Originally posted by DavidE
It was the tax and shipping AND BRICK ACCESSORY that drove the price up. A silent fan? I know of none. Old fashioned (fire truck) sirens use the
principle of air movement to make lots of noise.
As far as the endless breeze, the company was recently sold. They quoted me a price of FIFTY NINE NINETY NINE plus tax and shipping for a replacement
motor which would be used as a spare. The fan has three speeds and many times I wish for an intermediate speed between 1-2-3. Why a replacement motor,
instead of brushes and bushings? #1 try and find bushings. #2 the brush design is weird with the brush lead on the side instead of on the end. #3 the
motor frame is spot welded together.
The Bionaire has an infinite speed control and it DOES NOT use a resistor to create heat to reduce fan speed.
Have kids? Oh yeah fans have finger guards but do they have pencil, coat hanger, and dirt thrown into the suction side of the blades guards?
The Bionaires are HERE not 1,200 miles round-trip beyond Aduana. I have a CA state board of equalization resale number, however that sixty one dollar
figure needs a five dollar thirty four cents state tax added on. How much does the Camping World "membership" fee cost?
I do have a SEVENTY DOLLAR hundred watt rotary (squirrel cage) fan with adjustable speed but it uses a resistor - it sucks a hundred watts at any
speed setting. But it does put out a lot of air. An adapted a HEPA filter over the intake so it does double duty. Left running 24/7 to clean the air
it would consume 144 kWh bi-mestral - doubling my CFE kWh and putting me a bit into the tarifa excedente class.
Perhaps I should ask the critics WHICH fan out there is silent, AC and DC and affordable? I am always willing to learn. |