Westinghouse Lighting 7861400 Industrial 56-Inch Indoor 3 Blade Ceiling Fan in Brushed Nickel, Steel Blades

After a month of 24/7 use, I now have some experience. By far the best ceiling fan at any price. At $55, it moves more air and looks more contemporary & sleeker than any $500 designer fan. Same fan as the brushed nickel model so read those reviews as well. Set to the lowest speed, it moves as much air as some residential fans move at their highest speed. I have it mounted above my bed. On the highest speed, it moves so much air it blows the Sunday paper apart & off the bed. Standard installation will lower the fan blades almost 2 ft so if you have 8ft ceilings, it's too dangerous for residential installation. The blades are metal, move at an incredible speed & could probably slice a tomato. You do not want them clipping your hand. BUT ... the down rod can easily be cut in half (with only modification being to drill a new cross mounting hole in the rod, keeping the blades safely above 7ft. Have never had to sleep with the fan set to "high" but the dogs love sleeping under it on hot days and I find that it takes minutes to cool down the room before bed if I turn on the A/C + the fan on high for a few minutes, then back to second lowest speed when I crawl into bed. Saves running the A/C in there all day. To address, other writers' criticisms: - the motor itself is whisper quiet. Quieter than many other brands. But it is impossible to move that much air without hearing the sound of rushing air. Set on "high" there almost a slight "helicopter chop" sound but that's not the motor, that's the metal blades slicing thru the air. But remember, for me, the blades are only 4 feet above the bed. Mounted from a 14 ft ceiling, you might not hear it at all. To me it's "white noise" that drowns out other sounds (but not the TV) but again, I have never had to set it higher than "medium" to stay cool at night. Your choice: strong quiet motor that blows a lot of air that creates some wind noise set on the highest when you really need it, or suffer thru a hot night when you are dying for a breeze. - Lot of criticism of the old fashion looking surface mount box switch. So much so that I ordered a slide dimmer at the same time. But at time of installation, I read NOT to use an electronic dimmer (why, I don't know). And know from other installations, some dimmers can cause the motor to hum. If you have a row of switches, the standard surface box switch could present an installation challenge. In my case, the fan switch is by itself. So rather than risk a potential humming noise, I used the provided switch. After 2 days, I got use to it. It looks like a regular thermostat. Bid deal. Plus I like that the switch "clicks" from one speed to the next, as opposed to sliding. So each position is always the same speed, which matters because since this fan is powerful, it can take a minute or more for the motor to get the blades spinning at the speed you set. There's no second guessing if you set it to the correct speed like there would be with a sliding dimmer switch. - And there is no "reverse switch". Again, big deal. Google the web and you'll find some expert opinions that the "winter" & "summer" settings for ceiling fans is a marketing myth. It doesn't matter if the fan pulls the cold air up or pushes the hot air down, once you've got the air circulating, there are no longer any different temperature zones in the room. The pros just say to use low or medium speeds in winter to avoid a "wind chill" effect. Lastly, easiest fan I've EVER installed. All others have required a second pair of hands to hold it while I connect the wires. Suggestion: - mount the blades PRIOR to lifting the motor onto the socket. When it's fully assembled all you have to do is lift the motor with blades and place the ball into the socket holder. That's it. No more holding a heavy motor. Then do the wire connections. There are only 3 blades, easy to work around them connecting the wires and beats trying to climb even higher later to mount the blades from the top. - Use rubber, even plain old weather stripping between all screw connections, between the holding bracket & the junction box, even between the ball & the socket to dampen any vibration noise. During the first week, I would occasionally hear a rhythmic "clicking noise" if the fan was set too long at the same speed. It had no relation to the speed of the fan (so I knew it wasn't the fan blades hitting anything) and it disappeared if I slightly rocked the based of the fan (carefully) while it was spinning. After trial and error, I discovered it was the electrical wire nut covers tapping against each other inside the junction box. Wrapping them with insulating foam and electrical tape solved the problem.

