Bought this fan awhile back...too strong and takes up too much room.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/3/HouseHome/1/HeatingAirConditioning/ElectricFans/PRD~0435649P/Likewise+Pedestal+Fan%2C+16-in.jsp?locale=en

I can fix the speed with

http://www.homedepot.ca/product/rotary-variable-fan-speed-control/971401 but I would like to mount the fan high up pointing down in my flowering room.

Has anyone ever MacGyver this before ? Any were you able to keep the oscillating function ? Pictures ?

Thanks
Grassy

So, you want to blow warm air down onto your grow? Hmmm...

I see the fan has a forty-five degree tilt adjustment, so you're definitely going to have to "MacGyver" some way to mount it to the ceiling and some way to make up the angular difference... and that's assuming it won't fall apart when you turn it upside down.

Hard to help you there, but I would like to point out a couple of things and make a suggestion.

First, there are many different types of low or fractional horsepower electric motors and thus, many types of speed controllers i.e. be sure the controller you're looking at is for your type motor, especially since this is a three speed motor. Fire is a four letter word.

Second, most oscillating fans are driven by the rear shaft of the fan motor so if the fan works, the oscillating function should work as long as the guard doesn't hit the ceiling as it moves through it's eighty-five degrees of travel.

The suggestion is to purchase a smaller variable speed oscillating desktop fan, or tower fan, and mount it off to the side of the grow. Unfortunately, all of those that I've looked at had three speed motors like the one you have. If low isn't low enough, move the fan further away or see first point.

Maybe someone else has an idea...

Good luck, 52.

You're probably better off picking up a couple smaller fans, rotating if possible, and placing them below, or at the same level as your canopy. Pushing hot air back down is not the best thing to do....

bite the bullet and get the right fan so you don't have to worry about something falling on your plants later on or perhaps your hood and knocking your light out but hopefully not if you do MacGyver it. What about something like this


http://www.plantlightinghydroponics.com/activeair-16-inch-oscillating-wall-fan-p-2169.html


and even better


http://www.bghydro.com/BGH/itemdesc.asp?ic=AEFW16CXT&eq=&Tp=



best of luck

What Lovin' said. I think I'd rather have 2 of the cheaper ones. Matter of fact I'm gonna order a couple right now. One to hang and one for back-up.. That's a helluva price right there.

Yes, it doesn't sound so smart when you say that out loud Thank-you for stopping me do something silly.

I have a squirrel fan to dump out extra heat. It helps that my ambient temp in the basement is cool.

52 mentioned one of my big fears. Fire. My Mom lost her house when she was a kid .. and we built our house ..so we tend to be a bit more nervous. I have read up on how to control the speed of a fan. In my mind, resistance causes heat..heat causes fire. I had an incident of a wall mounted radio shack volume control going on fire..

The reason we use a fan is not so much to toughen up the plants(even though it does) but to keep the air circulating so mildew, mold and rot doesn't move in. I find that fan too strong..I leave it about 4 feet from the entrance to my room. So, if we are just looking for air movement, 52 mentioned using a computer cooling fan...you could mount it on a drop cord and lower it to where it would do the best... lower pushing the air up ?

I like the idea of the wall mounted fan with a sweep...I need to look for sources in Canada.

Thanks for the input. Bud room building still in progress..

Grassy

remove the pedestal from the fan, find a piece of pipe that stays with the fan and get t welded to a piece of flat steel. then you can mount it any height you want. Put a set screw or drill a hole through the two pipes and put a pin in to keep it from turning

Hey MJ, ltns

Maybe I missed something here, but why not pick up two or three cheapo fans from Wally-World, the type that clamps onto stuff ? I use a few of these for various purposes: have one in my drying cupboard (gently blowing away from the buds, but keeps the air circulating to avoid rot), and two others keeping my vegging room air moving.

Using smaller fans helps me position them exactly where they'll do the most good.

I have a fan mounted to my ceiling. Just a 12" oscillating one that had 4 little rubber inserts in holes on the base.

I took the inserts out and drilled out the holes. Used tin roof screws to hold it up in the corner and it worked like a hot-damn and freed up some floor space.

Seems the oscillating mechanism is made for stand-up mode cause after a couple of months it just kinda fell apart. The fan still works ok so it still hangs there blowing the air over the plants about 5' away.

smaller fans work great but the gentlemen was looking for a way to mount is pedestal fan on the wall