7224800 HVLS Industrial Ceiling Fan, 100-Inch, Black

Edit: four years later, still working flawlessly. Cheap remote still works. I still haven't bothered to pull the remote codes LOL But the thing is great. Haven't had to do anything to it since I installed it. Still absolutely silent. No issues. Good product. Edit: six-month update--still love this thing. Still absolutely silent; working without issue. Never cease to be amazed at how much air it moves--stirs up dog hair we didn't even know was there. Remote still feels astonishingly cheap. Still haven not gotten around to ripping the codes to use with Home Assistant. I'm a slacker, I guess. The original review follows: So I wanted to hook up a ten-foot (10') downrod to this thing, 'cause I've got a two-story, vaulted ceiling I'm working with. I did it and it works just fine--and it didn't even cost me that much. I bought a ten-foot 3/4" galvanized steel "structural pipe" from Lowe's. Cost me like $25. I am 99% certain it's made from the same factory that makes downrods. Looks identical. Same beveled edges and everything (it's not threaded). I had to drill a 1/4" hole through it in both sides, for the retaining pins. The center of the hole is 1/2" from the end of the pipe (the one closer to the fan is *maybe* a hair closer--pay attention to this, 'cause you've got less room to work with here--the top one, connected to the ball/bracket, won't really matter if it's off a little). I then had to extend the wiring. The inverter is up in the canopy, so it's not just a matter of extending the AC wiring--you gotta cut into their custom wiring for the DC & control stuff. Wheeeeee always fun to cut the wires on the $600 fan you just bought. I'm sure this will void the warranty. You're probably voiding the warranty just reading about it. Don't try this at home. Only a madman would do this. Anyway, I cut the wires, then spliced and soldered some 10' extensions. There are five wires. Three are 18 gauge, two are 22 gauge. I bought some wire from Amazon, was around $25. I already had some heat-shrink, but would've just covered it with electrical tape if I hadn't. Remember to slip the heat shrink on *before* you solder the wires! Just to be on the safe side, I also extended the steel safety cable. I bought some steel rope (thought it was the same size, but I think it was actually a size smaller than what's already on the fan) and some loops, aluminum crimps, and crimping pliers. I'm confident the cable would support my weight if I hung from it, so I figure the fan is fine. I was nervous when I got it hung and wired. It was a huge pain in the butt. Very heavy. I'm lucky I had some scaffolds to work on and a forgiving and very helpful partner. The blades are relatively easy to install. The instruction manual doesn't tell you this, but the bolts and nuts are all 10mm. The manual also doesn't tell you where the flat washers go. It also doesn't tell you how many of each part you have, the little crescent gaskets it shows are *not* included, and it doesn't tell you wrench sizes for anything. You'll notice that in the questions for this product, someone asked where the flat washers go, and the seller was all like, "iT's iN tHe mAnUaL" Yeah, it's not. I've included a pic of the only page showing the blade installation here, along with the bolts and washers you're given, and obviously, the manual doesn't show you anything of the sort. The bracket that the blades attach to is steel, so I figured the split washer would be okay against it, and used the flat washers underneath the blade, between the blade and the nut. It seems to have worked fine and feels pretty secure. I secured mine using a 10mm wrench on top and a 10mm ratchet socket on the bottom. When you're putting the blades on, start with the single bolt furthest from the center of the fan. Drop the bolt in from the top, press the blade up against the bracket, then place the flat washer and nut and hand-tighten them. This gives some "leverage" to the blade, so you don't have to keep holding it, and the other two can be relatively easily placed, then you can tighten all of 'em with a wrench & ratchet or whatever. I did opposite blades each time, so the thing didn't get too off-kilter or something. I also tested it after installing the first two, in case I had borked the wiring somehow. Thankfully, it worked great. This thing is really quiet. Amazingly so. I like it. The remote feels like a cheap piece of garbage you'd get from the Dollar Tree or something. I plan to yoink the rf codes and set up an rf repeater with Home Assistant, so I can tell Alexa to turn the fan on. My wife will think that's cool. Anyway, it works well. It was expensive, but feels pretty decent. I'm happy with the ten-foot downrod (it's a slightly different color of metal than brushed nickel--sorta blue-ish--but it doesn't bug me too much) (note--Lowe's also sells this stuff in black, if you wanted to get the black version of this fan--not sure if the blacks would match, but it's black, so unless you're Tom Haverford, you probably won't notice (if you get that reference, I love you)). It moves a LOT of air--I could feel it even on the lowest setting. You'll see the paper lanterns in the pic (hey, sue me--they were cheap--have you priced lighting lately?); they get blown around a little, which is mildly annoying. Even on its highest setting, I can't hear it, but it's moving air like crazy. Pretty awesome. Good stuff.

