Looking at Home Depot's website - What separates a $50 ceiling fan from $100 ceiling fan from a $200 ceiling fan?
Is there a 'standard' size or is it totally dependent on room?
Is there anything else I should be looking for, or is it just a matter of finding one that wife likes the looks of?
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Tue May 15 2012, 12:54 PM #1
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Ceiling fan Q&A
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Originally Posted by psychobilly
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Tue May 15 2012, 01:07 PM #2
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Cheaper is cheaper looking. Fan size is dependent on room size, yes. If the fan moves more CFM than the room contains, we're talking gale force. Originally Posted by AbsolutHokie04
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Tue May 15 2012, 01:25 PM #3Hokie!
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Originally Posted by AbsolutHokie04
Cheaper fans tend to be noisier. YOu really do not want a fan with any noise at all. It will get on your nerves in a very short while. They also will not last nearly as long. There are fewer windings in the motor and the bearings are much less substantial. The blades will be plastic in the cheap fans and wood in the better ones.
Size depends upon the room and whether you are just stirring the air or really trying to create a breeze.
Check for how it will be suspended from your ceiling. Some require quite a bit of work in the attic to support them. Also how is it wired. Ours is controlled from a wall switch making it very convenient to us. Some use only the pull chains. Some have a remote. Do you want a bult in light fixture?I don't always talk to UVa Grads but when I do I always order the Large Fries.
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Tue May 15 2012, 01:51 PM #4
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I don't think they make noisy fans anymore. I just paid $77 for one... it is definitely cheap and may not last more than a couple years but it works grate for now. Originally Posted by hokiebob01
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Tue May 15 2012, 01:54 PM #5
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Originally Posted by AbsolutHokie04
Screw home depot.
Go here.
http://www.bigassfans.com/
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Tue May 15 2012, 02:14 PM #6
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In the Southern hemisphere, ceiling fans actually remain stationary while your house rotates in the opposite direction. I learned this in college.
(Drugs are bad, don't do drugs.)"Everything is very quiet, everyone has gone to sleep. I'm wide awake on memories."
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Tue May 15 2012, 02:34 PM #7
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That's one of my favorite iPhone apps. Originally Posted by ElbertoHokie
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I think that is still my favorite company name ever. Originally Posted by ElbertoHokie
I can picture about six engineers sitting around a table trying to solve a problem, when one of them blurts out "you know what we need? A bigass fan. Anyone know where to get one?" A company was born.
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Tue May 15 2012, 02:44 PM #9
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We are getting them for our maintenance facility. It makes me happy just thinking about it. Originally Posted by Tafkam Hokie
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Tue May 15 2012, 03:24 PM #10
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I bought a Casablanca fan for my family room on line and got a good deal. It has a very good motor,is stylish, and quiet. Originally Posted by AbsolutHokie04
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