speed of operation. Further they have illumination so that you can see what you are cooking. This is really a good feature.
Chimneys are available with or without hood. We will cover some details in the next post, so keep reading. Predominantly, chimneys need a duct pipe to expel the gases, so please plan this in advance.
As with any electric appliance, there are criteria to choose the electric chimney. The most important one is the suction power. It is measured in cubic meter per hour (m3/hour)
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Posted by Vivek
on Oct 8 2007 Filed under Electric Chimney.
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Speaking from experience, the electric chimneys need regular cleaning if cooking with oil is a daily affair. The fumes settle as grime.
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I bought two Faber Chimnies
a) 712090505 (90″ baffle filter)
b) 712087452 (60″ baffle filter)
We use the first one and the second one is not being used at all. The first one is giving us trouble and stopped working sometime back. We filed a complaint (# 70971) for it on 13th June.
1) The service poeple came after repeated requests on 17th June (4 days after the complaint was filed) identified the fault and said that he would return as and when the part was available with him.
2) He came back on 19th June identified another issue which he had missed out earlier said he would contact his superior and disappeared. Today as i write is 21st June. Is this how the company promises to resolve issues in 24 -48 hrs or is it days in which case i stand at fault for writing too soon.
It appears that the service people who are coming have little or no knowledge about the product.
When i had bought the Chimnies i had gone by the precision and service attitude that the German companies stand for. But on hind sight i was grossly wrong. I have just been wasting money and time on the phone calls. Had i known that the FABER has come down so much as a product company i would not have given it a second thought. As things stand i would never advice anyone to buy any FABER product.
A very dissatisfied customer
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Sachin S Saxena
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I am desparetely lookin for a service centre for refair fo my chimney in Siliguri and Gangtok. But to my utter surprise I am not able to find a single one. If any one from faber can suggest me what can I do?
i wount to buy chimney for hotel in navi mumbai
I WOUNT TO BAY CHIMNEY FOR MY HOTEL AT VASHI NAVI MUMBAI PL ADVICE
i would buy the chimney for sale purpose.
i am technician for hobs and hoods if any wants to hire me may pls contact at rkhatik@gmail.com
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Information of this electric chimney.
i am looking for a electric chimney (1000 wts,baffle) one with good service in bangalore(bannerghatta rd) please suggest any dealers.
My partner and i definitely have to think far more in that course and find out what i can do about it.
I am planning to take a chimney for my newly built apartment for which if i want to go for a duct one in need to twist the duct twice to open it outside. so, can i go for a chimney which doesn’t have any duct ? will that be function same as the one which has the duct?
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