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Quiet low profile ceiling fan?
I like to have a fan blowing on me while I sleep. I do not like the
noise of the fan I use now even when I have it on the low speed. Can I buy a quiet, low profile, ceiling fan? My ceiling is only eight feet high so I need one that does not protrude very far down into the room. Thank you in advance for all replies. -- When I am in the kitchen, I often kick one of my cat's balls. After I kick it, he will sometimes play with it for a few seconds to several minutes. His favorite are the ones that rattle. He'll play with any ball that makes noise. |
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On 9/28/2012 10:21 AM, Daniel Prince wrote:
I like to have a fan blowing on me while I sleep. I do not like the noise of the fan I use now even when I have it on the low speed. Can I buy a quiet, low profile, ceiling fan? My ceiling is only eight feet high so I need one that does not protrude very far down into the room. Thank you in advance for all replies. Bet you have a fan with an even number of blades. Impossible to balance. that is probably the source of noise. Get a fan with and odd number of blades and follow their balancing instructions. You should never be able to hear the fan at low speed. Paul |
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On 9/28/12 1:29 PM, Paul Drahn wrote:
On 9/28/2012 10:21 AM, Daniel Prince wrote: I like to have a fan blowing on me while I sleep. I do not like the noise of the fan I use now even when I have it on the low speed. Can I buy a quiet, low profile, ceiling fan? My ceiling is only eight feet high so I need one that does not protrude very far down into the room. Thank you in advance for all replies. Bet you have a fan with an even number of blades. Impossible to balance. that is probably the source of noise. Get a fan with and odd number of blades and follow their balancing instructions. You should never be able to hear the fan at low speed. Paul Why is that? -- You can observe a lot just by watching. ---Yogi Berra |
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Paul Drahn wrote in
: On 9/28/2012 10:21 AM, Daniel Prince wrote: I like to have a fan blowing on me while I sleep. I do not like the noise of the fan I use now even when I have it on the low speed. Can I buy a quiet, low profile, ceiling fan? My ceiling is only eight feet high so I need one that does not protrude very far down into the room. Thank you in advance for all replies. Bet you have a fan with an even number of blades. Impossible to balance. that is probably the source of noise. Get a fan with and odd number of blades and follow their balancing instructions. You should never be able to hear the fan at low speed. Paul I bought a Harbor Breeze fan recently. It is silent. Takes 5 minutes to spin down to a stop from lowest speed. But the light cover is a pain. It fell off and broke into thousands of pieces when I pulled the light switch chain. Took months to get a free replacement, and I am afraid to put it on, because of the cheezy way it is attached. -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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On Sep 28, 12:21*pm, Daniel Prince wrote:
I like to have a fan blowing on me while I sleep. *I do not like the noise of the fan I use now even when I have it on the low speed. Can I buy a quiet, low profile, ceiling fan? *My ceiling is only eight feet high so I need one that does not protrude very far down into the room. *Thank you in advance for all replies. -- When I am in the kitchen, I often kick one of my cat's balls. After I kick it, he will sometimes play with it for a few seconds to several minutes. *His favorite are the ones that rattle. *He'll play with any ball that makes noise. I used a dropped/suspended style fan, but directly mounted it to the ceiling to get the clearance I wanted. Took a little figuring out how to do it, but if you're at all mechanically inclined it should not be a big deal. The only negative is that now any fan noise is directly connected to the ceiling. |
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On 09/28/2012 12:29 PM, Paul Drahn wrote:
On 9/28/2012 10:21 AM, Daniel Prince wrote: I like to have a fan blowing on me while I sleep. I do not like the noise of the fan I use now even when I have it on the low speed. Can I buy a quiet, low profile, ceiling fan? My ceiling is only eight feet high so I need one that does not protrude very far down into the room. Thank you in advance for all replies. Bet you have a fan with an even number of blades. Impossible to balance. that is probably the source of noise. Get a fan with and odd number of blades and follow their balancing instructions. You should never be able to hear the fan at low speed. Paul I know my 5-blade fan (over the bed) is quiet. I didn't know it was because it's odd. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us "No one would have remembered the good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well." [Margaret Thatcher] |
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On 09/28/2012 02:23 PM, Han wrote:
[snip] I bought a Harbor Breeze fan recently. It is silent. Takes 5 minutes to spin down to a stop from lowest speed. But the light cover is a pain. It fell off and broke into thousands of pieces when I pulled the light switch chain. Took months to get a free replacement, and I am afraid to put it on, because of the cheezy way it is attached. I installed 5 5-blade fans a few years ago. 2 of them don't have the light kits installed. They're not in the same place as the ceiling light. BTW, $30 each (in about 2000) at K-Mart. They've been good fans. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us "No one would have remembered the good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well." [Margaret Thatcher] |
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On Sep 28, 3:23*pm, Han wrote:
Paul Drahn wrote : On 9/28/2012 10:21 AM, Daniel Prince wrote: I like to have a fan blowing on me while I sleep. *I do not like the noise of the fan I use now even when I have it on the low speed. Can I buy a quiet, low profile, ceiling fan? *My ceiling is only eight feet high so I need one that does not protrude very far down into the room. *Thank you in advance for all replies. Bet you have a fan with an even number of blades. Impossible to balance. that is probably the source of noise. Get a fan with and odd number of blades and follow their balancing instructions. You should never be able to hear the fan at low speed. Paul I bought a Harbor Breeze fan recently. *It is silent. *Takes 5 minutes to spin down to a stop from lowest speed. *But the light cover is a pain. It fell off and broke into thousands of pieces when I pulled the light switch chain. *Took months to get a free replacement, and I am afraid to put it on, because of the cheezy way it is attached. -- Best regards Han email address is invalid I think mine is a Hampton Bay that I got from HD over 10 years ago. It only cost me about $60. It can be mounted low profile and I have it in the bedroom. It's almost totally silent, as quiet as any fan I've ever heard. |