Bought this to run in our barndominium. It has been running non stop for the past two years and still running strong. Just so you know, you will never set this to max speed. It will blow everything all over the place. This thing can blow some serious air!! Great value and quiet operation. Made of metal and is solid. Good fan

I researched all of the large industrial-style fans available and this one provides the best bang for the buck. We previously purchased the $299 70" Slinger fan which provides good airflow and style, but moved to a house with a larger 18' ceiling living room. So, I looked at all the large, industrial-style fans under $700 or so. The biggest complaint you'll see, as with the Hubbell 96" is people say that they cannot feel the breeze. We live in the south, so having a fan you can feel during the summer is important to save on cooling costs. I saw the same complaint about many other large fans in the $400-$500 price range, including the 120" one found at the orange retailer. Airflow: This fan is exceptional at airflow. If you check the specs, it reaches nearly 20k cfm, which is only half as much as $3k industrial fans. Most of the large (8' or so) fans like this are more in the 12k-14k range. This fan, even on the lowest setting moves ALL the air in our large living room. Turn it up on high and you'll have a breeze even in connecting rooms. I wouldn't mind to have a broader speed range, still topping out at the same place. So, make the 1st speed slower and spread the other speeds out. I have found that in the reverse direction, even on the lowest speed, it can move a little more air than you'd want when it is cold outside. The video I included is of the fan on the lowest speed for reference. Remote: The remote feels like they really didn't pay much attention. It feels cheap, looks cheap, and you have to flip a little dip switch to change the direction in the battery compartment. The fan also has a large beep noise on any speed change Quality: The fan feels a little rough around the edges, but kind of fits with the style of it. When the fan is off and you turn it on, there is this delay, then it ramps up quickly to the highest speed (it seems), then settles down to your setting. It is a bit startling to see this massive fan spin up like that, but it works. I also have a slight noise at times when starting the fan up, especially when switching directions, that sounds like a wire brushing against the inside of the housing. However, I don't want to have to exchange this thing, since it was such a pain to install. I have a very tiny wobble at level 4 and a small one at level 5 and 6. I was hoping for no wobble since it suggests this shouldn't be a problem in the manual, but I have no easy way to try to eliminate this. Install: So, you want this huge fan, which means you probably have high ceilings. Installing a ceiling fan like this is quite difficult on high ceilings because tall extension ladders need something to lean against, and most people don't have A-frame ladders that can reach 18' in the air. Be prepared to pay an electrician multiple times what a normal ceiling fan would cost to install, or be willing to build scaffolding. What I ended up doing was building a 6'x6'x10' platform in the middle of the room, then used a small step stool to reach the ceiling. The 10' platform reduced the distance to the ceiling for me to 8', which is easy to reach. It felt safe and steady to me, but I wouldn't want OSHA to inspect it. Don't have a finished picture of it, but added a picture where my tower was partially built. I had some plywood already, so the tower cost me about $80 in total to build. Install (fasteners): For some reason the box comes with expansion anchors that you'd typically use for concrete, which I found to be unsafe. It didn't discuss in the manual which types of materials they are suitable for. I'd worry that people would use these anchors on drywall or in wood. Instead, I added 2x8 blocking on either side of the joist that the junction box in the attic was connected to. I then purchased lag screws to connect into that blocking after pre-drilling the holes for them. This is very secure and will hold much better compared to the expansion bolts provided. While there are some rough edges, I highly recommend this fan to those looking for a large fan that can actually move enough air for you to feel it.

