Ceiling Fan Lights And Blades
Ceiling fan lights
The lighting scheme provides the finishing touch to the
decoration of your rooms. Accordingly the modern electrical
appliances are designed to enhance the beauty of your rooms. In
quest for design innovations, ceiling fan lights emerged as a
great idea from both functional and aesthetic points of view. As
such most of the leading brands nowadays provide for the
arrangements of ornamental "fitters" tucked beneath the blades
to support lamps and their decorative shades.
With a ceiling fan light kit, you can make the most gorgeous
decoration statement. An elaborate ceiling fan light kit is
ideal for a big hall type room with a high ceiling. A small and
simple ceiling fan light on the other hand can lend a stylish
look to an otherwise plain interior. So it is always recommended
to select the ceiling fan light according to your room size,
height of the ceiling, colors of the walls and the type of
illumination desired.
The ceiling fan lights are available in the wide assortments of
neon, glass globes or simple bulbs. Shades are mostly available
in glass and crystal materials. If you plan to install a ceiling
fan light in the outdoors, go for the weather proof UL rated
light kit only, both for the purpose of safety and durability.
Most of the contemporary fans are adaptable to the attachment
of ceiling fan light kit having a link to the fan's switch
housing and requires only a simple electrical connection. In
order to fix a ceiling fan light, first access the wiring by
loosening the screws of the fan's switch housing bracket on the
bottom. Among the bundle of wires you have to look for two wires
meant for ceiling fan light. One will be white (neutral), the
other, black, and red or blue (hot). Then attach the adapter
ring. In order to make the wiring connections with the two
labeled wires, join the two neutral wires with a wire connector
and the fixture's hot wire to the labeled wire bracket. Now fix
the light kit to the fan with the screws and connect to power.
Ceiling Fan Blades
A ceiling fan consists of three basic parts, namely the motor;
blades and the mounting device. The standard ceiling fans
comprises of three to five blades. The numbers and sizes of the
blades determine the prices of the fan. The more the number of
the blades, the costlier is the fan. Price also depends on the
length of the ceiling fan blades which is measured by the full
blade sweep they produce. There is no universally fixed size for
the ceiling fan blades; length varies with the brands. In the
high quality ceiling fans, the spin lengths vary between 30, 42,
44, 46, 50, 52 and 60 inches diameter.
The quality of the fans is rated by their performance in moving
the air effectively and quietly. This is conditioned by such
factors as the pitch, length, and number of ceiling fan blades,
and their revolutions per minute (rpms).The angular edges of the
ceiling fan blades are termed as the pitches which are
particularly important for the effective replacement of the air.
This shape enables the blade to apply pressure to the air in
front of it and consequently the air is forced downwards.
Higher pitches allow more replacement of air. High quality
ceiling fan blades have a pitch of 12-14 degrees. A blade pitch
as low as 8 or 10 degrees leads to poorer performance. While the
short ceiling fan blades with minimum pitches can swirl at a
high speed, they do not make for much air circulation and they
are noisier than the types of fans with longer blades and higher
pitches though they rotate more slowly.
These days ceiling fan blades are available in a range of color
and designs. Different materials like solid wood,
cross-laminated veneer and less-expensive veneered
constant-density boards are used to render the ceiling fan
blades a smart and contemporary looks. The trendy get ups
include a metal finish, or a wooden looks. The use of woven
bamboo and fabrics has also become popular. Contrast or
reversible ceiling fan blades are yet another innovative
addition to the whole gamut of ceiling fan blade designing. With
two different finishes on both sides of the blade, they add to
the glamour quotient of your interior.
Then there are those stylist outdoor ceiling fan blades made up
of washable sail cloth stretched over a frame. Some of the
leading brands also offer a replacement ceiling fan blade which
allows you to bring a touch of change and alteration to your
interiors all round the year.