Lighting King

 

During those hot, humid summers; stuffy heat-controlled rooms during winter; or after long, tiring days at office, nothing can be more relaxing than coming home to cool, breezy ceiling fans. Irrespective of whether you have a standard ceiling fan or ceiling light fan, there’s one person you can thank a million times over ... Philip Diehl, inventor of ceiling fans, who added a light to his invention in 1882. 

 

Ceiling fans have come a long way since then. Today, they are far different than their bulky, heavy and simple-looking counterparts of old. Different, in terms of aesthetic appeal, advanced features, model range, and performance.  

 

 

Ceiling fans come in a variety of budget and décor-fitting concepts; colours; styles; sizes (‘blade’ and ‘suspension rod’ lengths) and lighting accessories. However, simply visiting a dealer and buying just about any ceiling fan that looks good isn’t the right way to go. There are several factors that must be considered, whether you’re looking for an ordinary ceiling fan; a ceiling fan with light, or even a ceiling fan remote.

 

Considerations:

In which rooms do you want your fan installed? How large is each room? How high are their ceilings? What’s the furniture style and overall décor like? Who’ll install your ceiling fans, you or the company? These are some of the most important questions you’ll need answered before visiting an online store or dealer.

 

Solutions:

If you have small rooms, ceiling fans with 36-inch blade sizes should suffice. On the other hand, if you have a very large room, you’ll need a ceiling fan with a 52 -58-inch blade size. for effective breeze reach and distribution. Similar (suggested) blade sizes may apply for rooms with either low or high ceilings, e.g., 8 - 10 ft. in height (low ceilings), 20+ft. (high ceilings). Either way, make sure your fans have the correct length of suspension rods so that they aren’t too high or low, once installed.

 

 

Ceiling fan lights add function and style to your décor, apart from being space savers. They come in an amazing variety of styles, such as chandeliers, transparent or opaque globes and a myriad others. There are 3 basic types of lights that can be fitted to ceiling fans - ‘bowl’ lights, ‘stemmed’ (or ‘branched’) lights, and ‘up’ lights. A ceiling light fan is usually installed in the center of a room and provided with a pull-down cord to switch the light on or off. In this way the fan can be used independently, or with the light switched on simultaneously.

 

• Bowl lights - are housed in detachable glass bowls that can either be suspended below, or attached to the ceiling fan.

 

• Stemmed lights - have light bulbs attached to several adjustable branches (arms). These light bulbs can be directed to whichever area you need light.

 

• Up-lights - are usually installed above the ceiling fan to bounce light off ceilings, and therefore deliver softer light than those suspended below the fan.

 

 

Although a ceiling fan remote is an optional accessory, it is a smart and practical one to buy. The ceiling fan remote options available today are state-of-the-art and equipped with useful features. Some offer features that permit you to program both fan and fan light settings. Others come with a feature for automatically adjusting fan speed to room temperature. You can even find a ceiling fan remote that can switch fan lights on and off, when you and the family are out.

 

Ceiling fans are indeed indispensable fixtures for your home. Then again, you’ve got to salute Philip Diehl for his FANtastic invention.