Looks great and moves air but to turn it on, you have to flip your wall switch AND THEN ALSO use the janky cheapo remote to hit the on button as well. There is no way to turn it on if you don't have the remote! So what happens when you lose or break the remote (which by the way looks like the cheapest of cheap China-made junk)?! Why would you not have a memory function that allows the fan to just come onto the last setting when it's turned on at the switch?!? What a ridiculous shortcut. Do not buy unless you want to put your entire $600 investment into the hands of a cheap janky remote.

I have 4 of these for the past 5 years and 3 are outdoors. One gets wet frequently. All of them still work flawlessly; the remotes as well. These are fantastic, move a lot of air. I will buy again, if i ever need to!!

I installed this under a covered deck. I live in GA and the temps are in the 90's. It moves the air generating a cooling effect. The mount for this is very heavy duty. I screwed it directly into the 2x6 I had installed but I have no idea how I would do this without great access to the mounting location. The remote unit inside the housing is massive. Like a small shoe. I have no idea why it is so large. It makes it tough to get it into the mount but after I calmed down I got it in :-). It came with a large down rod. I installed a 12" rod. It is standard sizing. It's all metal and the blades have a nice pitch to them. It is pretty heavy so plan accordingly. Very well built and looks great. It is silent and moves enough air to generate a breeze and cooling effect. I have it mounted on an angle just fine. It can be turned up to 6 as opposed to the guy who said you cannot. I highly recommend it.

I had a 96" Minka Aire fan that was solid for about 2.5 years. Had it in our Great Room hanging from the truss and it seemed to do everything we needed it to do and it looked great. It developed a problem overnight that made it sound like it was going to come off the down rod. An annoying grinding sound like some fasteners had worked loose and rubbing on the metal housing. A thorough inspection showed no sign of looseness or fasteners out of place. Many hours on the phone with Minka trying to resolve. They were adamant about the electronic controller was to blame. I replaced 3 times and reprogrammed the fan...no luck. I really wanted to resurrect the thing but it was not to be. It lay dormant for about 8 months considering I hate heights and dangling from a ladder 24' in the air makes it difficult to do much of anything. I searched for months for an appropriate replacement. I read all of the reviews on anything that came close to what we were looking for. There always seemed to be some technical anomaly that would show up or the observation that the fan just didn't move enough air for its size. Then I came across this Westinghouse Industrial fan (7224900). It was sleek, it was the right color for me and it had a blade span of 100". I tried to find some kind of exception from reviewers, but the only complaint I could find was related to the lightweight cheap feeling remote control and the fact that you can't control from a wall switch. I didn't care about that so much as I did about the performance of the fan. I bought it, installed it and it is awesome. Even on its lowest setting, this thing moves air. Its like an ocean breeze pouring over you in a subtle yet effective way...not like a wind tunnel mind you...just very soothing. Our great room is about 22' x 28' with a pitched ceiling height of about 30'. I haven't found anything negative about this fan. I believe the rigid aluminum blades make a huge difference in the way its able to move the air unlike most other large format fans with floppy blades and the pitch seems to be ideal. Worked for me!

OK, shopped around for large workshop fan and this one looked good at decent price point. I purchase one just to see how i liked it, it worked so well I purchased 2 more within a week. My shop is 40’ x 60’ x 16’ ceiling and the 3 fans do an excellent job at air movement in Florida heat. A few questions that I had but couldn’t find an answer prior to ordering. 1. The fans do have a memory, meaning you do not need to use the remote to start it. Set what speed / direction you want and the fan will turn on to those settings when power is applied. I hate remote fans big PITA! 2. The remotes have no “dip switches”, meaning the remote is “hard coded” to that specific fan. So if I wanted to use the remotes I would need to use all three individually. Again big PITA, but no problem with the unit memory. 3. The fan has a large mounting bracket that does no bolt up to a normal 4” round ceiling electrical box. The bracket is about 6” wide and bolts up to the ceiling directly. It comes with 4 concrete expansion anchors. I bolted mine directly to my 2x2 steel trusses. 4. The speed controller has two heavy plastic rings around the wiring harness. They don’t tell you what they’re for and take up a lot of room in the tight top mount. They “could be” just packing or they could be CTs (current transformers) that provide feedback to the speed controller. Not sure so I left them in and worked with the tight space. Good hunting and see ya!