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Post by Trevor on Apr 17, 2004 16:41:31 GMT -5
Hey guys, I ve been thinkin about puttin my little Original in my room. Id like it to replace the current #$@&* chili pepper ceiling fan that has long since annoyed me from the time it was put up. The chili pepper fan has two blades now since I hit my head on one of the blades, sending it and the bracket soaring through the room. (I have a bunkbed and no, I didnt do this on purpose)  Anyway, Should I use the safety brace or use the current mounting option? The man who installed the first fan used a 2x4 and screwed it in between joists, so I think it should hold. I still need a 2 inch brass pipe for the fan and rubber pulley with hangar. Anyone know the number for Hunter? I lost it!  Thanks for your help on this little guy. Lemme know! |
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Post by Andrew G. on Apr 17, 2004 16:51:16 GMT -5
Hey guys, I ve been thinkin about puttin my little Original in my room. Id like it to replace the current #$@&* chili pepper ceiling fan that has long since annoyed me from the time it was put up. The chili pepper fan has two blades now since I hit my head on one of the blades, sending it and the bracket soaring through the room. (I have a bunkbed and no, I didnt do this on purpose) Anyway, Should I use the safety brace or use the current mounting option? The man who installed the first fan used a 2x4 and screwed it in between joists, so I think it should hold. I still need a 2 inch brass pipe for the fan and rubber pulley with hangar. Anyone know the number for Hunter? I lost it! Thanks for your help on this little guy. Lemme know! A 2x4 is the recommended mounting system for all original fans. It says it in the manual. Ask Pierce or Dan for the number, they know it already (I think) |
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Post by organist89 on Apr 17, 2004 18:01:01 GMT -5
Hey guys, I ve been thinkin about puttin my little Original in my room. Id like it to replace the current #$@&* chili pepper ceiling fan that has long since annoyed me from the time it was put up. The chili pepper fan has two blades now since I hit my head on one of the blades, sending it and the bracket soaring through the room. (I have a bunkbed and no, I didnt do this on purpose) Anyway, Should I use the safety brace or use the current mounting option? The man who installed the first fan used a 2x4 and screwed it in between joists, so I think it should hold. I still need a 2 inch brass pipe for the fan and rubber pulley with hangar. Anyone know the number for Hunter? I lost it! Thanks for your help on this little guy. Lemme know! As for your spelling and grammar, sir: a hangar is where an airplane stays. I believe you meant "hanger". And you avoided using a single apostrophe (') in that entire text! What's wrong wit' you?! ;D Just kidding, man! Don't take me too seriously  Andrew is partly correct. Hunter has two recommended ways of mounting the Original. One is to use the 2x4. I'd prefer you to use the metal brace, but the 2x4 should be fine IF is is secured properly. If it's in there with 1.5" nails, rip 'em out and put in 3" screws. Jive? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2004 23:39:45 GMT -5
The 2x4 will be fine.
And as for the number to Hunter . . . you're probably better off avoiding them, they'll be expensive. You can make the rubber grommit yourself from plumbing parts (email me I'll tell you about it) and 3/4" threaded downrods are easy to come by. I have the number somewhere, but dont know it offhand. Perrey posted the number to a specific office in another thread.
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Post by Andrew G. on Apr 18, 2004 8:32:06 GMT -5
Speaking of mounting, I need a strap and an isolator (grommit) for my blender fan. When I found my blender, someone hung it by a thread literally. It had no upper canopy and no strap, and the grommit is really messed up.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2004 20:12:54 GMT -5
Speaking of mounting, I need a strap and an isolator (grommit) for my blender fan. When I found my blender, someone hung it by a thread literally. It had no upper canopy and no strap, and the grommit is really messed up. Andrew, call or email me, I'll show you how to make a grommit. And what do you mean by 'strap'? |
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Post by Andrew G. on Apr 19, 2004 14:19:26 GMT -5
Andrew, call or email me, I'll show you how to make a grommit. And what do you mean by 'strap'? The grommit I have is still usable, I was just wondering if anyone had an extra. I need the mounting bracket for the fan. I/m guesing it is similar to the bracket industrial fans use, the J-hook crossbar type thing. |
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Post by Andrew G. on Apr 19, 2004 14:19:43 GMT -5
Andrew, call or email me, I'll show you how to make a grommit. And what do you mean by 'strap'? The grommit I have is still usable, I was just wondering if anyone had an extra. I need the mounting bracket for the fan. I'm guesing it is similar to the bracket industrial fans use, the J-hook crossbar type thing. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2004 14:43:16 GMT -5
I need the mounting bracket for the fan. I'm guesing it is similar to the bracket industrial fans use, the J-hook crossbar type thing. Blenderfans used a J-hook and then the canopy screwed directly to the outlet box. Some other emersons that used a different type of bracket on the downrod used a metal bar that went across the outlet box and had an oddly shaped grommit sit in it. Then there were the fans that used a double-hook AND a grommit. Those are incrediably quiet fans. |
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Post by Andrew G. on Apr 20, 2004 18:31:54 GMT -5
Blenderfans used a J-hook and then the canopy screwed directly to the outlet box. Some other emersons that used a different type of bracket on the downrod used a metal bar that went across the outlet box and had an oddly shaped grommit sit in it. Then there were the fans that used a double-hook AND a grommit. Those are incrediably quiet fans. Then how would the blender canopy mount to a residential ceiling? I am mounting my blender with the canopy from my FD, the "V" hook and the oddly shaped grommit |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2004 13:59:55 GMT -5
Then how would the blender canopy mount to a residential ceiling? It would screw directly to the 4" octagon box. What's a FD? |
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Post by organist89 on Apr 21, 2004 14:20:38 GMT -5
Friction Drive, you idiot! ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2004 17:49:36 GMT -5
Friction Drive, you idiot! ;D Friction Drive canopies had the same hole pattern for mounting as the blenderfan canopies. However the friction drives had a mounting bracket with threads for the canopy screws, as opposed to it screwing to the outlet box. |
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Anyway, Should I use the safety brace or use the current mounting option? The man who installed the first fan used a 2x4 and screwed it in between joists, so I think it should hold. I still need a 2 inch brass pipe for the fan and rubber pulley with hangar. Anyone know the number for Hunter? I lost it! 
Thanks for your help on this little guy. Lemme know!
