Electrical Wiring of a Range Hood?

I understand how to connect wires together. Black to black and white to white. I have done several electrical jobs in my own home with success. However I am trying to connect my range hood to a main power supply and have been unsuccessful several times. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. In fact, I have undercabinet lights run to the same power supply and they work just fine. I know I am not overloading because I have even disconnected my lights and just tried the range hood. Any advice?

sounds as if the under cabinet lights that you are connecting the range hood to are low voltage. Often kitchen under cabinet lights are. The first thing you want to do in any electrical trouble shooting situation is to test the voltage—- make sure you have voltage there. In your case, you are assuming there is voltage there because the lights light up. If they are low voltage you will need to get the wiring to another power source.

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littlebitomagic2000 :
Aug 26, 2010 8:55 am |

could be range hood is no good, it happens, have you tried to wire it to an old extention cord?
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Pete D :
Aug 26, 2010 9:00 am |

sounds as if the under cabinet lights that you are connecting the range hood to are low voltage. Often kitchen under cabinet lights are. The first thing you want to do in any electrical trouble shooting situation is to test the voltage—- make sure you have voltage there. In your case, you are assuming there is voltage there because the lights light up. If they are low voltage you will need to get the wiring to another power source.
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lman9999@pacbell.net :
Aug 26, 2010 9:27 am |

It is that simple you are right.. The only thing I can think of is that maybe you are connecting the hood to the light switch and maybe the hood will operate only when the light switch is on?

Find a direct source from your electrical box and go from there.. Hoods do require a dedicated circuit, but sometimes running a jump wire to an electrical outlet is the only way..
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Red Rooster :
Aug 26, 2010 10:00 am |

Check the circuit print for another switching device, like a damper control or open/closed venting switch. Does it have a pilot light (red) (white) ? It may be controlled by supervisory circuit ?
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tatimsaspas :
Aug 26, 2010 10:49 am |

My advice is call an electrician. Nothing in a home is easier than a hood if that is giving you trouble then you are unqualified to be working with electricity.
As far as the other job you have "successfully" done , just because it works doesn’t me you did it right it could be a fire or accident waiting to happen.
It is very arrogant to think you could learn to do something like the wiring in your home. Most states agree to learn to wire safety takes four years of on the job training and four years of school.
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