Quote Originally Posted by jc
My wife had the perfect solution. "just take the top off of the hood". Both of us are short people so we can't see the top of the wooden hood anyway. Now the heat just rises up into the air.
Good deal. If you do decide to install fans later on, I would choose DC. To hook up DC fans, just buy regular computer fans (I use 120mm) and a AC to DC convertor (Like the ones for home phones, routers, small electronics). They have both at Altex. Just clip the end off the convertor and solder it to the fans. Usually you can run up to 4 on one convertor, although I just have two fans on one convertor now.

If you go the AC fan route, they have those at Altex too. The way the AC fans work is there is a special connector on those fans, rather than wire leads coming out. They have a AC cord with the correct connector located next to the fan bin. That way you don't have to worry about soldering on wires to the AC fan (not sure if it has a wall plug on the other side though). ;)