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Cooker Hood, Filter replacement and noisy fan

Fan seemed pretty noisy, when switched on and the filter looked a little worse for wear. Wanted to clean and replace the filter.

When working on anything with power to it, switch off the supply first. (i.e. 12 volts, disconnect the battery terminals)

Overview, cooker hood has two switches, one for the fan and one for a light to the side.

Filter looks worse for wear!

Fan connects to ducting in the overhead cupboard...

Then exists on the near-side of the caravan.

Fan housing attached to cupboard by three screws.

The top of the ducting can be pulled off to reveal the fan (I found out by knocking it off!)

Take 3 screws out to release the fan (Note the 2 screws at the rear which attach to the hood below the shelf)

Two more screws along the cupboard, remove to...

Release the hood, wires to switches. L/H- light, R/H-Fan ON/OFF, pull off, make a note of the positions.

Supply wires going to the hood and back to the fan.

Snipped the wires, to remove the fan.

The filter is held in place by two wires

Removing the old filter...

Broke into pieces. Obviously cannot be cleaned up and used again.

Cleaned the hood, made a new filter with aquarium filter wool, held in place by rods.

Then found this in Aldi, the proper material.

Cut a piece to size and installed.

After cleaning the fan, tested by connecting to a car battery, re-installed with washers under the screws.

Pushed vent tube back on top of the fan.

To re-connect to the supply used a terminal strip.

Supply and earth wires prepared for connection.

Screwed into terminal strip.

Cable tie keeps things tidy.

Re-connect wires to the switches, switch on supply and check it works. Switch off...

Then re-attach hood with 4 screws

All back together again. Check again, good to go.