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Post by Jordan U on Dec 4, 2014 21:33:26 GMT -5
I really wouldn't be that worried about it... About the fans reversing itself, this has happened to Tais's TMT, and Adam's Evergo which was caused by a capacitor. And Cole's Moss Caribbean Breeze reversed itself, and it wasn't a capacitor. So even if the fan is non-reversible, and if you need to leave it on high all the time for some reason, it will still be more safe to make sure it doesn't twist itself off easily when the fan reverses itself. That's an anecdotal evidence fallacy...
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Post by Jonathan A. on Feb 10, 2015 20:15:39 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXGDmV-SBEQIt seems to be installed in the way that it can twist off and fall down while running on reverse. It was actually on reverse, I managed to switch it to downdraft.
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Post by Jonathan A. on Feb 10, 2015 23:26:01 GMT -5
I have a Casablanca Panama XTR in my dining room that is always on high reverse, simply because I want to feel the air pushed into the living room, and it is WAY too powerful to blow down, I would never use it while I was eating and it would essentially cool an area I only occupy a few minutes a day. My other fans always run forward. However, I do check the set screw from time to time, and so far it is very much locked in as the day I installed it. And it better stay that way...lol. Is that a fan I should really be concerned about spinning off it's pipe? It does have a ton of torque and 20 degree pitch... I'm pretty sure a new Casablanca would have the bar going across through the motor and downrod, and another in the canopy ball, to keep the fan from falling. I can't think of any currently made fans, except maybe some Hunters, that don't have this feature nowadays. It seems like newer Casablanca has a downrod that screws in a motor, and is held by a red loctite and set screw.
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Post by Jonathan A. on May 1, 2015 20:14:02 GMT -5
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Post by JW on May 1, 2015 22:08:56 GMT -5
That fan is about ten seconds away from its death. If it doesn't twist off the downrod, the wires will twist around each other and eventually become exposed due to the coating stretching and short the fan out for good.
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Post by Jonathan A. on May 1, 2015 22:17:50 GMT -5
That video made it more scary for me to run fans on reverse. On most fans, motor housing can hold the motor, but on same fans such as spinners and my Triomphe, it can fall completely.
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Post by Jordan U on May 1, 2015 23:01:36 GMT -5
I don't even see how people manage to install fans that poorly. Actually I'm surprised the wires didn't break during the video, it seemed to be going pretty fast.
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Post by Jonathan A. on May 1, 2015 23:21:09 GMT -5
I don't even see how people manage to install fans that poorly. Actually I'm surprised the wires didn't break during the video, it seemed to be going pretty fast. Downrod coupler always seem to be secured to motor from factory. The fan the video I just posted must have been repaired or something, then didn't have set screw tightened when downrod coupler was put back to motor shaft. If you bought the fan NIB, you wouldn't have to worry about motor unscrewing itself from coupler.
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Post by Jonathan A. on May 5, 2015 17:41:53 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k34LIFFINwThis screws directly to light socket with no further support, and would spin clockwise, which means it can possibly unscrew itself. So if you install it in a socket, you would want to make sure the socket is long enough (I haven't seen a single socket that light bulb would turn on before being threaded into socket) that fan would shut off before falling down completely.
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Post by Max C. on May 6, 2015 20:06:00 GMT -5
I haven't seen a single socket that light bulb would turn on before being threaded into socket I'm sorry, pardon?
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Post by Jonathan A. on May 7, 2015 5:33:01 GMT -5
I haven't seen a single socket that light bulb would turn on before being threaded into socket I'm sorry, pardon? I mean if the threads are t long enough, light bulb would touch the base before light bulb starts being screwed in.
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Post by JW on May 7, 2015 6:57:38 GMT -5
Those socket fans don't have enough torque to unscrew themselves from the socket.
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Post by Jonathan A. on May 7, 2015 13:59:05 GMT -5
Those socket fans don't have enough torque to unscrew themselves from the socket. Ok, it's just that I never felt an air movement from socket fan.
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Post by Max C. on May 7, 2015 15:39:09 GMT -5
Those socket fans don't have enough torque to unscrew themselves from the socket. Exactly. They were specifically designed this way for safety reasons... I mean if the threads are t long enough, light bulb would touch the base before light bulb starts being screwed in. Oh thanks Jonah, that totally clarifies things
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Post by JW on May 7, 2015 18:16:50 GMT -5
Those socket fans don't have enough torque to unscrew themselves from the socket. Ok, it's just that I never felt an air movement from socket fan. That literally has nothing to do with what I posted.
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