I have a Kitchen Aid KIRD861XSS downdraft hood. The filters and switches have become dislodged in the retracted position. How do you raise the downdraft by hand to get to the filters and switches to reseat them?
The filters need to be seated properly to complete an electrical safety circuit. This keeps the unit from operating without the filters. The best way I have found to fix them when they get dislodged in the closed position is by using two spatulas. The first is used to move the filter forward a bit and the second is used to keep it pushed tightly forward to complete the circuit.
You can manually raise the vent by first turning off the power to the unit, removing the front cover panel (4 #8 torx screws and 4 #20 torx screws). Reach behind the blower unit and you will feel an aluminum arm that raises the vent. Grasp it and swing it to the right and the vent will lift. Once you have it partially raised, you can place something under the arm to keep it from going back down. From above, you can easily pull it the rest of the way up and re-seat or re-install the filters. Be sure to remove whatever you used to prop the actuator arm and replace the cover before powering it back up.
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