I'm not sure why people are bashing the remote. It doesn't say residential or modern or custom fan. It says it is an industrial 56 inch fan. So yes, it does look like a wall mounted brick or bus or however you want to describe it. However, you shouldn't remove any stars from your rating because you can't read the product description. Great fan. Easy install. This fan replaced an existing ceiling fan with a wall mounted round switch fan control. I installed it with a Harbor Breeze universal remote #40837 I purchased from Lowe's . You'll need to use the ball bracket that came with the fan. It will be a tight fit but it will fit. Slide it in the space above the ball socket. You'll need to keep the wires short enough so it doesn't take up too much room. Make sure you tape up your wire connectors so it doesn't come loose. I replaced the wall switch with a regular switch to keep things more modern. On high, the fan noise the fan makes is very pronounced. However I can't see you using this on the highest setting unless you are having sexy times, it's hot in your room and you're doing all the "work". This is when this fan will shine. My bedroom has a vaulted ceiling and is not a huge room but larger than average. On high, the air will circulate very fast, cooling the room down in a few minutes. This is great when your wander up to your room upstairs, you're ready for bed and its stuffy and hot. The sound the fan makes is from the blades moving the air and not so much from the motor. The sound is less pronounced when on the low setting on my remote. But all fans make some sort of noise. The background noise the fan makes while on the low setting is quite soothing and It feels like a gentle breeze. I would have loved to see a 60" version of this fan. This is a great product. It is priced right (better than all of similar fans). I would buy this again and I just might do that.

I bought two .November 2022 put up in my shop only run them when I have the air on when I am in the shop . Maybe three hours a week never in the winter . Tonight one of them stopped and just shakes . The other one works fine . I like the air from them and the look and the speed control. But the one played down and it is 14 feet up . Checked power to fan and it is all working good . So now I wish I had gotten protection plan . Hope they would do something about it .

I've bought quite a few products lately to try and combat the heat here and this fan is one of them. Our main issue is we just recently had a baby and the nursery is above the garage. Being above the garage and having a traditional attic, that room gets very hot and is not easy to cool down. When we built the house we did make sure the garage was fully insulated, so all walls and the ceiling. I have done a few thing to help the garage not heat up as much and I am working on modem insulation in the attic as well. What I did with this fan though was put it in my garage. Right now there isn't much else I can do with my garage other than air condition it and I have no plans to do that. So, I mounted this fan ok the ceiling in the area that would be about center to the nursery above the garage. The thought was that during the day the heat builds up in the garage and rises to the ceiling which in turn heats up the floor of the nursery. Putting the fan there will help pull the heat off the ceiling and keep the garage a more uniform temperature. It also helps to cool down our car after driving it and then parking it in the garage which helps prevent the car from heating up the garage as much as it normally would. I also plan on moving the yard equipment and things out to a storage shed so that I can put up cabinets and put down a floor coating to make the garage a cleaner place to work on things. So this fan will help make working in there more bearable once I am finished with all that. So far I think it has helped. I wasn't expecting huge results since it's just blowing around the same hot air but, for $70 it was worth a try. It also wasn't necessarily about saving money each month as much as it was about making that room easier to cool down. Because as it is now, on the hottest days, we can't get the room down below 76-77 and it hasn't its own dedicated thermostat for that room. So if my bill stayed the same but I could cool that room better I'd be very happy. I tried to measure the temperature of the floor before the fan and after and it seems to be about 3-5 degrees different than before. It's hard to get concrete results because the temperate and humidity etc....have not been exactly the same but they've been close. The temperature before was around 80-85 depending on where and now it's around 77-81 depending on where. As far as the fan itself, it is probably the easiest fan I've assembled and put up. We just recently put up one in the nursery that was not as simple. My control box looks quite a bit different than others, I'll post a picture, so I did not replace it as it's not too bad looking. When cranked all the way up, this fan moves a ton of air! I can see why people said it was loud. It's not the fan operating that's loud, it just blows so much air its like a planes propeller on our ceiling! Because mine is in the garage I could not use the long rod it came with as mine is in between the ceiling and garage door. So I just cut down the rod, drilled two new holes and reassembled. The holes I had to drill hold in the small metal bar which is what secures the ball joint that mounts to the bracket on the ceiling, so it's very important to be able to drill those two new holes before you cut up the pipe. Because I cut it down, I wasn't able to use some of the decorative shrouds that hide the wires, but that's ok since it's in the garage. Assembling the blades was a piece of cake and so was mounting. Just throw a couple screws to the mounting bracket and ceiling and then hang the fan. Once it's hung you can splice the wires and you're done! Now, where I put this fan was not designed to have a fan or even a light, it was just a smooth ceiling. All I had was two outlets on the ceiling which power my garage door and my remote garage door opener. It's one we got from our security company so we can open and close the garage from our phone. In order to make this work, I bought a two outlet adapter, from Amazon, so that the fan and or remote sensor could be plugged into the one outlet. I wasn't worried about load on the circuit since the remote opener barely uses any power. Next, I took an extension cord (VERY IMPORTANTLY A THREE PRONG GROUNDED CORD) and wired it to the fan wires. Because this has no light it would've been an easy white to white, gray to gray and black to black wiring. However, this also comes with the control unit that needs to be wired in. Again, since this fan wasn't traditionally wired, I had to come up with another way. So, I bought 18 gauge wire, the same as the fan wiring, and used it to wire the switch. All you have to do is splice on wire to the black wire coming from the fan and then splice another wire to the black wire coming from the extension cord. Those two wires are ran along my ceiling to the back wall where I wired them into the switch. There are two connections labeled A and F that you screw the wires into. F is the wire coming from the fan, A is the wire coming from the power. Once those were connected and the fan plugged into the outlet it worked like a charm! So far I am very pleased with how everything is working. The fan moves a ton of air which was the goal, it doesn't wobble or make noise, was affordable and easy to install. All in all a great product that I would definitely buy again and would highly recommend.

