Snorvey wrote:The PCB blew in my cooker hood back in January and I've been struggling to find a replacement. I have located and ordered one from a company who said they had on in stock, but it turns out they didnt. Now I get a weekly email from them telling me how they are still trying to secure stock and thank you for my patience etc etc.
After stripping it back to remove the PCB it all looks pretty simple in there and I'm wondering. Is it possible to bypass the PCB and just have a simple fused on off switch? I'm not all that bothered about the lights etc. Just the extractor and a single speed would be fine.
I'd get an electrician in to do the work.
It's INSANE, the number of appliances containing unnecessary, cheap and unreliable PCBs nowadays. The rot started with washing machines about 20 years ago.
But to answer your question, the fan in your cooker hood almost certainly runs on plain vanilla 230Vac, If true and if you are happy with it running flat out all the time when ON, yes your sparky can easily bypass everything inside it and give you a switch on the wall to turn it on and off.