Fan types/Variety

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There are a lot of ways we can categorize fans.

Blade mounts:
-Flywheel
-Fasco mount/dropped flywheel
-Faux dropped flywheel (i.e. Nutone Verandah Deluxe, Emerson Friction drive)
-Spinner motor/metal rotor (includes skeletal and oil bath)
-Top Mount
-Spinner

Ceiling mounts:
-Bell canopy
-Ball/socket
-Close mount
-Hugger
-LCA

Motor type:
-Stack motor
-Spinner motor
-Oil bath
-Friction drive

Fan Size:
-Small (28"-38")
-Medium (40"-48")
-Large (50"-56")
-Extra Large (60" and up)

Fan Finish
-(too many to name)

And so on.

When installing fans in your house, or any other varied install, do you strive for a variety based on any particular category/ies?

Personally, with my house, and my parents house, my goal is to have equal representation of all blade mounts. I usually end up with more flywheel fans than anything else, but it'd like it to be equal.

The rest I dont care about a variety. Whatever fits the room. I'd rather they all be bell canopy.

[Cole S.]

As I said, I use what I think will fit the room usually regardless of most of the categories above. That process of picking mainly includes finish and motor type. I do try to keep mostly stack motors installed though, if not that it's usually Hunter something because their motors are quiet enough. Ceiling mount comes into play in the basement, I can only use huggers and Casablancas on LCAs...

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I would love to put a spinner or top mount in my house, but they tend to hang lower . . .

[Perrey Z.]

I like the classic designs with a twist of uniqueness in the traditional finishes (Polished, Antique, Chrome, and Snow White) or fashion impact colors (Red, Blue, Gray, Emerald Green etc.) but lately I'm going with modern decor type fans in visible rooms just to match the room's decor (Brushed Nickel, Architectural White, Oil-Rubbed Bronze,etc.)


One thing I will never installed is a spinner type, a bell-canopy and/or J-hook fan unless is a Original fan and either that, it will be confine to a bedroom not a visible or high-traffic place. Does types don't go well in my homes.

[mndoss06]

I love top mount fans, they're my favorite type. In my house in Norfolk they're all that I have installed. When I was living in my house in Jacksonville, NC they were all I had installed except for one. I prefer PB for a finish, though AB is nice as well.

As you mentioned Dan they do tend to hang a little lower however that can be fixed by switching out the downrod with a shorter one. I did that on both of my Slimline II's and it worked out quite well. I wanted to do that with my Tropical Breeze Deluxe as well however it requires a unique way to mount the downrod to the motor and I couldn't find a short compatible downrod. As it turns out the downrod on it is a fine length so I just left it as is.

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I like spinner/top mount fans with lower canopies. No easy way to make those mount on a lower ceiling!

[Tais]

hmm.. i've seen some industrials with different blade mounts such as some pakistani models where the blades are mounted at the bottom of the motor, does that also count as spinners?

isn't J-hook also one of the ceiling mounts or does it lie under the "bell canopy" category?

for my house, i would want to place a vintage industrials, 1 or 2 same fans per room, based on the room design, i would choose the most fitting fan based on the fan shape and color.. i would prefer they are industrials or an antique shaped hunter such as the 1886 series or original (without any light kit), with J-hook, not ball/socket mounting.. as for sizes, 56" will be the dominant choice except for the dressing room if necessary and small rooms..

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All J-hooks are bell canopy, but not all bell canopies are j-hooks.

Bottom mount spinner could be it's own category.

[mndoss06]

I agree that bottom mount spinners could almost be their own category as well, you don't see too many of them however they're out there. You've got ones similar to the original HB Grayton, I think that one was a spinner where the whole motor housing spun. One of my personal favorites in the bottom mount spinner category is the Heritage Spector, because it's got the same motor type and blade brackets as a top mount spinner, they're just mounted on the bottom.