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Ventahood cleaning the squirrel cage

carree
9 years ago

I have 48 inch ventahood with two fans (I think it is 1200 cfms). I have removed the grease shield and box for cleaning out the grease but as I stare at the white squirrel cage fans, I see that grease has accumulated on the blades. I am not at all handy so I hesitate to attempt to pull this off to clean ....am I meant to be using an Allen key remove the cage for cleaning? And if so, will reinstalling it be a breeze? I am hard pressed to find the space to manipulate the unit without kneeling on the stove (which bluestar cautions against). I did read other posts from a few years ago about paint coming off but I'm wondering if the manufacturing process has changed. Thank you.

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