Ceiling Fans

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I remember when I was at school someone drew on the bottom of the ceiling fan on the centre a line going from the middle to the outside while it was spinning. This made a nice pattern to watch while it was on. However, not meant to watch the fan while supposed to be doing schoolwork!
GA has a ceiling fan in his room. It makes a clicking noise which I find irritating. It also wobbles and I am scared of it dropping off the ceiling. Has anyone heard of this happening?

Yes, often the first thing to drop will be the glass around the light (if it has one.) The rest of the fan is not as likely, because the weight of the fan keeps the fan mounting things from vibrating loose, but possible if it is mounted in a non-optimal way.

Hmmm, I....think....I....might....turn....it....off....

Anything is possible, but if it was installed correctly it shouldn't. All UL/CSA-listed fans have a tether that's supposed to be screwed into the wood beam next to the electrical box. If the fine-thread screws in the box let go then the tether should keep the fan from falling. Of course, most fans are probably installed incorrectly and have the tether attached to the box (or nothing at all).

This has been an interesting discussion about stroboscopic effects etc. Thank you. I love learning new things.

We have a ceiling fan in our south facing family room/kitchen, and in the winter you can change the tilt of the blades (5) so that warm air is blown downwards. However I'm very temperature sensitive and have to have a floor standing fan by my chair. I would really like a wall mounted one on the wall by the chair, but can't find one anywhere. Does anyone know of a company that makes wall mounted fans? It would have to have electicals suitable for UK wiring.

I thought this thread was going to be for people who were fans of ceilings.

Ceiling fans are not at all in vogue in our climate, sadly.

That's unusual. Most ceiling fans have the blade angles permanently set and just reverse the motor when you want to blow air the other way. In the summer you want the air to come straight down from the fan so that you get the cooling effect of air in motion. During the winter you want to blow the air up toward the ceiling so that it disturbes the warm air up there and spreads it evenly around the room.

I did a Google search for "220v wall-mount fan" and the very first item on the list was a page that included this model near the bottom:
http://www.fanshack.com/store/index.cfm ... red%20220v

Another option would be to buy a common 110v fan and use it with a step-down transformer.

ceiling fans are cooooooool i spend hours staring at them sometimes it makes me feel good