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Posted by Tim Fischer on September 25, 2006, 12:51 am
I've had good luck with Hampton Bay (Home Depot's house brand) and also
Lowe's house brand (can't think of the name).
-Tim
> There is a 1/2" gap between the canopy surface and the ceiling. If the
> gromets are removed, there would still be a small gap for rattling.
> Your right, it is a sucky design. What other brand would be better?
> I will simply bring the Hunter back to Home Depot, and tell them that
> it is a piece of junk and get another.
> M
>
>
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:17:12 -0400, "RBM" <rbm2(remove
> this)@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>>It's the most dumb assed design I've seen except for some other Hunter
>>models. No, you can't remove the rubber bushings or the canopy screws
>>won't
>>line up, and without the bushings, the thing would squeak against the
>>ceiling. My suggestion is junk it and get any other make fan
>>
>>
>>
>>>I recently installed a Hunter 42" Low Profile Fan with light in my
>>> kitchen. I noticed that the shock mounts that they require to mount
>>> the plate to ceiling cause the fan/motor assembly to move. Seems too
>>> flimsy.
>>> When I pull the chain to turn on the fan, the whole motor body moves.
>>> It is not loose, it is simply a very soft mount. Should I remove the
>>> gromet shock mounts and have the plate mount flush to the ceilng?
>>> When I turn the fan on, it wobbles and I think that the wobbling
>>> motion will fatigue the wiring. This is a very crappy design, if t is
>>> designed to be a mushy mount.
>>>
>>
>
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