Do I Need To Use Viking Brand Blower with a Viking Hood ?

10 years ago

Im about to buy this hood :

VCWH4248SS

http://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/VCWH4248SS.html

The retailer is telling me I must use a Viking brand blower as well, there is no other suitable option. i plan to install the 10" duct work and it will be about 30' with several 90 degree bends. Therefore I want to use a 1200 CFM inline blower, like the FanTech FKD-10XL, which is only $400. The similar Viking version is about $1200, 3x the price!

If its all the same, I would rather just use the FanTech blower since this will reside up in the attic or somewhere in the duct work close to the attic.

Im wondering if when Viking sells these hoods, do they NOT supply some of the mounting hardware that is only included with their blower motor kit ? Or perhaps is it not possible to wire in a generic blower motor to the Viking hood ?

Im trying to save some $ here, and this is the ONLY hood that I think will look good in my new kitchen so I definitely want it. Just dont want to spend more than I need to on a Viking brand blower when a Fantech brand is every bit as good...

Thanks in advance!

Comments (4)

geoffrey_b
10 years ago
I have a VIking hood and remote blower.

Sure, you can use a different blower - but I don't know about the fan speed control in the hood, if it would work for the FanTech.

I've used FanTech axial fans for bathroom exhaust - they work well.
A2T2
Original Author
10 years ago
yeah thats sort of what i was worried about. Dont know if the blower viking provides has some circuit to integrate with the speed control on the hood.
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geoffrey_b
10 years ago
I'd ask Viking what kind of speed control it is. Then ask FanTech if it will work.
steelcfo
10 years ago
During our kitchen remodel a little over 2 years ago, I purchased a Viking island hood off of Ebay that did not have the blower. All the literature said to use the Viking blower but I determined that was for warranty purposes. Since I was not getting a warranty anyway and what really needs to be warranted on the actual hood anyway, I purchased an inline Fantech blower and silencer that is mounted away from the hood. The same model as yours just 900 cfm. I had no problem hooking it up to the electrical switch box in the hood and the controls and light work as designed. The only problem is that I am not sure you can get a Viking supplier to sell a Viking hood without their blower as it may violate rules of distribution, that is why I started to look on Ebay. Do not rule out looking for it on Ebay as I remember there were quite a few models always available when I was looking. I was surprised to find the island hood I needed, but lucked out and saved quite a bit off both the hood and going with Fantech.