Choosing the Best Ceiling Fan for Your Situation

Ceiling fans are fans suspended from the ceiling of a room. It usually has a light associated with it to replace any displaced light or to provide additional light.

These fans are used in two ways: To create a breeze for an apparent cooling effect (""wind chill""), or reversed to force warm air near the ceiling downward to the occupied part of the room. Ceiling fans can reduce heating costs by reducing the load on heating equipment, and they can reduce cooling costs by making warmer air comfortable.

Household ceiling fans typically have four or five wooden blades. They range in style from plain to very ornate. Standard sizes of household fans are generally 36, 42, and 52 inches in diameter; however, household fans in the United States are being manufactured as small as 29"" and as large as 72"". Specialty fans can even reach beyond this; for example, a Casablanca Malibu Star has an 84-inch blade span. A well-designed 52-inch ceiling fan with a blade pitch from 12 to 15 degrees will usually operate at a speed between 180 and 220 RPM on high (full speed). An exceptionally made household ceiling fan, such as the pre-2003 Hunter Original, will circulate over 10,000 cubic feet of air per minute.

Normally, these fans have a switch housing suspended directly below the center of the motor; this module holds a three-speed pull chain, a switch to reverse the fan, and a center socket to which a light kit can be attached. However, many older fans do not have a reverse switch (or it is located elsewhere on the fan), and some fans feature different items as part of the switch housing:

  • An on-off pull chain that operates independently of the speed control;
  • A control allowing for a continuous range of speeds (known as a variable speed control);
  • A light kit integrated with the switch housing itself;
  • A sensor for a remote control. (Wikipedia)

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