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Fyi, I have an industrial fan in my home similar to the one listed at the end of the article [1]. Beware, they're loud as hell and not really suited for indoor
by SkyMarshal 5y ago
Fyi, I have an industrial fan in my home similar to the one listed at the end of the article [1]. Beware, they're loud as hell and not really suited for indoors use. It sits dormant now.
I replaced it with a smaller Vornado [2]. Powerful, nearly silent (can't hear the motor, only the blades), with a durable sealed-bearing motor. Much better.
[1]:https://king-electric.com/products/high-velocity-air-circulators/ https://king-electric.com/products/high-velocity-air-circula...
[2]:https://www.vornado.com/shop/circulators-fans/293-heavy-duty-large-air-circulator https://www.vornado.com/shop/circulators-fans/293-heavy-duty...
- m463 5y agoI like vornado - with caveats. If it's cold my HVAC would cycle and would get temperature swings. I installed a vornado space heater and it worked wonderfully. It had a continuous air flow and would keep the temperature in the room very stable. And then it wore out and I got a new model with electronic controls, which didn't work so well. The original had mechanical controls and were set and forget. I believe the electronic model would reset after a power failure, and would have a timer that would turn it off after using it for a while, both non-features.
- SkyMarshal 5y agoInteresting. The Vornado fan I linked is pure mechanical. I have three that have been running without problem for years, the oldest since 2017, fwiw (during the warm half of the years).
- m463 5y ago"wore out" ~ 4 years I think, including constant running during colder weather