outdoor ceiling fan

mbalbritton

mbalbritton

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Today marks the start of an addition to our house. I'm having a front porch installed with a vaulted ceiling. They are going to wire in a receptacle for a ceiling fan, so that leads me to ceiling fan shopping. Any suggestions on a good ceiling fan for outdoor use? What to look for and avoid if you had to do it over again.

Definitely want something that will move some air, not only to keep cool, but hopefully keep the bugs to minimum.
 
When they do the wiring, be sure they run 2 sets of wires from the switch to the box in the ceiling.
That way you can have independent control of the light and the fan with separate switches. Or later add a 2nd fa, light, etc.

Not much to add, except look at what the blade are made of. The cheaper "indoor/outdoor" fans use cheap pressboard for the blades. In a higher humidity area (like the triad) they will slowly sag.
 
RatLabGuy said:
When they do the wiring, be sure they run 2 sets of wires from the switch to the box in the ceiling.
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Dont need 2 sets just a 12/3(+ ground) instead of a 12/2 (+ground)
 
Big Ass Fans have home owner models as well, probably not cheap, but if they're anything like the industrial versions, your wife will have to watch her skirt ( you might too....:smokin:)
 
Amazon.

Just bought a Hunter for the bedroom. $80 on Amazon, $130 list. $89 at Home Depot, $130 list. $139 regular price at Lowe's.
 
We've got three ceiling fans on our front porch. They are Hunter brand. Just make sure to buy a fan rated for outdoor use.
 
ManglerYJ said:
Remote control will eventually fail (one in my carport has done so). Wire that sucker up now when you are building it.
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bingo.
We have 2 fans w/ remotes in our house. I've found that the technology available for controlling fans via remotes and fancy gizmos (e.g. if you ever want to do automation) seems to be mostly stuck in the 80s, unless you buy a pretty expensive/fancy fan now. This genre seems to be the worst about their devices being proprietary or designed to work only w/ 1 oddball remote.
Running the extra wiring now (as Ron mentioned, just using a single 3-wire is enough really) is so easy and cheap to do now.

Oh, and you're probably on top of this... but be sure the mount is a good and beefy strong, so you'll have no qualms about a big heavy fan there later.
 
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These are a little pricey, but move some air and are a cool conversation piece.
 
The Big Ass Fan residential model is called Haiku. Very pretty and very expensive. You can buy five Hunter fans for what one Haiku costs.
 
There's a reason Big Ass Fans has all kinds of money to spend on ads and giving swag to designers.
 
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