Post by Noah C on Aug 5, 2016 9:01:35 GMT -5
Ok, so as you guys know, my Hunter Grand Lodge in my family room has been inoperable for the longest time now due to a defective remote control receiver, and it is on its third receiver so far. I could convert it to 3-speed, but it's a POS anyway so it's not worth it lol. So, I replaced it with the second out of the two Hampton Bay Sauterne fans that I have, since it was sitting in a box in my bedroom and it is a much better fan. It is supposedly manufactured by King of Fans, but King of Fans either further outsourced production to another company in the process of making this fan, or King of Fans used very high end componentry on it, because the fan's main componentry is die-cast like most high-end fans... Only, it is not die-cast zinc, as a die-cast zinc fan like, say, a Casablanca Panama is only about 20-25 pounds. This fan is about 35 pounds, so it is a bit heavy... Not Taiwanese die-cast iron motor heavy by any means, but still a bit heavy. A stark contrast from the stamped housing of the Grand Lodge... anyway, the fan does come with solid wood blades, and the motor is big at 188×18mm. That thing HAULS, too. It handily moves similar air to a Panama; exact CFM is 6,608. That is quite surprising considering the thing goes about 160-165 RPM on high speed. But then again, the pitch is the standard (for most higher end fans) 14°, and the blades are also beveled edge. Logically, a larger fan moving the same amount of air as a smaller fan would distribute airflow over a larger surface area, but this thing's airflow can be felt into the kitchen adjacent to it, whereas the Grand Lodge's airflow could not. Maybe it has something to do with the beveled edge (on top of the blade)... Anyway, here's a pic:
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