No longer steaming up the van (1 Viewer)

[filopastry]

Last time we were away 'er indoors decided to do some of that fancy steaming cooking, but oh my lord under the shelf above the rings was dripping wet and the cupboards above were full of damp and steam. It seems the extractor fan blew into a silly little box shaped (roughly) affair that simply covered over the outside vent. Trusty saw in hand I took a 100mm 90° bend, maybe 87° to be exact, and cut it to fit between the extractor fan and the outside vent. Advantage thrice fold 1. quieter 2. no more steam in the cupboards or under the shelf as the air flow is now more laminar and effective and 3. and most important, 'er indoors is chuffed and thinks I've done a sterling job, another beer for me I thinks

 

[RogerThat]

Photo(s) please

I do like a DIY mod!

 

[Minxy]

Sound like someone didn't bother fitting it properly in the first place!

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[mushy]

I thought my missus had just replied to that.

 

[rosalan]

...advantage 4. It allows snow to blow in during inclement weather that can be used to make iced tea or coffee.

 

[Lenny HB]

Come on where are those photos.

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[filopastry]

Sorry guys n galls out playing in Strasbourg at the moment back home Tuesday will take photos of the PQ mod. @Minxy Girl that's how Laika fit 'em and in my opinion it aint good when taking into account the original cost of one of these beasts and that my mod added maybe 5euros (retail) and maybe 100/150gramms.

Phil

 

[Just smiffy]

'er indoors is chuffed and thinks I've done a sterling job, another beer for me I thinks

I think she’ll be lining up a few more jobs now...

 

[Minxy]

Sorry guys n galls out playing in Strasbourg at the moment back home Tuesday will take photos of the PQ mod. @Minxy Girl that's how Laika fit 'em and in my opinion it aint good when taking into account the original cost of one of these beasts and that my mod added maybe 5euros (retail) and maybe 100/150gramms.

Phil

Which begs the question as to why they bother at all then ... seems a stupid 'economy measure' to me.

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[filopastry]

This is what Laika call an extractor housing

Take it off and there is the extractor fan and the exit with nothing between to direct the airflow.

Slightly different angle to show the positions of the two parts. Mucky init, as found when first opened.

Inside of the fan housing

Another piccy of the inside of the fan housing, imagine the turbulence inside here also creating noise, I HATE noise, unless of course it is ME making it, then it's not noise it's a craftsmans music.

This is my cut down version of the this from bricodepot for the princely sum of 3.20 euros.
https://www.bricodepot.fr/saintes-s...vitaire-des-eaux-usees-et-pluviales/prod7847/

Then I filled the housing with fibreglass or any other insulating or noise reducing stuff you can find. Remember fibreglass irritates ... but a bit in the knickers of 'er indoors might be funny.

All screwed back together and now the extracted air finds its way to the exit without chasing around the housing looking for a way out. Cos the housing is not hermetically sealed to the van body work then the extracted air can escape into the cupboards taking with it the steam and nastiness you first tried to put outside, NOT NOW . The conversion cost less than 4 euros, took about 1 hour including measuring, and measuring again and measuring yet again because she asked me a bloody question and I forgot the measurements and finally cutting. I added the fibreglass firstly to cut noise and also as an extra thermal barrier to reduce/stop condensation around the pipe. This concludes this episode of the PQ guide to bodging an extractor.

@Minxy Girl you've got to forgive them, they are only engineers ... it takes a real time served bodger to come up with solutions like this.

@RogerThat @Lenny HB photos and destructions as promised.

Phil

 

[RogerThat]

Crackin' job!!

Makes you wonder why they didn't do that themselves?!

Nice one

 

[filopastry]

@RogerThat Thank you, as I mentioned to @Minxy Girl it takes a time served bodger to come up with solutions like that. A mere engineer or designer wouldn't have a clue, they would want to design the bent bit of piping from start, cost of development, research, tooling etc etc would run into £millions not just the 3.20e for the likes of me and thee

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