Service
La Cornue hood blower and capacitor repair
One 600 CFM blower on a four-speed variable motor, and on the larger motorized hoods two of them. A blower that has started to rumble will eventually stop, usually on the day the kitchen is full — and where there are two, one can fail silently while the other carries the load.
- From $95 diagnostic, credited to the repair
- 59 cities and neighborhoods covered
- OEM parts available on order
- In writing the price, before anything is opened
Before you read on
What this job costs and how it is agreed
A starting figure, not a quote. What moves it is the model, how the unit is built in and which part it needs — settled after the on-site diagnostic.
Starts at
from $285
After a diagnostic from $95, which comes off the bill when you go ahead.
or call (305) 614-3699
Diagnostic
From $95, credited to the repair
The price
In writing, before anything is opened
Warranty
On the labor we performed
On the visit
How this visit actually goes
The same order every time, so nothing is opened and nothing is charged before you have seen the figure and said yes.
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01
Listen and measure
Current draw and speed against specification. A motor pulling hard at low speed is a bearing or a capacitor.
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02
Test the capacitor
Cheap, common and frequently the whole problem. It is checked before a motor is condemned.
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03
Measure the motor at each speed
A four-speed variable motor that only performs at one speed may be the control rather than the motor.
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04
On a two-motor hood, test both
One blower can fail silently while the other carries the room. The only symptom is a kitchen that clears slowly.
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05
Verify airflow, then protect the enamel
The canopy is finished to match the range. It is supported and covered before anything is undone.
Applies to
The La Cornue units we carry this work out on
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Château motorized hoods H11–H20 · island hoods · inserts · CornuFé Cascade, Euclid, Loge, Marquee La Cornue range hood repair in Miami
The hood over a La Cornue is not an accessory bought to match. A motorized Château hood starts at $17,400 for the 90 and runs past $25,000 for the Grand Palais 180, it is made in the same enamels and trims as the range, and it does real work: a 600 CFM blower on a four-speed variable motor, baffle filters with a grease capture system, three 20-watt lights and a remote. When one stops, the kitchen it was built for stops working properly.
- Motorized Château hoods, island hoods and inserts, plus the CornuFé collection
- 600 CFM blower, four-speed variable motor, baffle filters, remote control
- A hood is finished to match the range — the enamel is part of the repair
In more detail
About La Cornue hood blower and capacitor repair
About the blower in a Château hood
One 600 CFM blower on a four-speed variable motor, and two of them on some of the larger motorized canopies — where one can fail silently while the other carries the room, the only symptom being a kitchen that clears slowly. The capacitor is tested before the motor is condemned, because it fails far more often, costs a fraction and looks identical from the kitchen. And the canopy is supported and covered throughout: it is enamelled and trimmed to match the range, and it cannot be touched up on site.
This article is based on:
- Official manufacturer documentation
- Internal repair procedures
- Technician repair history
- Company quality standards
Before you book
Questions about La Cornue hood blower and capacitor repair
It ran for a second, stopped, and now does nothing.
That sequence points at thermal protection rather than a dead component: a blower dragging in grease or running a failing bearing draws too much current, heats, trips, and refuses to restart until it cools. The real problem is mechanical, and running it until it stops permanently is the expensive way to find out.
Only the top speed works.
That is the speed control rather than the motor almost every time, and it is a different part. Worth fixing: the low speeds are what a hood is meant to run at while something simmers, and a hood nobody switches on because it is deafening is not protecting the kitchen.
Where we do it
Across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach
Same terms everywhere we go: an on-site diagnostic first, the price agreed in writing, and the exact figure confirmed once we have seen the unit.
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