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I purchased this model to replace an old ceiling fan in the master bedroom that had its motor burn out after 20+ years of operation. It was relatively easy to install, but did represent a bit of a challenge to install on a vaulted ceiling & at an angle because of the size & weight.........nothing that can't be overcome, but it is helpful to have a second person available to hold or steady the unit on the ladder while making the electrical connections. Directions are easy to follow & installation can be completed in an afternoon. It is a beautiful fan & is extremely quiet in operation, probably the overriding reason to purchase a Hunter fan such as this. The price on Amazon was far more reasonable than any retail store location that I could identify.
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I have 6 Hunter fans in my home from building it 8 years ago. Recently I added 2 upstairs rooms and tried to find Hunter fans that take 4 60 watt standard base bulbs. GOOD LUCK! THESE FANS SUCK! The 4 40 watt bulbs barely put off any light. I like my rooms bright not like I'm living in the 1800's and the fan speed sucks. On these fans high speed is equal to my old Hunter fans second speed. and forget about using slow speed you might as well have your dog panting in the room it will produce more airflow!Best Deals for Hunter 20183 52 Inch Studio Series Ceiling Fan Brushed Nickel
This is the 4th ceiling fan I've purchased in the last few months for the renovation of our 1920's DC rowhouse, and I only wish I had decided on this model sooner -it would have saved me a lot of time and hassle and money on buying a few different and usually cheaper models that have not worked out nearly as well.We first bought two fans together at Lowe's (Hampton Bay I think?) for a bedroom and a sleeping porch and I was totally dismayed at how terrible their installation was designed. They depended on the small base cover -which is almost the size of the electrical box/mount in the ceiling itself -mounting flush on the ceiling to keep them from wobbling, rather than the way these Hunter fans mount: with a wide substantial bracket spanning the box mount and screwing down hard to the ceiling over the box. That way, the cover is merely decorative, and the fan is securely fastened to a hearty bracket that will not move.
This model has the most sturdy mount of any of the 3 models of fans I've tried out in our house to this point. And as a result, this fan is the most quiet, wobble-free fan that I've found yet. It's a few bucks more than the models we found at Lowe's and on Amazon (second was a Westinghouse I think), but it is totally worth the expense in the feel of quality and the strength of the mount.
After installing 3 different other models that all started wobbling on "high" moments after installation, this baby silently started blowing papers and all other loose materials all over our sleeping porch when I installed it the first time and put it on high, without so much as a wiggle in the fan. And zero noise. (That was the 44" white model, this 52" model went up in our living room two weeks ago after that great experience.) Pardon the pun, but we were blown away by how silent and smooth the operation was. The 44" has been up for a few months and it's as quiet as day one, and I assume the 52" model will be the same in six months and years to come.
My only gripe would be the same as at least one other reviewer: the 3" brass screws for mounting the master bracket to the ceiling are super soft and will almost certainly bend before you get them flush into the bracket. Both times I installed one of these, I drilled the pilot holes and the screws still bent about halfway in and then started to strip. After getting them out, I grabbed 2" metal screws from the basement and used those instead. Part of the problem may be with the recommended bit size for the pilot holes -you could try upping the bit size to the next larger size and see if that helps.
Also, if you're looking at the add-on remotes by other manufacturers, the "Universal Ceiling Fan Remote Control Kit" (which appears to be 3rd party but it's actually manufactured by Hampton Bay) worked with this fan no problem. Fits right in the base cover.
Highly recommend this fan, and looking at getting 3 more to replace the other three shite fans we got from the big boxes.
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