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Vents should turn on automatically while the burner is ignited and for some amount of time after.
by cwkoss 5y ago
Vents should turn on automatically while the burner is ignited and for some amount of time after.
- majormajor 5y agoThat would be nice, and maybe brand-new places are doing that, but across 10+ apartments with gas stoves I've rented in the past 15-odd years, none of them have done that.
- cwkoss 5y agoMe neither. I have an induction burner and would still love this feature on my vent - particularly for smoky steaks or oil fumes - sometimes I forget to turn it on/off. I think an IR thermometer that activates the vent whenever the cooktop is over ~115F would accomplish this pretty well, provided the switch had a manual override to force it on if the sensor fails. A quick search indicates they do exist on some pricier models. I suppose there could be edge cases where the vent could make a stove fire worse by increasing airflow - wonder if these 'smart' vents have logic to handle these cases.
- eigenhombre 5y agoI personally have never seen this happen on any gas stove I've been around (US Midwest mostly).