Vent-A-Hood powerpoint from our January Team Meeting!

1. Level 1 Training

2. Who Is Vent-A-Hood?
Family business (4th generation)
Founded in 1933
First patent for residential range hood 1940
Trademarked Magic Lung 1951
Manufacture only range hoods
Made in the USA

3. The Vent-A-Hood Difference
What sets us apart from the others
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1. Grease Extraction
2. Quietest Brand and Powerful
3. Most Efficient
4. Easiest To Clean
5. Fire Safety
6. Best Warranty

6. Grease Extraction
Vent-A-Hood's centrifugal technology
"The Magic Lung"

8. Grease Extraction
THE PATENTED MAGIC LUNG GEASE
EXTRACTOR COLLECTS 99% OF THE
GREASE 100% OF THE TIME
TWIN CITIES ENGINEERING LABORATORY
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
5% TO 70% VARIABLE GREASE
EXTRACTION IS COLLECTED IN THE FILTER
DURING TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL COOKING
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEATING
REFRIGERATING AND AIR CONDITIONING
ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION

9. Mesh / Screen Filters
• As the mesh filter get greasy it chokes the air flow
• The higher density the mesh, the more effective
the grease capture and more it restricts the air
flow
• The lesser density mesh will allow better air flow
but doesn't capture the grease
• There is no good combination

10. Baffle Filters
• Baffle filters utilize centrifuge technology and can
remove up to 70% of the grease when at high
speed.
• When baffle style hoods are at high speeds they
are producing high levels of sound.
• When baffle style hoods are at any speed other
than high the vapor particles pass freely through
the filter.

11. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating,
Air - Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE)

13. Quietest Brand and Powerful
EACH MAGIC LUNG BLOWER SUPPLIES 300
CFM OF AIR FLOW-COMBINING MULTIPLE
BLOWERS WILL MEET ANY AIR FLOW
REQUIREMENT WITHOUT INCREASING THE
NOISE LEVEL
300 CFM = 5.4 SONES
600 CFM = 6.5 SONES
900 CFM = 6.3 SONES
1200 CFM = 6.6 SONES
VARIABLE SPEED BLOWERS BECOME
LOUDER AND LOUDER AS CFM INCREASES
300 CFM = 6.0 SONES
600 CFM = 9.0 SONES
900 CFM = 12.0 SONES
1200 CFM = 15.0 SONES

14. The Logarithmic Addition of
Equal Noise Sources
5.4 Sones
6.3 Sones
6.5 Sones
6.6 Sones

15. The Quietest Brand
• We had two third party engineering labs test
the following brands:
• Best
• Wolf
• Viking
• Zephyr
• Vent-A-Hood

16. Dallas Audio Post

17. Dallas Audio Post
• Db testing and recording of sound
• Sound proof studio
• Production work for feature films, television,
trailers, and video games
• Desperate Housewives, Friday Night Lights,
Lost

18. Results in db SPL
Make
Vent-a-Hood (1200 cfm)
Model
db SPL (A weighted)
51.3
Speed 4
73.5
65.8
Speed 2
60.1
Speed 1
50.8
Speed 3
74.1
Speed 2
66.9
Speed 1
57
72.3
65.9
Minimum
VBCV36381
Max
Medium
Viking (1200 cfm)
PL462212
62.5
Speed 3
Wolf (1200 cfm)
64.6
150 cfm
AK8300ASK
66.1
300 cfm
Zephyr (1000 cfm)
67.1
600 clm
CP471362SB
1200 cfm
900 cfm
Best (1000 cfm)
B400
Speed
60.6
Max
72.5
Medium
62.3
Minimum
46.8

19. ESL /TEES
• Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL)is the certified lab
for Home Ventilation Institute (HVI)
• A Division of Texas Engineering Experiment station
(TEES)

20. Combined Results
Brand
CFM
Actual
dB/s
Sones
Vent-A-Hood
1200
1180
67.1
6.6
Best
1000
1000*
73.5
12.0
Viking
1200
1026
72.5
11.72
Wolf
1200
1078
72.3
10.79
Zephyr
1000
760
74.1
11.76

22. EFFICIENT
A VENT-A-HOOD SYSTEM HAS A WIDE OPEN,
ACTIVE COLLECTOR THAT REMOVES
CONTAMINANTS. A PROPER COLLECTOR IS
THE MOST CRITICAL ELEMENT FOR GOOD
COOKING VENTILATION AND REQUIRES 1/3
LESS AIR FLOW THAN A FILTER-STYLE RANGE
HOOD
A FILTER-STYLE CLOSED CANOPY
RESTRICTS AIR FLOW

23. • 6.8 Cubic Ft.
• Capture

24. Closed Canopy
0.7 Cubic Feet

25. EASY TO CLEAN
THE NEW IN-THE-SHIELD GREASE
TRAY MAKE ROUTINE CLEANING
EASIER THAN EVER.
CLEANING THE GREASE BEHIND THE
FILTERS IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
GREASE COATS THE MOTORS,
COMPONENTS AND WIRING.

27. • Cleaning the grease behind the
baffle filters is nearly impossible.

28. Fire Safety
THE MAGIC LUNG BLOWER IS DESIGNED TO
KEEP GREASE AND FLAME FROM ENTERING
THE DUCT. IN OVER 75 YEARS, VENT-A-HOOD
HAS NEVER RECEIVED A REPORT OF AN
ATTIC OR WALL FIRE WHEN A MAGIC LUNG
HAS BEEN IN USE.
GREASY FILTERS AND DUCTING ARE
FLAMMABLE. FIRE INSURANCE CLAIMS
AGAINST FILTERED HOODS ARE COMMON.
COOKING FIRES ARE THE LEADING CAUSE
OF HOME FIRES (150,000 PER YEAR).
NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION

29. BEST WARRANTY IN THE INDUSTRY

30. Competitor’s Warranty
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Thermador- 1 Year
Viking- 3 Year
Wolf- 2 Year
Dacor- 1 Year
Best- 1 Year
Broan- 1 Year
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Range Craft- 1 Year
Zephyr- 1 Year
Independent- 1
Year
Elica- 2 Year
GE- 1 Year

32. Ducting & Applications