I found a great fan for hallway

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buzcranne

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Oct 3, 2008
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We've been using a box fan on the floor at the end of the hallway, pointing toward the woodstove (as I learned here on the forums). It was working reasonably well at getting the warm air down to the bedrooms.

Yesterday, however, I found a bargain on a fan I had been eyeballing at Amazon. I hadn't bought it yet because I didn't want to pay $50 for it. Lowes had it on clearance for $25. It's FANtastic.

It's far better for 2 reasons I've discovered so far. First, it sends out a very direct stream of air down the hall and into the central (warm) part of the house. It does so way better than the box fan that swirled the air around as it blew down the hall. The circulation (cool air along the floor toward the heat, warm air along the ceiling toward the bedrooms) is amazingly noticeable. Walking away from the fan down the hallway you can feel the warm breeze on your face from the heated part of the house. The bedrooms were much warmer last night than other nights when we had the stove going (a bit too warm actually).

The second benefit, which is specific to our house but might help yours as well, is that this fan draws air from both sides rather than from the rear. Our fan sits on the floor with a bedroom door on either side. It draws cool air from each bedroom, shoots it along the floor toward the woodstove, and warm air moves back along the ceiling not only down the hall, but also into each of the rooms to replace the air that's been drawn out of them.

As you can probably tell, I'm way more excited about this fan than a person should be.

The image below is the type of fan I have, but not the exact model. Mine is a gray/black Lasko brand (which is also the maker of the Stanley fan below). It seems well built. And, bonus, it looks just about impossible for kids to get their fingers into the working parts of the fan.

In short, if you really need to get air circulating from the far corners of your house, this fan (or one like it) is far and away better than a "normal" fan. I'd say it's worth the price even if you can't find it on clearance.

Here's the yellow one at amazon.com
 

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I have the same unit. I think I paid 40 bucks for it. It does work well at moving air!
 
I like it. The fan looks pretty tip resistant too. What speed do you run it at and how is the noise level?
 
Rehingd said:
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As you can probably tell, I'm way more excited about this fan than a person should be. ...

Rehingd,
It's hard not to get excited about a product that gets the job done, especially when the price is right.

Thanks for posting here and thanks for giving a detailed description of what you like about this fan.
~Cath
 
Noise level is my chief concern. Since you ran it at two bedrooms I'm guessings it must be farily quiet thgouh...yes?

Good find. Looks like it would be fairly easy to do a ceiling mount too if you wanted to duct some air around a corner or from a cathedral ceiling area into the hallway (like I do).
 
You hear it on high and it moves air pretty decent. Medium is pretty quiet and does a good job. It is very stable.
 
We will probably run it at low most of the time, medium on cold days when the bedrooms get chilly. Even on low the stream of air can be clearly felt 25 feet away. For my goal of moving cold air along the floor from one end of the house to the other, I'd say the new fan's low setting is more efficient than the box fan's high setting.

Since we won't have to turn the new fan above low or medium, the new one will be a lot quieter. The noise level at each setting (high, med, low) is similar between the two fans. The sound seems to come more from the sides of the new fan than from the front. When on low I'd consider the sound to be just right for white noise while sleeping.
 
Can you change the angle of the fan from up to down?

Yes, it tilts up maybe 45º (probably more, not completely sure how far) and down lower than horizontal. I have it at horizontal.

Looks like it would be fairly easy to do a ceiling mount too

If you have a way to mount it, yes, I'd say it would be ideal for duct work. It's nice and small. When planning, keep in mind that the air draws in from both sides of the fan, not from the rear.
 
High velocity fans tend to pull a lot of electricity - which, could run an extra $20-30/month for electricity to run the thing.

Just a thought
 
I did think about the electricity thing. But, since electric baseboard heat is our alternative to using the woodstove, $20-$30 per month as compared to a few hundred is pretty easy to swallow. :)
 
Rehingd said:
I did think about the electricity thing. But, since electric baseboard heat is our alternative to using the woodstove, $20-$30 per month as compared to a few hundred is pretty easy to swallow. :)

True - I'm using an assumption of a 3Amp draw, running 24/7 at $0.10 per KiloWattHour. A smaller fan (or couple of them) might save you some money.
 
Rehingd said:
... Even on low the stream of air can be clearly felt 25 feet away. For my goal of moving cold air along the floor from one end of the house to the other...

A blast of cold air from 25' away? Doesn't sound too comfortable, but I guess if it works...

Though, you are hitting on a couple of keys for moving air. 1) That blower looks to have a fairly directed stream of air, the more you can keep the air flow laminar (smooth) versus turbulent, the farther you can 'project' the stream of air. 2) Keeping the air stream 'adhered' to a smooth surface such as the floor - or ceiling if you don't want to feel the cold blast - can also help it move along smoothly. This is somewhat the same effect that allows an avalanche to race down the side of a hill, while even snow falling straight down from the sky won't move nearly as fast.
 
It has a little brother fan too. Lasko 655302 is a 2 speed model, little bit chesier looking, 1/3 the weight and no outlets. Might be just the ticket. Retail price is like $25.

http://www.laskoproducts.com/fans/model_655302.html

Having a bit of trouble finding real power consumption figures though. The bigger fan is listed as up to 1875 watts draw, but I have to assume thats with a near 15A load on the outlets and the fan on high...thats way too much current for 2100cfm ducted fan.

Guess I need to go shopping now.
 
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$10.00 at home depot works awesome
 
mayhem said:
It has a little brother fan too. Lasko 655302 is a 2 speed model, little bit chesier looking, 1/3 the weight and no outlets. Might be just the ticket. Retail price is like $25.

http://www.laskoproducts.com/fans/model_655302.html

Having a bit of trouble finding real power consumption figures though. The bigger fan is listed as up to 1875 watts draw, but I have to assume thats with a near 15A load on the outlets and the fan on high...thats way too much current for 2100cfm ducted fan.

Guess I need to go shopping now.

Reminds me of Wall-e
Ultimate Wall-E GI.jpg
 
mayhem said:
It has a little brother fan too. Lasko 655302 is a 2 speed model, little bit chesier looking, 1/3 the weight and no outlets. Might be just the ticket. Retail price is like $25.

http://www.laskoproducts.com/fans/model_655302.html

Having a bit of trouble finding real power consumption figures though. The bigger fan is listed as up to 1875 watts draw, but I have to assume thats with a near 15A load on the outlets and the fan on high...thats way too much current for 2100cfm ducted fan.

Guess I need to go shopping now.

Reminds me of Wall-e
Ultimate Wall-E GI.jpg
 
I took a closer look at the fan tonight. I tilts up to vertical. The Low setting is very quiet. Medium is a good "white noise" volume. We will probably use the medium and low settings equally. It looks like a few Lowes in my area have them in stock at the clearance price.
 
yup but i've been running it on low to move the air around :)
 
Stevebass4 said:
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$10.00 at home depot works awesome

Ive gotta second bassman on this one...got the same fan at CVS for $6 bucks...and it works great....can mount to a wall too.
 
Stevebass4 said:
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$10.00 at home depot works awesome

I also have this fan.

.8 amps @ 120v on HIGH setting. I use low or med.
 
I had one of hte larger models, but the housing broke on me so I tossed it out. Moved lots of air when I had it. Checked HD for all of these kinds of things and the prices are through the roof. They have the 10" Vonado fan for $50.

Apparently I need to check the drug stores.
 
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