Product Details:
- Power Input: 220-240 V~ 50-60 Hz
- Material: Steel Body, Plywood Blades
- Motor Wattage: 32 W
- Light: LED 24 W Dimmable
- Air Movement: 10,000 m³/hr
- 32 W Energy Efficient DC Motor
- 24 W LED Lights with Three Colour Settings –
3000 K, 4000 K and 6000 K- 6 Speed Settings with Reverse Function for All Year Round Use
- 1, 2 and 4 hour Timer Options
- Comes with a Remote Control and Mounting Bracket
60 Day Satisfaction Guarantee
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My bulb blew after 18 months. It eventually got repaired after about 6 weeks under warranty. They are not straight forward to replace and you need a sparky to change it. Not great confidence for the long term.
Not just the bulb.
Plywood blades. It will be interesting to see if it is prone to warping several years down the road depending on the room environment.
Personally I would go for plastic blades.
Still a very low price - I paid almost twice as much for smaller Claro low profiles with LED.
My plywood blades are swollen from Beacon
How easy is it to diy replace an existing ceiling fan?
Mine was AC fan, got it replaced to a DC fan by paying $75 to a sparkie.
Where are you located?
In my area all sparkies charge a call-out fee of $120-150 :-(
@stuntman: 134 for an existing swap is pretty cheap - as surely bunnings is getting a cut of that too before passing it onto the installers.
Can you DM me your sparky please?
Mine wants $250 per fan.
Depends on your skill level. If you have to ask then I wouldn't recommend doing it yourself.
falls off ladder
In saying that no one will ever diy because no one just knows without learning…
Where to learn? All tradies jobs are reserved for young people. Such a discrimination.
Wondering the same. I need to replace mine for ages, but can't get a 3-meter ladder to reach the ceiling.
The hardest part of fitting ceiling fans is getting all the wires packed into the shroud. Ive DIY' a few and used sparkies when they were there for other jobs and even the pros struggled and cursed.
Yep bought a couple of brilliant fans and although they are good, packing all that shit into the shroud with the Rf receiver unit was a (profanity) nightmare
Yep same. Always a nightmare with remote controlled/dc ones. Haven't had issues with the standard a/c ones. I only get an electrician if the fixture I'm fitting is expensive and I want a warranty. No point in paying an electrician $250 to swap over a $150 fan which already has all the wiring in place and you're just unscrewing 3 wires and screwing them back in.
While I do agree, there are sometimes where to claim warranty may require electricians invoice - as some manufacturers do offer in home warranty where they arrange a techie to come back out swap out new one.
I suspect the Bunnings one will drop $159 -> $149
https://www.bunnings.com.au/brilliant-132cm-white-matt-grace…
Don't buy the Brilliant ones. They don't include a filter, so if your led light will flicker all the time.
Anyway to fix it? I bought 3. Only 1 flickers. I mainly use it for the fan as it’s so bright.
Fan works great.
https://electricalproducts.com.au/ceiling-fans/zf-1050-notch… Doesn't get rid of the flicker completely, down to about 5-10% intensity. Grace fan not bad, good performance for the price compared to competitors. If I had to go again I would get the Eglo Stradbroke series. Recommended by my sparkie.
Have 3 of these, no problems in 12 months.
There's a similar one on Amazon for $125 which works really well.
do you have this and can you vouch?
Depending on where you live, only an air tasker, uninsured, barely qualified sparky will install this for you
We have AC ceiling fans in our place that barely move any air (even on max setting) - how much of an upgrade with these DC fans be? I understand they're a lot more energy efficient than their AC counterpart - but do they offer faster fan speeds and any other benefits (more speed options)?
Have you checked the Summer/Winter switch? Makes the fan spin in different directions, pushing air up or down.
Thanks for the suggestion - confirming, definitely got it in the right setting
Clockwise?
It's odd that it pushes no air at max speed.
For bedrooms, I find the AC fan we have is too high even on low.
Other AC fan we have does have more speed options, so might be more suitable in this case.
Other big issue the missus complains about, is the hum from the AC fan. Would like it replaced with DC just for this reason alone.
How do I find out if my bedroom fan is AC or DC?
I think checking the model number is the only way. The other option is to take it apart and then send a photo of it to an expert
If it doesn't have a remote it's almost certainly AC
It’s highly likely it’s AC
AC will have a wall plate with a rotary speed switch, DC is controlled by remote, the wall plate will have a single on/off isolation switch.
