Sleeping with a fan on, anyone else?

[askolover]

Even though we have central heat and air, I have small window units in the bedrooms so we don't have to cool the whole house down to 68 while sleeping.  I sleep in daytime so the fan noise blocks outside racket.  When it's really cold out and I don't want to circulate cold air I have a small Pelonis heater sitting on my headboard that has a fan only setting...it makes similar noise to the window AC so it helps me sleep too.  Normally I don't hear it thunder with the fan and wearing ear plugs.

 

[artcurus]

Thanks all.

That Diehl is nice but it has some problems. The body is made of pot metal and it's in terrible shape.

I've replaced the headwire so hopefully I won't have to open the case again, it should be okay if it's not messed with anymore.

 

[circlew]

I'm surprised that the Diehl is pot metal. Mine is very heavy, and I assumed it was cast iron.

 

[supersuds]

The book Collector's Guide to Electric Fans by John M. Witt doesn't have a lot of detail about Diehl fans, but does indicate that Diehl made very high-quality fans with cast-iron bases and motor housings through the 1920s (and maybe later, though he isn't specific). However, Witt is very critical of their six-bladed Command Air fans of the 1930s -- I'm no expert but it looks like this is what Arcturus has. Witt calls it "a very cheaply made fan with stamped steel blades, base and motor housing."

Years ago, I used a 10-inch Emerson fan to help me sleep. Most Emersons will run practically forever with minimal care.