odd and cheap fan/cooling diy

>>1056206
>hang it from the celing
it will work as long as you give space for it to allow air flow

>>1056206

Do you mean hang the fan horizontal? The bearing isn't designed for that, it might or might not wear down faster.

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I had a desk fan mounted to the wall above my bed...kept it clean of dust and pointed out toward the room when I wasn't sleeping. Ran constantly. Lasted just over a year. It was a Honeywell from Target. It didn't run as well mounted as it did sitting, because of the angle I suppose. There are ceiling mounted oscillating fans but they aren't cheap at all.

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>>1056206
How tight are we talking about? If you can, something like pic related will be idea.

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OP is going about this all wrong. Don't mount the fan to the ceiling. Mount it to the floor. Now you can utilize your limited space vertically as well.

>>1056206

To answer your specific question - if its bearings can handle the angle without excess wear, then it'll last as long as it would have on the ground. Don't tuck the vents too close into a corner, and see how it goes. Everyone's burned out a fan or two doing something off-label.

If you've yet to buy one but your intention is to hang it - get a Patton if air circulation trumps noise level. Otherwise, get a fan that has a lot of tilt built into it. I had a Honewell desk fan last for years blowing straight up, sometimes for weeks at a time. And really it only died b/c I hardly ever cleaned it.

>>1057084

cont -

If you're talking about blowing straight down - definitely get a fan that's designed to do that. It'll be a floor fan - but it doesn't matter since you'll be mounting it to the ceiling. Ime, Patton: loud but holy crap the air circulation, Lasko: decent on both, Honeywell: not a hurricane but holy crap this thing's quiet.