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Bob and Susan
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ceiling fans...WOW!!!
well...we learned something today...
it's 90 degrees and we're finally moving into "fan season"
we checked the 15 fans we have in service...
we metered the fans to see how much electricty they actually use...
since we are TOTALLY solar "WE NEED to KNOW"!!!
The "cheap" fans made by HUNTER BRAND ($80 usa) bought at home depot in ensenada, use
5 WATTS at the middle speed
Our "expensive" fans HUNTER BRAND ($180 usa) bought at home depot in ensenada, use
1 watt at the middle speed
We NEVER realized how efficient these "ceiling fans" really were!!!
NOW...susan can run the fans in the casita
ALL NIGHT LONG without me "whining"!!!
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DianaT
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We love our ceiling fans both here in Baja and in the US---they really work VERY well.
Really like the one you have in the picture. Was that from Home Depot in Ensenada?
Diane
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Those are pretty nice looking. Would they hold up outdoors? Is that a plastic or a natural product, the blades, Bob?
Also wondering how quiet they are?
[Edited on 4-29-2008 by Hook]
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Bob and Susan
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yea...
a little noisy at high speed
but thats from the air not the motor...
10 watts at high speed
light kit came with it
plastic blades so i guess it could go outside
we got ALL our fans and light fixtures from the home depot in ensenada...
we tryed to get as much as possible from there to avoid the import fees and time at the border
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bajamigo
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Maybe Bob & Susan or someone has experience with this earth-shattering issue: clockwise or counterclockwise? We have tall ceilings, and if we run
the fan in a clockwise direction, it's supposed to push the air down. But that's precisely where all the hot air collects. Counterclockwise presumably
brings the air up from the floor, where it's cooler (cool air descends). But the manufacturer suggests the opposite. So which way should I run the
fans?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajamigo
So which way should I run the fans?
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Conventional wisdom says that fans should blow down when the weather is warm so you "feel" cool with the air blowing on you. Fans should blow up
during the winter to circulate the warm air into floor level living areas.
But you should do whatever makes you feel most comfortable.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
The "cheap" fans use
5 WATTS at the middle speed
Our "expensive" fans use
1 watt at the middle speed |
Why do you think that is....different, more efficient motors?
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Bajamigo,
You have it backwards. The fans blow downward in the counterclockwise direction and suck upward in the clockwise direction.
Unless you have a " special " fan. 
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DENNIS
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I know heat rises but, what could the difference be in a room with ten foot ceilings? All the fan is doing is moving the same air around. It's just
like driving through the Gobi Desert in July without AC in the car. It seems more cool when you stick your head out of the window. Gods air
conditioning.
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Very cool story
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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Bob and Susan
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our fans run counter-clockwise for air...
there is a switch on the fans that do let them spin the other way
(clockwise)
3 of the fans were turning the WRONG way and were not pushing air down
we corrected that
we think the more expensive units have better motors and thus use less electricty
they probably last longer too
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bajamigo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Bajamigo,
You have it backwards. The fans blow downward in the counterclockwise direction and suck upward in the clockwise direction.
Unless you have a " special " fan. |
I do. It's mounted in the middle of the floor.
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Bob and Susan
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that's a BIG blender
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| Quote: | Originally posted by morgaine7
EnergyStar website[/url], among others, recommended counterclockwise for summer.
Kate |
counterclockwise looking up at it or looking down at it from balcony
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BajaSerg
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
| Quote: | Originally posted by morgaine7
EnergyStar website[/url], among others, recommended counterclockwise for summer.
Kate |
counterclockwise looking up at it or looking down at it from balcony |
And are you below the equator?
Seriously, the canting of the blades can change everything. Is there a standardized direction of canting in the fan industry?
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they need to make remote control variable pitch blades, but I have never heard of a Hamilton Standard ceiling fan
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bajaguy
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If I remember correctly, the blade angle is pitch
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Good info on watt usage Bob.
For people like me...if I stand under it and I feel cool air, then the world is spinning the right direction...
Albert G
Remember, if you haven\'t got a smile on your face and laughter in your heart, then you are just a sour old fart!....
The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by morgaine7
Errrr, huh?
What balcony?
Bob will know the correct answers.
<deep breath>
In my house (above the equator), when the fan (hanging from the ceiling) is rotating counterclockwise (as viewed from below), the leading edge of the
blade (measuring from the widest part of the blade) is higher than the trailing edge by about 4 cm. [Is that cant or pitch or something else?] The fan
appears to be pushing air down, and indeed, I feel air (from my position on the floor beneath it) within a radius of about 200 cm, and with the fan on
medium speed. I've not tried hanging from the ceiling above it, because one of the workers is using my ladder to prop the sheet of carton that he is
using as a sunshade.
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Now, this is the kind of analytical approach to the discussion that the Alemán in me digs. Scientific measurements as well as personal observations
and a description of your physical location, including a caveat explaining why analysis from above is impractical.
Morgaine, I am awarding you the 1st annual Nomad's Francis Bacon Award for this post. Bravo !!!!!
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