When Your Room Is Large When considering the appropriate size ceiling fan for your home, room size plays a crucial role. For larger rooms, a larger ceiling fan is essential to ensure adequate air circulation and cooling. Here are some key factors to consider when determining the ideal fan size for your spacious room: Room … Read more
Trade Winds was a popular 1990s make of fans by the Bethehem Steel plant in Texas. These were quality fans offered in many elegant designs and finishes. They used very high quality motors. Trade Winds fans used a rubber flywheel that may need to be replaced. See “flywheel replacement” section. Some fans used computerized electronics … Read more
Broan manufactures utility & ventilation fans for a niche market. This niche market is mainly for washroom and bathroom usage. Broan ventilation fans are generally installed in the ceiling above the sink or toilet. In a washroom or bathroom setting, these exhaust and ventilator fans serve a few purposes. First, a ventilation fan in your … Read more
A ceiling fan pull chain that has gone limp, snapped off, or stopped changing anything when you tug it is one of the most common fan repairs there is, and one of the most fixable without a service call, a trip to an electrician, or any special skill beyond a screwdriver and a little patience. … Read more
When a ceiling fan motor runs and hums the way it always has but the blades sit still, or turn slowly and loosely as if they have come unhooked from whatever drives them, the part that has almost certainly failed is the flywheel. It is the hub that sits between the motor and the blades, … Read more
American Pride was one of several brand names used for ceiling fans produced out of the Bethlehem Steel plant operation in Texas during the 1980s and into the 1990s. The same manufacturing operation produced fans sold under the Old Jacksonville, Trade Winds, and North Coast names, among others, with American Pride representing one of the … Read more
Nutone manufactured ceiling fans from 1979 through the late 1990s, establishing themselves as a respected name in residential ventilation and comfort products during an era when ceiling fans were experiencing a major resurgence in American homes. Their ceiling fan line represented a significant diversification from their core business of bathroom exhaust fans, range hoods, and … Read more
Leslie-Locke is a manufacturer of home products that at one point imported and relabeled ceiling fans. Leslie-Locke fans were very similar to Evergo and Envirofan. Most had a cast iron or cast aluminum motor housing. Some models were labeled “Play-It-Again-Sam”. They made a model based on the Hunter Original ceiling fan with a fully cast … Read more
The majority of ceiling fans made today are imported. In previous years, many fans were American made, competing with imported models. The majority if imported fans are and were inferior quality, however they largely had less issues than American made fans due to the lack of flywheels and simpler controls. The problems that largely occur … Read more
Ceiling fan light kits are a great way to add both functionality and style to your ceiling fan. Many ceiling fans come without built-in lighting, especially older models, but with a light kit, you can transform your fan into a multi-functional fixture that illuminates the room. Light kits are available in a variety of styles … Read more