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pscot

(21,044 posts) Wed Oct 12, 2016, 02:51 PM Oct 2016

installing a new cooktop [View all]

Our cooktop died. It's a 20 year old thermador with a downdraft vent. i'd like to replace the cooktop but keep the downdraft system. The 2 systems are separate but the controls for the downdraft are part of the old cooktop. The vent has its own wiring harness but would need a new control panel mounted somewhere adjacent to the new cooktop. I need some ideas about how this might be done, or if it's even possible.

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installing a new cooktop [View all] pscot Oct 2016 OP

You know what I'd do? MADem Oct 2016 #1

How many wires on the harness coming from the exhaust fan? Old and In the Way Oct 2016 #2

Exhaust vent that sits across the back pscot Oct 2016 #4

You can clip off the connector and wire directly to the fan power, using wire nuts in the junction b Old and In the Way Oct 2016 #6

it's a pop up vent pscot Oct 2016 #8

It's hard to give advice without seeing the actual application. Old and In the Way Oct 2016 #9

You might say it's been moved pscot Oct 2016 #10

I'll be interested in the replies-- I have a downdraft exhaust & I'm ready to do the same thing. TonyPDX Oct 2016 #3

The Thermador is a white elephant pscot Oct 2016 #5

If the lighters have an optical sensor to detect the flame, Thor_MN Oct 2016 #7