Product review (4 stars): there is a big design flaw that makes installation unnecessarily difficult. The power cord adapter is fitted with ...
If you're planning to install this hood using the power-cord kit, there is a big design flaw that makes installation unnecessarily difficult.

The power cord adapter is fitted with a connector which is about 3/4" x 3/4". It snaps in ABOVE a hole in the right rear of the hood. This requires drilling a one-inch hole in the shelf or cabinet above the hood to accommodate the snap-in piece. If your shelf or cabinet base is 3/4" thick, as mine is, the connector will be more-or-less flush with the top of the shelf. So that's fine.

BUT. To install the hood itself you first hold the hood up, mark the screw holes, then set aside the hood & insert the screws most of the way. You then (horizontally) slide the hood into the screws via keyhole slots in the top of the hood, then tighten the screws. Very easy. EXCEPT, obviously you can't slide the hood in horizontally with the cord adapter sticking out the top. Naturally, you'd think you would install the hood, then pop in the cord adapter. CAN'T BE DONE. The snap-in mechanism on the cord won't just drop, twist, coax or wiggle in. You have to get your fingers right down to the top of the hood where it snaps in. There's no room to do that if you've got a one-inch hole.

SO, if you're using the cord adapter, you either have to (a) drill a hole in the shelf or cabinet above the hood big enough to get your fingers & the adapter into (not a great solution if you're going to use the shelf) or cabinet, OR (b) put the adapter into the hood first & raise the hood into the shelf (vertically), fitting the adapter into the hole. This means you can't slide the hood horizontally into into the screws. You have to insert the screws while holding the hood in place. Although the hood is very light-weight, this is a major pain & completely defeats the purpose of the keyhole slots, designed to make the install easy.

To summarize, the power-cord adapter requires you to raise the hood (i.e., vertically) into the shelf or cabinet above it. But the hood is designed to slide in horizontally. So a big ole design flaw.

The electrical connection itself, once you get the hood in, is extremely easy to make. And the hood works fine.

Marie Burns
http://www. RealityChex.com