Air purifiers for the kitchen, installing air purifiers with your own hands: instructions, photo and video tutorials, price

In fact, to disassemble each of the possible models of the air cleaner "to the screw", there is not only a possibility, but also a necessity. But to get a general idea of ​​what kitchen air cleaners are, how to choose them correctly and install them with your own hands, this mini-instruction will help you. Moreover, no one doubts the need to install this unit.

This cylinder will help you solve a lot of kitchen smell problems.

There are many products, few principles

In any supermarket of household appliances, the number of models dazzles. The sellers will be able to tell you about the manufacturer in a qualified manner, stuff their story technical information, and they will not forget to pay attention to the fact that the price of the product plays an important role in choise. But in fact, everything is much simpler and more banal. There are only two basic principles of air cleaner operation.

Based on this, there are:

• Air cleaner for the kitchen with an exhaust type of work;
• Recirculating kitchen air cleaner;
• And, of course, a mixed type, where can we go without them.

In the products of the first type, the principle of irreversible removal of air impurities from the kitchen room into the ventilation shaft and the atmosphere is incorporated.

In the second device, the principle of setting filters and forced air passage through them is triggered. In this case, the air returns to the kitchen, and fat, fumes remain on the structure of the filters.

The mixed type assumes the presence of two filtration mechanisms at once.

The clarity needs no comments.

There are no ideals, but you can compare

Like any technical invention, a kitchen air purifier has its positive and negative sides, knowledge of which will greatly facilitate the choice when buying this household appliance. So let's compare:

• The easiest way is to install a recirculating hood. Here the advantage is indisputable and unambiguous. These household appliances do not require ventilation shafts or complex air extraction systems. As they say, I hung it over the stove, turned it on and forgot about the problems.
• According to the coefficient of efficiency, the palm belongs to the exhaust system. Everything that is gone will not come back.

Note! Comparing the two types of hoods, according to this parameter, I would like to note that moisture does not disappear anywhere in recirculation systems, it will also make its own cycle in the kitchen, as without the hood. Although we must give her credit, she retains fumes, odors, and fat well.

• In winter, the recirculation system will certainly be the best heat saver. The cherished kilojoules of heat will not, as they say, fly into the pipe.
• In matters of overall savings, the exhaust system is in the lead. There is no need to spend money on filters, replacing them.
• And yet, about the questions of who works quieter, of course, the exhaust units. They do not have to strain to push the entire air mass through carbon, sufficiently dense and intractable filters.

Find out also how to properly install the hood in the kitchen.

The hood should not only be functional, but also elegant.

Ignorance of technical parameters does not exempt from possible disappointments

Therefore, in addition to a comparative analysis, you are welcome to try our technical delights, which will greatly facilitate your life when buying a product, and save money at the same time. And it will be easy to remember them, because they will relate exclusively to your kitchen.

We need:

• Determine the size of the work surface;
• Calculate performance for making the right choice;
• Determine the noise level.

And in more detail:

• About working surfaces. There is a very simple rule that does not even require basic technical or mathematical knowledge, namely:

The length of the working surface of the hood must be greater than or equal to the length of the working surface of the stove. As you can see, nothing complicated so far.

A very revealing photo. At the same time, the size ratio is very clearly visible on the contrasting apron on the wall.

Note! There are three standards for hood lengths. These are 60.90 and 120 cm. In some cases, especially when taking the stove to the center of the kitchen and forming the island, the use of several stoves, or stoves of non-standard sizes, requires an increase in the number of hoods. Just remember that the kitchen surface must be completely controlled by the hood.

• About performance. Productivity is the volume of air that the air cleaner is able to drive through itself in an hour. There is a calculated performance and declared by the manufacturer.

Advice! The capacity of the hood declared in the data sheet must be no less than the calculated one.

Stove "under the hood".

And now about the important thing. How to calculate the estimated performance. This is easy and simple to do. The volume of the kitchen space is calculated by multiplying the length, width and height of your kitchen. Then we multiply this indicator by 12 and by 1.3.

What are these numbers - these are coefficients calculated empirically for kitchens. Where 12 is the coefficient of the frequency of air exchange specifically for the kitchen, 1.3 is the coefficient necessary for pumping air through the ventilation ducts in a multi-storey building.

Note! In one-story private houses, the coefficient 1.3 can be neglected. Note! We present the calculation for an ordinary Khrushchev with a standard area of ​​6 square meters, a ceiling height of 2.5 m, and using the above coefficients. As a result, we have 6x2.5x12x1.3 = 234 m3 / h. This value is the minimum required, but we dare to notice that any hood can handle such a load.

• About noise. No matter how much you want, but this household appliance cannot be called low-noise. However, for it, the noise level threshold is set at 65 dB. And although the noise level of modern air purifiers is lower by about 55dB, below we give several noise characteristics for comparison and better perception of information. A normal, unemotional conversation between two people takes place at 66dB, a washing machine in centrifuge mode will give 68dB, up to 45dB a refrigerator will please us.

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Installation is simple

The form does not matter, the principles are the same.

The very installation of an air cleaner in the kitchen will not be a problem. However, here we cannot but voice a few general rules for installing a household appliance.

Good to know! There are calculated values ​​for the minimum distance from the hood to the working surface of the plate. For gas stoves, this value is 65 cm, for electric - 50. For ease of perception, we suggest you remember the number 70, universally and without power loss. But there is one more piece of advice worth listening to. The fact is that the maximum distance has not been set, but when the calculated distance is doubled, it automatically requires an increase in the exhaust power 4 times higher than the calculated one. This is the math.

Moving on to the issue of direct installation, remember a number of simple tips that will allow you to install the hood yourself without loss.

Tip 1! The marking of the attachment points is checked by the level. Horizontal placement is not only a question of aesthetics, but also a question of functionality, otherwise the hood can quickly fail. Tip 2! If a kitchen air purifier requires the installation of outlet ducts, then the question often arises which is better than corrugation or PVC ducts. Of course, corrugation is cheaper, but plastic is more aesthetically pleasing, and flat with a rectangular section can be perfectly hidden on the second-tier cabinets.

Installation with corrugation. Sketchy but clear.

Plastic flat channels, will follow any bend.

Beauty requires sacrifice, and air purifier care

In the manufacture of hoods, metal is most often used, which is easy to care for, but filters, especially mechanical ones, require cleaning. The filter can be cleaned either manually or in the dishwasher. There is only one condition when washing in a machine: there should be no dishes with food residues with the filter. If these residues get into the filter, it will be very problematic to get them out of there.

Cleaning without dishes.

Finally

These are the air purifiers. Demanding and fastidious, but they will perfectly cope with the tasks. If you want more proof, please - video confirmation.

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