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Post by Raymond on May 10, 2015 22:36:36 GMT -5
Not sure the reason, but the Home Depot nearest me in Austin, Texas, is having major ceiling fan issues. Every time I go in, which isn't often, they have a Dayton ceiling fan hanging by the wires or the secondary support wire. I used to think that was overkill, having secondary support. After being in this store, I see why they are so important. I am new to the area, and noted many of the fans in the store were replaced with new Dayton's. They gave giant bell canopies, some with metal blades, some with the Hampton Bay style plastic blades, but clearly labeled Dayton. I don't go into the store to aimlessly wander or stare at their fans, I go there when I need something for my apartment. They keep the store fans running at all times. Some of the original Dayton's have horrific bearing noise. Two times in a row, once when buying a ladder, and once when buying light bulbs, I spotted fans not running, which caught my eye. They weren't running because they were hanging by the wires. Each time I showed an associate and they immediately closed the aisle. On return visits, the same fans were reinstalled and running. It is really odd for me to see two fallen fans in the same store. Clearly there must have been more, or more with bad bearings since the store is loaded with fans, and I would say 1/3 or more are replacements. I wish I knew how they fell. They were not damaged by lifts, they had totally undamaged blades. It seems at a quick glance that the J-hook came out of the mounting. Makes little sense since they all run forward. This is one circumstance where I would replace every single fan in the store, and any other store that the same person installed fans.
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Post by Jordan U on May 13, 2015 19:45:00 GMT -5
The Home Depot does not keep up their fans very well to say the least. One of the stores around here has fans that are black with dust, only about half of them still run. The other store has a variety of different fans that all make awful grinding sounds and are always on high. The newest store around here has Goldlines put in when it was built a few years ago, which is a step up from what's usually seen in Home Depots. That was maybe 4 or 5 years ago, the fans used to run at full speed, they weren't on last few times I've been. Never seen one falling down though, or even in bad condition for that matter (other than excessive dust).
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Post by Vintage Fan Collector on May 15, 2015 16:29:38 GMT -5
At a few Home Depots in my area, there were some fans with the motors CROOKED and not on. Also one time a bird hit a fan on a long downrod and the whole dang thing came down. Sparks flew and there was bird blood all around the area. CRAZIEST thing ever. That is why birds + ceiling fan = bad.
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Post by becausecanadia on May 15, 2015 17:20:30 GMT -5
My local HD has a fleet of Bronzelines and Canarm CP56s
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Post by Vintage Fan Collector on May 16, 2015 9:16:38 GMT -5
As for the fans installed, there are SMCs and HB Industrials, and Daytons.
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Post by Jordan U on May 16, 2015 22:17:01 GMT -5
As for the fans installed, there are SMCs and HB Industrials, and Daytons.
At a few Home Depots in my area, there were some fans with the motors CROOKED and not on. Also one time a bird hit a fan on a long downrod and the whole dang thing came down. Sparks flew and there was bird blood all around the area. CRAZIEST thing ever. That is why birds + ceiling fan = bad. |
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Post by Vintage Fan Collector on May 16, 2015 22:48:04 GMT -5
As for the fans installed, there are SMCs and HB Industrials, and Daytons.
At a few Home Depots in my area, there were some fans with the motors CROOKED and not on. Also one time a bird hit a fan on a long downrod and the whole dang thing came down. Sparks flew and there was bird blood all around the area. CRAZIEST thing ever. That is why birds + ceiling fan = bad. The fan was already loose and I guess it took a beating. The bird hit the blades and the fan assembly spun around shaking and came out of the ceiling. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2015 19:21:41 GMT -5
Our Home Depots have either Dayton's or SMC's. In most of the stores they never run ever.
The one store had a I guess you could say update like seven years ago. They took out some of the fans that didn't work anymore. Whats ironic though is all of that were removed all are where they would be needed (over the self checkout, over the return desk etc) where there are actually people who could use the cooling off.
Do any Lowes have fans? I've never seen a Lowes with one of course Lowes seem to be more universal in the sense of being the same then Home Depots which I've seen scaled down stores and all.
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Post by Jordan U on Jun 13, 2015 20:50:23 GMT -5
Do any Lowes have fans? I've never seen a Lowes with one of course Lowes seem to be more universal in the sense of being the same then Home Depots which I've seen scaled down stores and all. |
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 15, 2015 0:58:19 GMT -5
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