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Posted by mm on May 27, 2006, 9:31 pm
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>> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
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>>> Depends on where the wire has to run. Could be $200 to $500 easily.
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>> Wow. I had no idea. There is a switch and our outlet within 12' of the
>> fan location. 4' across to the wall and 8' or so down.
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>Getting down 8' is fairly easy. Getting across the 4' can be impossible
>depending on how the joists above are run. Making the turn behind the wall
>with a plate at the top may be difficult or worse. There are fire stops
>inside the wall about half way down.
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>There is surface mounted wiring systems that may or may not be acceptable to
>you, but will definitely be cheaper. Check out a Google search on Wiremold
>products.
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I was going to say that too. If you put that in now, you can replace
it later with something inside the ceiling and/or wall.
I'm not a fan of ceiling fans. Have you used them before and know
that you like them? They move the air around, I guess, but they don't
make a breeze. In the summer, they bring the hot air down to where I
am.
I use table fans, and I make them quiet by using either light dimmers
(the kind that come in a little box at the end of a wire) or fan speed
controls that I have mounted in plastic boxes (I haven't seen them
already made.)
A lot of the people here don't approve of my using light dimmers to
control fans but I keep the speed high enough so the fan blade turns,
but not so high enough that I hear it. Been doing it for 23 years.
If there are a lot of people in the room, or you can't stay in one
place, a table fan isn't as good. Personally I don't like the
oscillating fans.
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