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" wrote in
: On Sep 28, 3:23*pm, Han wrote: Paul Drahn wrote innews:k44mqi$osr$2@dont-email .me: On 9/28/2012 10:21 AM, Daniel Prince wrote: I like to have a fan blowing on me while I sleep. *I do not like the noise of the fan I use now even when I have it on the low speed. Can I buy a quiet, low profile, ceiling fan? *My ceiling is only eight feet high so I need one that does not protrude very far down into the room. *Thank you in advance for all replies. Bet you have a fan with an even number of blades. Impossible to balance. that is probably the source of noise. Get a fan with and odd number of blades and follow their balancing instructions. You should never be able to hear the fan at low speed. Paul I bought a Harbor Breeze fan recently. *It is silent. *Takes 5 minute s to spin down to a stop from lowest speed. *But the light cover is a pain. It fell off and broke into thousands of pieces when I pulled the light switch chain. *Took months to get a free replacement, and I am afraid t o put it on, because of the cheezy way it is attached. I think mine is a Hampton Bay that I got from HD over 10 years ago. It only cost me about $60. It can be mounted low profile and I have it in the bedroom. It's almost totally silent, as quiet as any fan I've ever heard. That makes the $105 Harbor Breeze fan I bought this summer at Lowes pretty cheap. -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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On 9/28/2012 1:21 PM, Daniel Prince wrote:
I like to have a fan blowing on me while I sleep. I do not like the noise of the fan I use now even when I have it on the low speed. Can I buy a quiet, low profile, ceiling fan? My ceiling is only eight feet high so I need one that does not protrude very far down into the room. Thank you in advance for all replies. After you buy a $50 fan from the McBigBox store and you find it makes too much noise, buy a truly quiet fan! http://www.casablancafanco.com |
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On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 10:04:31 -0400, Harvey Specter
wrote: On 9/28/2012 1:21 PM, Daniel Prince wrote: I like to have a fan blowing on me while I sleep. I do not like the noise of the fan I use now even when I have it on the low speed. Can I buy a quiet, low profile, ceiling fan? My ceiling is only eight feet high so I need one that does not protrude very far down into the room. Thank you in advance for all replies. After you buy a $50 fan from the McBigBox store and you find it makes too much noise, buy a truly quiet fan! http://www.casablancafanco.com Or if you want to move some air: http://www.bigassfans.com/residential/index.html ;-) |
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Or if you want to move some air: http://www.bigassfans.com/residential/index.html I have a bedroom that is about 12 feet by 12 feet with an eight foot ceiling. I do not think that any of the fans at that url would be suitable for me. -- When a cat sits in a human's lap both the human and the cat are usually happy. The human is happy because he thinks the cat is sitting on him/her because it loves her/him. The cat is happy because it thinks that by sitting on the human it is dominant over the human. |
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On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:35:02 -0700, Daniel Prince
wrote: " wrote: Or if you want to move some air: http://www.bigassfans.com/residential/index.html I have a bedroom that is about 12 feet by 12 feet with an eight foot ceiling. I do not think that any of the fans at that url would be suitable for me. Unless somebody names an actual fan, you'll probably end up throwing a dart. I put up 4 cheap low profile ceiling fans I bought a big box stores. I'm guessing low profile means right on the ceiling without hanging on a rod. The one in my bedroom has a noticeable motor hum on low speed and pushes enough air. It's a 4'. The others don't hum, but maybe we just don't hear them because they're not over a bed. They're 3' and don't push air well IMO. Probably blade design, because they turn plenty fast. I was just at my sister's condo in Florida, and her inside fans are dead quiet and really move air. They have blades something like this http://www.houzz.com/photos/modern/ceiling-fans/p/210 I couldn't find a ceiling fan image with the same blades, and my wife says she doesn't see them in the stores any more.. OTOH, the flat-blade square-tipped blades on the lanai ceiling fan make a loud whoosh. Got any darts? |
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:35:02 -0700, Daniel Prince wrote: " wrote: Or if you want to move some air: http://www.bigassfans.com/residential/index.html I have a bedroom that is about 12 feet by 12 feet with an eight foot ceiling. I do not think that any of the fans at that url would be suitable for me. Unless somebody names an actual fan, you'll probably end up throwing a dart. I put up 4 cheap low profile ceiling fans I bought a big box stores. I'm guessing low profile means right on the ceiling without hanging on a rod. The one in my bedroom has a noticeable motor hum on low speed and pushes enough air. It's a 4'. The others don't hum, but maybe we just don't hear them because they're not over a bed. They're 3' and don't push air well IMO. Probably blade design, because they turn plenty fast. I was just at my sister's condo in Florida, and her inside fans are dead quiet and really move air. They have blades something like this http://www.houzz.com/photos/modern/ceiling-fans/p/210 I couldn't find a ceiling fan image with the same blades, and my wife says she doesn't see them in the stores any more.. OTOH, the flat-blade square-tipped blades on the lanai ceiling fan make a loud whoosh. Got any darts? The Modern Fan Co. makes some excellent products. I have the "Stratos" models in three bedrooms. They've been used for some 10 years now and all have remained completely quiet. They're not "hugger" fans though. The blades are about 15 inches below the ceiling. Tomsic |
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