What are the Parts of a Ceiling Fan?

 A ceiling fan consists of the following key components:

 

Electric Motor: The electric motor is usually a low-speed single-phase asynchronous machine with several tens of poles.

Ceiling Fan Casing: A decorative casing that “encloses” the ceiling fan. Usually made of plastic or metal.

Fan Blades: Ceiling fans can have a different number of blades, the most common models have from three to six. However, some workshops make fans that emphasize the interior features of the premises more than mixing the air. The decrease in technical performance in such models is quite understandable: just some aerodynamic subtleties were sacrificed to the original design. Such ceiling fans can have any number of blades: one, and eight, and fifteen. In the manufacture and design of the blades, various methods of decorative finishing and many materials are used: metal, plastic, MDF, natural wood and others.

Fan Bracket: A bracket is designed to attach the blades of ceiling fan to the housing. Usually made of metal.

Devices for Mounting the Fan to the Ceiling: Quite often, during installation, a "ball-and-socket" system is used. In such a system, there is a plastic or metal hemisphere that is attached to the end of the rod. The hemisphere has a slot for a metal bracket. The hemisphere is firmly pressed against the bar, and the mounting plate is put on the hemisphere using a bracket. Several companies have come up with modifications to this system. Often a J-hook system is used for installation. In practice, two options are used:

The first option- J-hook is a stud with a thread at one end and the other bent by more than 90 °. This installation method is used if there is a possibility of fastening using a stud connection.

The second option- J-hook is a self-tapping screw, at one end of which there is a thread with a drill, and the other is bent by more than 90 °. This method is used if it is possible to screw the hook into the ceiling (with or without a dowel). 

Ceiling Fan Bar: Designed to change the distance from the ceiling to the fan blades. As a rule, a rod up to 0.5 m long is supplied with a ceiling fan. However, if necessary, you can mount a shortened (up to 0.25 m) or extended (up to 1.5 m) version of the rod. When choosing a rod, it should be borne in mind that the height from the floor to the blades of the ceiling fan must be at least 2.3 m.

Ceiling Fan Hoods: Many models have two caps: upper and lower.

Lower - located at the bottom of the rod (above the fan housing). Serves to hide wires, terminal box, parts such as capacitor, internal adjustment components, etc.

Upper - located near the ceiling on the top of the boom. Serves to hide the ceiling fan-to-ceiling fixing device and installation wires. Caps are usually made of plastic or metal.

Decorative elements for ceiling fans. Serve to hide the screws with which the blades are attached to the "irons". Made of plastic, metal or other material.

Switches, speed controllers, controllers, fan remotes: 

There are several types of fan regulation: Adjustment on the ceiling fan housing. Most models of ceiling fans are reversible, which allows you to choose the direction of the airflow generated by them - up or down. To implement this function, switches are provided on the fan casings. Also, these fans, as a rule, are equipped with switch cords, one of which allows you to turn on or off the lamp (if any), and the other - to select one of several possible speeds of rotation of the fan blades.

Speed ​​controllers 3, 5-speed (transformer) and smooth (thyristor), remote controls. Speed ​​controllers allow you to switch the speed of the ceiling fan stepwise or smoothly, turn on / off the chandelier fan, turn on the lamp off, select the direction of rotation of the blades.

Ceiling Fan Lamps: 

There are ceiling fans: Without luminaires and without the possibility of installing any luminaire on the fan housing.

Without a luminaire with the possibility of installing additional luminaires as accessories - from 1 to 5 (but sometimes up to 10-12 pieces).

Ceiling fans with a luminaire in a set from 1 to 5 (but sometimes up to 10-12 pieces), with the direction of the glow up and down. As a rule, the base of the fan chandeliers is E27 and E14. The possibility of using energy-saving lamps is provided.