[Greenbuilding] Efficient ceiling fans

[Jane Talkington]

The last fan I bought had instructions that read - and I quote! - "Use EXTREME patience when installing."
Let me translate: "we realize our crappy products are poorly engineered but you'll just have to try harder instead of expecting us to redesign with the installer in mind."

My licensed electrician of 30 years had great difficulty installing it and recommended from now on I should only by Quorum  Fans. They have 426 models, many reasonable priced, all HIGH quality materials which cannot be said of the Lowe's fans I purchased and ultimately returned.

http://www.quoruminternational.com/index.cfm?do=app.searchResults

Jane Talkington

PhD student in "Sustainability"
Oklahoma State University, Environmental Science Program
Stillwater, OK 
GreenQueen at hotmail.com (405) 714-1919 

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> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:44:06 -0500
> From: ian at remmler.org
> To: greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
> Subject: [Greenbuilding] Efficient ceiling fans
> 
> I have been looking into efficient fans, and Home Depot's
> Hampton Bay Windward III looks impressive:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/6pjcdl
> 
> It was developed at the Florida Solar Energy Center.  The main
> site, http://www.gossamerwind.com, is down at the moment, but
> there's a blurb at:
> 
> http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/research/buildings/gossamerwind.htm
> 
> I really like that it has two circline fluorescents, top and
> bottom, but I've only heard about toggling through the on/off
> combos with a button on the remote.  If you've used these, can
> you wire the two lights to separate wall switches?
> 
> Does anyone have experience with these?
> 
> Are there any other fans I should check out?
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
>     - Ian.
> 
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