@nocure: Thanks. Mine was a wall plate and a rotating knob for 0-1-2-3 so most likely AC.
I like to install this fan in my alfresco. There isn’t an existing fan and there is power outlet which was installed for the auto blinds. Does this fan come with a plug or do I need a sparky to wire it?
I used to work at a place that sold fans. The short version of it is that the motor itself doesn't necessarily tell the whole story. It'll generally be more efficient than an AC motor (especially on low speeds - one of the fans we used to sell only used 1.5W on speed 1/6, which is crazy!) but there's more to it. Most of the older fans are made either with wood or metal blades. Wooden ones tend to be quieter but not push as much air, whereas the metal fans tend to have a little lip on the blade to get more airflow, but that also made them a lot noisier.
These days though there's another major contender - plastic blades. These are all over the place - we used t sell ones that had less airflow than the old wooden ones, but on the other end we also sold some that were more than the highest moving metal fans; the main thing is the design of the blade, but there's no way to tell for sure just by looking at it. It's sort of how LED lights these days can give more light for less wattage, but an 8W bulb from one supplier might be twice as bright as an 8W from another supplier.
However, all fans will have an airflow rating, and that's the thing to look for. This fan has a rating of about 10,000m3/h. Depending on the size of your fan, the wooden fans we used to sell had about (I think) 7000-9000m3/h, whereas the metal ones were about 12-14k. This one sits in the middle for airflow, though noise I can't tell for sure without hearing it or other reviews.
The other thing is with your current fan, sometimes something would happen to the motor/switch that would make them spin very slowly even on max speed - I'm not an electrician so don't know the specifics, but if that's happening to you, you may have a lot less airflow than a regular fan anyway.
What I'd recommend if you can is to go to a place that sells fans and have a stand under some of them to get an idea of airflow from each of the fans. Your old fan might be a tad broken and not working well, so maybe 10k is enough, but maybe you've got a hot room and want more for something closer to 12-14 or even more if it's a bigger room.
Let me know if you have any questions - it's been a few years since I was selling fans, but I think I still remember most of it! Good luck with your fan search!
Thanks a lot for the detailed answer. And apologies for hijacking this thread.
I'm also looking for an air extractor/circulator for our subfloor, to make it less humid. Could you please give me some advice on choosing the most suitable fan?
Thanks a lot.
Unfortunately the only types of fans we sold were ceiling fans - for what you're after, I unfortunately have no experience in.
Always amazed at this brilliant community and the lengths that complete strangers would go through to respond to someone they do not know (or will ever meet!) - genuinely appreciate the detailed breakdown and thorough response. Much to unpack and think about, really appreciate the insights, especially coming from a business that sold fans - cheers
No worries! Unfortunately there's a lot of information everywhere and there's no central bit of info for fans, so there's a lot of misinformation about it all, especially when it comes to upgrading fans!
Hope it's helped, and let me know if you have any other more specific questions - it's been many years since I sold fans (and the other stuff we sold) but I like I said, hopefully I remember at least enough to help!
Also a quite extra note since I forgot to mention it - this fan is a wooden blade fan, so on paper it should be pretty quiet, and 10k for a wooden fan is pretty good for a wooden fan, but obviously that's on paper - 10k might not be enough for you if you want more airflow, or 10k might be too much, as it's all personal preference.
Secondly, I've seen some places saying that DC motors are just outright better than AC motors for airflow. It's a rough rule of thumb but isn't always the case. A lot of the time, DC motors will have plastic blades, and because those can be molded to specific shapes to get the most airflow, some places conflate the idea of having DC motors with having more airflow directly. While a lot of Dan's with DC motors will have good airflow, it's not necessarily because of the motor.
The last thing I can think of is the light. Back in the day they used to have bulbs you could replace or change when you wanted to, but these days most of them are LED panels. Some fan suppliers did sell replacement panels, but not many. One of the suppliers we had for ages started using panels in some of their fans - they reckoned they'd have panels as a spare part in the years to come, but in the couple of years I was there after that point, I never heard of anyone needing a replacement panel. Generally speaking, panels will have a lifetime rating rather than a warranty - I can't see how much this one has immediately, but most panels (and bulbs) I've seen/sold tended to be rated for anywhere between 10-30k hours. For 10k hours, if you're using it 8 hours a day, it should last for about 3.5 years, but that's just a guideline (and the reason LED bulbs don't tend to offer warranties). There's some electrical reasons it may not last (again, not an electrician, so can't really explain them unfortunately), but in theory it should last for a bit. One thing to look out for is the warranty - if you can find a specific breakdown of the warranty, it might mention if the panel is included and how long. The downside to the panel is, if in x years the panel dies and isn't in warranty and isn't replaceable (or the company doesn't have a replacement one because technology/design has changed or whatever), you'll need to replace the whole fan.
