Pain in the --- fans

[stidge]

Any tips on balancing them crappy wooden ceiling fans lads ! Instructions are naff and I have 3 x 3 gram weights to help but struggling to get them right ? Cheers

 

[Wilko]

Ha - I feel I should be responding in another thread ...
Never have I ever used bluetac to balance a ceiling fan

 

[stidge]

Ha - I feel I should be responding in another thread ...
Never have I ever used bluetac to balance a ceiling fan

Good tip mate , I could paint it same colour !!!

 

[Wilko]

Gotta get classy, put it on the topside

 

[westward10]

Going to be trial and error. Fit the weight to one blade and see if there is improvement, if not take it off and try another.

 

[telectrix]

or............

 

[ruston]

Make sure it is not slopping about on the mount . If it is new it should be ok.
Remember the cenrafugal force lol.

 

[telectrix]

Make sure it is not slopping about on the mount . If it is new it should be ok.
Remember the cenrafugal force lol.

may the force be with you.

 

[ruston]

And with you.

 

[westward10]

Make sure it is not slopping about on the mount . If it is new it should be ok.
Remember the cenrafugal force lol.

Metal blades may be okay but not wood as their weights will vary.

 

[ruston]

Yes , but if the top mount is knackered it will sway about like I used to in the bar.

 

[telectrix]

whaddya mean "used to"?

 

[ruston]

Those days are gone I regret to say.

 

[Sooby2]

You could try the method similar to that used by motorcyclists to balance wheels. Mount it on a board first so the fan is vertical.

The heaviest point should then rotate to the bottom. You need to add weight to the other blades until it no longer rotates.

 

[Dave OCD]

Ha - I feel I should be responding in another thread ...
Never have I ever used bluetac to balance a ceiling fan

I can just picture that flying off at speed and landing in someones mug of tea.

 

[SparkyChick]

I agree with @Sooby2 .

Doing it with it mounted on the ceiling is going to be tricky. Take it down and hold it so the blades are running in a vertical axis and the heaviest will roll to the bottom, add weights to the others.

Alternatively, since you're unlikely to see the tops of the blades, countersink the heaviest slightly on the top surface to remove weight. Then you don't have to worry about securing the balancing weights. If it rolls quickly, countersink near the outer edge as the turning moment will be greater at the outer edge, slower, move nearer the centre. When you're done, stain the countersunk sections.

 

[Dave OCD]

That sounds like a great way of getting it just right but the problem is these jobs are usually priced low and the customer will be expecting a small bill. In fact these fans are best avoided imo.

 

[Wilko]

Never have I ever done this so so many times that I can fix em by the time the kettles boiled - comes from being raised somewhere hot and without air con. For the doubters, I've never once had a blutac escapee

 

[SparkyChick]

I've never done it, but if I really wanted to do it properly, it's how I'd go about it... it's how I've seen lots of stuff balanced in say engines, but as pointed out, it could take a while

Either that or take the blades and rotor off and drop in to KwikFit for a quick spin on their wheel balancer

 

[Dave OCD]

Nah they'd say the brakes were worn out and it needed 2 new tyres.