The Myth of the Killer Ceiling Fan

[Andrew G.]

A few nights ago, I was watching a bit of TV made up of a few Stephen King movies and Mythbusters. Anyways, When I flipped to the Discovery Channel, they were using three different types of ceiling fans, a variable speed footprint vent household fan (probably a codep or something), a white emerson industrial, and a custom-made prop attached to a lawnmower engine. they ended up breaking a bracket off of the household fan and bending the blades of the emerson industrial. They used a replica of a human head with spine, scull and everything else.

I also saw an insurence fraud commercial with an antique diehl? in the back of the room.

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Andrew said:

a variable speed footprint vent household fan (probably a codep or something)

I've never known Codep to have had a footprint vent fan. The only variable speed fan I can think of with footprint vents is Murray Feiss (unless you count Ritz).

Andrew said:

a white emerson industrial

Which model?

Andrew said:

they ended up breaking a bracket off of the household fan and bending the blades of the emerson industrial. They used a replica of a human head with spine, scull and everything else.

And what was the purpose of all this?

[Andrew G.]

Dan said:

Which model?

The 56'' metal blade type with the odd bell canopies

Dan said:

And what was the purpose of all this?

To see if a ceiling fan could actually kill you and to see if a fan can behead you.

[CEILINGFANWIZ]

probably on Myth busters!!!!!! adam and jamie? i think they are called? i love that show!

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Andrew said:

The 56'' metal blade type with the odd bell canopies

Those always looked like Carribean Breezes to me.

Andrew said:

To see if a ceiling fan could actually kill you and to see if a fan can behead you.

A normal one cant. You could break your neck.

[fan muncher]

stupid...

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Guest-fan said:

stupid...

Haha. Your name is stupid.