What the manufacturer said: "essentially no one can help me because they 'make over 800 different fans and have no way of knowing which parts might be interchangeable.'"

Hi- I am really considering getting a ceiling fan now. Our NYC apartment has no central air and our only source of AC will be coming from the living room. Being that the kitchen and dining area will be in the middle of the apartment, it would probably be a good idea to place one there. We're definitely putting them in the bedrooms. Would it look right to get a ceiling fan AND place recessed lighting evenly spaced around it? Also, anyone have pics of their modern looking ceiling fans in house? We are leaving our brick chimney exposed, the kitchen and dining room are connected, I think I'd like something with an industrial look to it in nickel/stainless. Thanks so much for the information on quality! I'm definitely going to do my research before purchasing.

Imagine a transformer. You've got a lot of loops of the wire in the proximity with a lot of loops of another wire. THe current passing through the first induces current to flow in the other. Now stretch out those loops into a hundred feet of straight wire. You still get a little current forced to flow in another wire from the current flowing in another, but it is so weak that it won't power anything. However your digital meter is VERY SENSITIVE, it doesn't hardly take any current flow to make a voltage reading. In many cases this is what you want...you don't want to disrupt the circuit by taking a reading, but in this case you are reading this very weak amount of current. \

All ceiling fans, regardless of weight, must have a box listed for the use if the fan is supported by the box. It is more a matter of the vibration and wobbling that could strip the threads eventually. There may not have been a paddle fan there, but just wired for one as the second part of the code requires the listed box anyway. The code back in 2001 didn't include the second part, but it was still considered common sense and every electrician I knew back then did it this way. NEC 314.27 (C) Boxes at Ceiling-Suspended (Paddle) Fan Outlets Outlet boxes or outlet box systems used as the sole support of a ceiling-suspended (paddle) fan shall be listed, shall be marked by their manufacturer as suitable for this purpose, and shall not support ceiling-suspended (paddle) fans that weigh more than 32 kg (70 lb). For outlet boxes or outlet box systems designed to support ceiling-suspended (paddle) fans that weigh more than 16 kg (35 lb), the required marking shall include the maximum weight to be supported. Where spare, separately switched, ungrounded conductors are provided to a ceiling mounted outlet box, in a location acceptable for a ceiling-suspended (paddle) fan in single or multi-family dwellings, the outlet box or outlet box system shall be listed for sole support of a ceiling-suspended (paddle) fan.