Don't buy this fan. Here's why... About four years ago we finished our open concept first floor and wanted large industrial ceiling fans to move air in large space while getting the industrial look. We came across Westinghouse 56" fans, installed them and they were a perfect fit. Reversible, stylish, performed above expectations and cheap, about $60. Fast forward to present and we're remodeling the master bedroom. There was never a doubt I would choose the same fan. In fact I planned on putting the same in our hallways and future renovated rooms. I bought this fan thinking I was getting the same thing with a few updates, again the last time I purchased was 4 years ago. I noticed the wall control was different - ugly, large and no way it would install in a gang box with two other Decora light switches so I also purchased a fan switch. I just installed and couldn't be more disappointed. 1. Not reversible unless you use the included wall mount. It might suit your taste if strictly an industrial installation or you are going for a retro look. The fans from 4 years ago have the fan direction switch right on the unit. This was perfect for me as I would get out the tall ladder and clean the blades and such twice a year when time to change direction. 2. The blade pitch is nearly flat. Therefore the only space you feel the air is directly below the unit. Compare to the other two fans I previously installed with more blade pitch where I can feel the breeze twenty feet in all directions. 3. Blades are a thin steel. This isn't a fault of the fan - it clearly states it is for industrial not residential applications but the previous model was a thicker wood composite. Granted something is going to take a beating if it ends up in the way of either fan, but the new model's blades are much more dangerous. Just keep that in mind when deciding. I researched well before I bought and didn't come up with a winner this time, nor can I find the same Westinghouse fan I bought years ago. The replacement may be the Emerson Loft Ceiling Fan Model CF765BS but will need to research a bit more this time.

Love the clean modern lines of this fan. It was easy to install and moves some serious air when on high. Very happy with it. The drawbacks to me were the remote. Seriously, Westinghouse? It's beyond 'retro' and not in a quirky or unique way. Ridiculous. Anyone buying this fan will have to buy your Westinghouse 7787200 Ceiling Fan Wall Control . It's a given so why not just add it to the fan? Add $10 and it is still a great deal. Second issue is there is no reverse. I almost did not buy due to this but I really like the fan and am glad I did go for it.. I still gave the fan 5 stars even with these two issues. One was an easy workaround and the other I gave up but still got a great fan with a nice look and great functionality otherwise.

Awesome fans. I installed two in my 30'x40' workshop to move the air during summer and add better distribution of the ceiling mounted heater during the winter. They are great. Very quiet, but move a lot of air too. The entire fan is rugged (can't say how long the motor will last, but it sounds well made), especially the metal blades. The fan comes with a boxy wall mounted controller, that I haven't been able to reverse the fan direction, although it will step through five speeds...ranging from a slow speed that just moves the air to a fairly strong downdraft. I really like the stainless steel construction that gives it a clean sleek look. While I installed my fans in a workshop I think they'd look good in any garage, man cave, or similar location. I didn't attempt to add a light fixture, so not sure if that's possible (the installation manual shows a light connection in the wiring diagram, but the wall controller has no switch for lights). For the price these are outstanding fans. Highly recommend them.

I had this fan professionally installed on a covered patio a week ago. It looks great and works well to keep the air moving in this stuffy space. The only issue is the noisy clacking which starts and stops intermittently regardless of speed. I was hoping to use this space as a summer office but the racket is extremely distracting. Has anyone else experienced this and found a remedy?