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Mr. Bromide

Why is it that the "low" setting is the last setting on fans (most of the time)? Shouldn't it be the first setting?

This really bothers me.

Posted - July 10, 2017
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  • 46117
    It is a pisser, that one.  I agree.  I am staring at a fan that has that exact same instruction.  I think it is the Illuminati.  or Trump.

      July 10, 2017 12:54 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    probably, i dont really know much about it
      July 10, 2017 12:57 PM MDT
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  • The fans has been manufactured in a mirror reality. 
      July 10, 2017 1:06 PM MDT
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  • 5354
    Logically that would be better- but electric motors tend to need a good jolt to get spinning, after that you can finetune the speed without having them stop.
      July 10, 2017 1:22 PM MDT
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  • I think vintage fans tend to have "LO" first. Vintage fans were better :P
      July 10, 2017 1:32 PM MDT
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  • It's already been said that electric motors need a good jolt to get started
    and when a fan gets older and the mechanism starts to wear or get dirty,
    it becomes harder to start it on "low speed."  
    Quicker just to start it on "high" and adjust it.

      July 10, 2017 1:38 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    Oh... I dont know.... the ones i have here are that way... though the ceiling fan isn't
      July 10, 2017 3:05 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    A slight addition to the "jolt" answer: 

    The motors used in fans start best under high impedance. If there is high friction in the bearings (dirt), going from off -> low may not be sufficient to start the fan. Putting high first ensures the motors have adequate voltage to start.

    (Impedance---the effective resistance of an electric circuit or component to alternating current, arising from the combined effects of ohmic resistance and reactance.)

    https://www.quora.com/Why-do-a-fans-speed-settings-go-Off-High-Medium-Low
      July 10, 2017 3:29 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    That's the way millennials want it.  ;-)
      July 10, 2017 3:48 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    Me too.


     

      July 10, 2017 7:53 PM MDT
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  • 7126
      July 10, 2017 8:05 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    What?  You never thanked anyone for griping about the same things you do?  Very unamerican of you.

    That's a fugly baby btw.
      July 10, 2017 8:09 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    Hey, no insulting the fugly baby! 

    Were you thanking me? Your post was an answer rather than a comment. My pea brain is confused. 
      July 10, 2017 8:15 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    I insult babies all the time.  Great thing is, they don't know what I'm saying.
    I was thanking Mr. Bromide.  Your response suggests that you didn't understand what I was saying, so I elaborated further.
    I will never believe your brain is pea sized or confused.  But, it would behoove you to take a break from dropping acid from time to time.  
      July 10, 2017 8:22 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    Never!
      July 10, 2017 8:24 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    Oh, now I get it. Geez I must be tired. Didn't see Bromide's last sentence. 
      July 10, 2017 8:17 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    Didn't see this before I responded. lol.  meh, sue me.
      July 10, 2017 8:23 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    We seem to be playing a game of Hopscotching Comments. I guess both of us need to sober up.
      July 10, 2017 8:25 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    Never! ;-)
      July 10, 2017 8:30 PM MDT
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  • 7126
      July 10, 2017 8:33 PM MDT
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