Cooker hood vent or recirc

[swampydrill]

Was going to use the old hygena cooker hood above the hob. is there an easy way to tell if its a vent only hood or vent and recirc.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Does it have a pipe to outside? If so, vented.

No such thing as vent and recirc. It will be one or the other.

 

[swampydrill]

Well thats not correct, wickes sell zanussi cooker hoods for built in kitchens, they state ducted or recirculation, as does zanussi website. The difference is you fit a blank plate over the ducting port. Mine has a facility to put a vent pipe on but i wondered how to tell difference. I think the difference maybe what type of filter or maybe different fan.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Well thats not correct, wickes sell zanussi cooker hoods for built in kitchens, they state ducted or recirculation, as does zanussi website.

Yes - OR - you choose which you want. You cannot have both.

The difference is you fit a blank plate over the ducting port.

Exactly - blocking one or the other.

Mine has a facility to put a vent pipe on but i wondered how to tell difference.

There is no difference. It depends how you fit it.
Either you vent it to outside through a pipe or you block the pipe vent and it is blown back into the room through the filter.
Without the filter on recirculated it would be useless.

I think the difference maybe what type of filter or maybe different fan.

No. you remove the filter if you want it vented to outside.