With bulbs, they're mostly nice and easy to replace (excluding some weird fluro tube designs we saw) and also much more customisable. With the panel, the colour(s) of the panel is all you get, so if you want a bright 6k daylight, but the panel only goes to 4k, you're out of luck. However, when we were selling them, not many DC plastic fans came with bulbs - I couldn't tell you why, but suppliers really started pushing the panels for some reason. Bulbs may also be limited by the space of the fan housing, so in some cases, panels may end up giving more light than you'd get out of bulbs (for example, if you can't fit high lumen bulbs in), but you'd need to check the panel's lumen count, and see what a similar fan with bulbs could give you.
Weve had dc panel light fans that you can change color temp on
@mauricem: True! Sorry, what I meant was if you have a panel that only has the option between a warm white and a neutral white, but you only like bright daylight, you can't change it to get the light colour you want. Of course, some panels have multiple colours so you'll hopefully find something you like, but it can still be a limiting factor for some people. However, if you have bulbs in your fan, you can always get bulbs of the colour you want easily enough
Someone gift this guy a month of ozbargain premium
I already bought lifetime when it was sale, but thanks!
Poor man’s OzB Platinum 🏆
Thanks for the gold, kind stranger
This is the same fan I’ve got, exact match. Landlord must love Aldi
The landlord special
Does it come with nonfunctional remote to complete the landlord checklist?
Can't have you running that god damn fan 24/7, you'll wear out all the wiring in the house that I painstakingly purchased from Supercheap Auto and installed myself.
Would these come with a plug or have to be hardwired?
hardwired
Looking at the reviews on the Aldi fan it looks like there is a faint glow from the led light while using the fan even when the light is switched off.
Hard pass as I want my room darker than the inside of a cow.
all us bovines have dark souls.
I have had the aldi fans for 4 years now and in 3 of my bedrooms. Have not missed a beat.
They come in super handy in summer, when I run the aircon for 30-60 mins and the fan on speed 3 usually. And have never had an issue at all.
Same, installed them in a rental 8 years ago to replace some AC fans that didn't last more than 6 years, and these have been rock solid.
I would have bought more but I stocked up on Kogan ones during the post covid overstock for 99 bucks each. They are DC but don't know if they are as good as these
is there a black one? whites so boring
White is easy to (spray) paint over.
thankyou!
Black probably looks worse over time as dust builds up etc, and in most cases black can shrink a room/it stands out a lot more unless your room is already dark.
I have black one and my room stayed the same size
Need a wifi model so i can get my assistant to turn it on and off for me
They all have infra red remotes so you can get a cheap Broadcom infra red hub and get it to do your bidding
Wow that's exactly what i needed. Thanks😊
Wait, hold on, WHAT!?
I can turn on my old school AC on while I'm out of the home?
And same with the fans, turn them off if I've left them on at any point, without the remote? Using voice control, Hey GOogle/Alexa??
Yeah boi, this is what most people are using now I believe, Broadcom RM4. I don't have a lot of use for one ATM so not speaking from experience, but enough people on here can comment. I am moving into a new house and I almost bought an old school IR remote and reciever for a new ducted AC just to use one of these and avoid all the overpriced BS that AC companies want you to buy in to
@Jackson: I'm reading now, and ready to be blow away.
This Broadcom RM4 for $30?
I'm going to YOU to see how to use these things. With summer coming, this will be a very nice tool to have where I can turn on the wall ac which uses a remote a few minutes before we get home to use solar to cool off the home.
Do you have some magic going for DUCTED entire home acs by chance?
@Lord Ra: not all are infra red, some are radio
for that you need something like RM4 pro. Is a bit more than $30
And, the fan I have is RF, not IR controller but every time i've tried to set it to work with the broadcom device (after recording what the remote sends) all I can get it to do is NOTHING, by which I mean it no longer works with the remote etc.
have to turn it off at the wall for an hour or so, remove the battery from the remote, and re-pair the remote with the fan.
YMMV, but beware.
(I do use that broadcom device for other things though, like turning the aircon on before we get home etc, so it is not all doom and gloom)
My loungeroom fans have plywood blades and they swelled in the humidity near the ocean
The kicker - easily replaceable bulb?