When it comes to kitchen cleaning, many people pay attention to the floor and countertop, but few people remember the range hood, but the range hood is easiest place to accumulate oil stains in the kitchen. Not cleaning the range hood for a long time can bring the following multi-faceted hazards:
Health hazards：
Increased risk of respiratory diseases: Grease fumes contain harmful substances such as aldehydes and benzopyrene. If not cleaned regularly, exhaust becomes blocked, and the grease fumes accumulate indoors. When inhaled, they can easily cause laryngitis, bronchitis, chronic pharyngitis, and respiratory diseases, and even increase the risk of lung cancer.
Skin problems: Harmful substances in cooking fumes adhere to the skin, which can lead to dry, rough, and wrinkled skin, and may also skin allergies, acne, and other issues, especially for women who cook frequently.
Cardiovascular disease risk: Harmful substances in cooking fumes can enter the human body and may have adverse effects on the cardiovascular system, and long-term exposure increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and coronary heart disease.
Bacterial virus breeding: The oil stains inside the range hood are a breeding ground for bacteria, mold, and viruses, and when it is turned on, theflow will carry these microorganisms out, contaminating the kitchen environment and potentially causing gastrointestinal discomfort, respiratory infections, and other issues among family members.
potential safety hazard：
Fire risk: Accumulated oil dirt is a flammable substance with a low ignition point, and it is very easy to cause a fire when exposed to open flame (such as the flame during stir-frying) or high-temperature baking, posing a serious threat to family safety.
Circuit fault: oil has conductivity, if it penetrates into electrical junction boxes, switches and other circuit parts, it may cause short circuit, poor contact, even cause electric leakage accidents.
Risk of body falling off: For heavier European-style range hoods, if the oil is not cleaned for a long time, the weight of the oil, oil screen and internal oil stains may exceed the load-bearing capacity of the fixing parts, causing the fixing parts to loosen, and even the whole machine to fall off.
Performance and life impact：
Reduced suction power: Grease blockages in the air duct and increased weight of the impeller can lead to a significant decrease in the suction power smoke exhaust efficiency of the range hood, causing a large amount of cooking fumes to linger in the kitchen and affecting the cooking environment.
Increased noise: The oil stain sticks to the motor shaft, increasing friction during operation, resulting in more pronounced noise, and at the same time, increasing the on the motor and increasing power consumption.
Shorten service life: The acidic substances formed by the oxidation of oil stains will corrode the parts of the range hood, accelerate aging, and may faults such as motor burning and capacitor damage, shortening the overall service life of the machine.
In summary, regular cleaning of the range hood is not only a need to keep the kitchen clean, but also an important measure to ensure the health of family, family safety and the normal operation of equipment. It is recommended to have a deep cleaning every 3-6 months according to the frequency of use, and simple maintenance can also done by wiping the surface oil stains in daily life.
