Comments on: Modern, Minimalist and Cheap Ceiling Fans

By: Chad Ludeman

Chad Ludeman — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:58:38 +0000

Hi Laurel – Here is a link to an updated post with more fans – http://www.100khouse.com/2010/01/05/new-modern-ceiling-fan-options-for-postgreen-homes/

We have the Westinghouse in the 100K and I did not install the monstrous dimmer. I have some on switches and one on a residential fan dimmer. The residential dimmer has three settings – barely on, slightly on and FULL BLAST. In short, it doesn’t work.

The trick is getting an industrial fan dimmer which you can get. I think you can order from Grainger and probably any local electrical supply place. I have a handfull of dimmers from the white Home Depot fan which I am going to try installing to see if that works, but that’s only because we did a job where 8 of those fans are on one dimmer and we have a bunch of the dimmers that came with each fan left over. Anyways, good luck and let us know what you ended up doing.

By: Laurel Mauk

Laurel Mauk — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:38:48 +0000

Just purchased 2 of the Westinghouse Industrial fans. They look nice and what a great price! A couple of drawbacks: the switch for these fans is atrocious. It’s large, sticks way out and looks just plain ugly (it could look cool in a loft space, but for a home, not so good). I have heard you can change out the switch with an aftermarket one, but I called Westinghouse and they said “it wasn’t advisable”, but they also suggest you don’t use this fan in a non-commercial setting, whatever. This fan is not reversible, so it only works to cool ( I was hoping to have both heating and cooling options). The Emerson one looks it heats only, but is also not reversible. Anybody have any other good options that might fit my needs?

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Wally Inc » Blog Archive » Faster than a HED3 — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:45:13 +0000

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By: joan

joan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:15:33 +0000

i’m interested to find out if you bought any of these fans and how they’re working. i’m looking for industrial-strength/cheap fans too. do you have a variable speed switch or remote to control it? we’re finishing our renovation and trying to finalize LEED certification (also using MaGrann). we have a SIPs ceiling in the great room area. we will solve the overhead lighting issue by installing lights on a cable system.

By: Scoats

Scoats — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:24:10 +0000

I’m not a fan of ceiling fans. They get very dusty. Many are noisy and most seem to have a very finite lifespan, requiring replacement. Though the models you are considering seem to have few of the issues that plague the ones sold at Home Depot and Lowes.

http://www.lakewoodconferences.com/direct/dbimage/50325340/Tower_Fan.jpg

When I renovated my house, I bought tower fans the local big box pharmacy. Tower fans provide the same type of whole room air circulation but at a lower cost. They easily plug into a wall outlet and are unobtrusive.

By: chad

chad — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:36:54 +0000

Colin, Thanks for the link. We all know and love modernfan.com but unfortunately their offererings are just too far out of our budget reqs. Also, I don’t feel that high-end modern fixtures like these fit the overall design theme of the project. We need to use a lot of innovative and affordable items, and then splurge on one or two items that make a statement. Since we will have 3-4 fans in the house, I did not think it was an item we could splurge on…

By: Lighting Layout for 100K | 100khouse.com

Lighting Layout for 100K | 100khouse.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:32:23 +0000

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By: colin

colin — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:24:42 +0000

Maybe not the least expensive, but …

http://modernfan.com/

By: chad

chad — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:32:42 +0000

Sorry about the delay. I’ve been swamped today. I updated the post with links to the fans at CSN Lighting which seemed to have the best pics, description and pricing.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:05:25 +0000

http://www.westinghouseceilingfans.com/locate.asp
http://www.emersonfans.com/authorized.jsp

Or you could just Google the make/model # and I’m sure you’ll get hundreds of results.