By that I mean literally sucking up stuff. The vent fan above my stove only seems to actually pull anything in while it’s on low; setting it to high makes it louder but stops pulling any smoke or steam up through the hood. I’m just curious how the hell that works; shouldn’t a faster spinning fan suck MORE? Is there some property of aerodynamics that was forgotten when they installed this shit?

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    17 hours ago

    At worst though, it should be pulling in as little air as when on low, not less.

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      11 hours ago

      I think it initially does, but then the difference in pressure basically works against it, as the pressure inside drops