they are constantly moving?

Our fan has been running for months and we just turned it off and it looks wicked grody.

3/22/2010 9:01:28 PM

friction.

3/22/2010 9:03:18 PM

haha, she said "grody"

3/22/2010 9:03:55 PM

^I thought the same thing. Were you reading my mind?

3/22/2010 9:05:02 PM

µ

3/22/2010 9:05:31 PM

My ceiling fan is like that too, it is never off and its dustier than hell
Also, +1 for grody, I used to say that all the time!

3/22/2010 9:11:08 PM

being suprised that someone who says "geez'o'flip" pulls out "grody"

=fail

but I am just kidding punchmonk you know I love it

3/22/2010 9:13:48 PM

i too have contemplated this conundrum, let us contact the mythbusters

3/22/2010 9:20:17 PM

i vacuum my fan blades

but i guess i'm also a neat freak

3/22/2010 9:27:22 PM

i <3 it when punchmonk says geez'o'flip

3/22/2010 9:32:28 PM

^ I've only served witness to this once.

3/22/2010 9:37:56 PM

the same magical force that moves the air? yea it mashes dirt and moisture into yo' blades

3/22/2010 9:42:02 PM

^slow motion video or it didn't happen

[Edited on March 22, 2010 at 10:02 PM. Reason : I spell "jeez o flip" wrong...I thought it was like saying "JESUS H CHRIST!" I do say it often. ]

3/22/2010 10:00:37 PM

tiny particles are tiny

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

3/22/2010 10:02:46 PM

or





(you're welcome)

3/22/2010 10:15:18 PM

i want to kiss Solinari on the mouth for his post in this thread

3/22/2010 10:18:26 PM

lol what are you some kind of faggot?

3/22/2010 10:43:00 PM

geez'o'flip?

3/22/2010 10:58:36 PM

replace with WTF and you will be alright

3/22/2010 11:01:10 PM

do you smoke in the room where the fan is?

3/22/2010 11:16:07 PM

Quote :

""The charged dust particles are attracted and cling to any surface that develops a charge. This can be electrical equipment, which directly carries electric current) or a surface subjected to frictional forces, which result in a static electricity build-up. The latter is the case for ceiling fans. As the blades rotate, they experience frictional forces as they `rub' against the air; this knocks electrons around, causing the blades to build up a net charge. The charged dust particles then stick to the charged areas of the blades. "The leading edge of the blades usually develops the thickest layer of dust. That's because the leading edge [the edge first cutting the air as the blade spins] encounters the most friction and develops the largest charge. "So the dust doesn't collect on the blades simply by `falling' or landing on them. The electrical-attraction effect also plays a large part. This same effect explains why some vertical surfaces also get quite dusty (television and stereo equipment, for example). The dust doesn't just fall off these surfaces -- it sticks due to the electrical attraction.""

3/22/2010 11:18:07 PM

Quote :

"WICKED GRODY FAN"

3/22/2010 11:18:49 PM

punchmonk you have verbalized a question i've had for years in perfect fashion

when I do turn it off to clean, I vacuum the grody-ishness.....but seriously! EWWW!!!



OH! And definitely clean b4 switching the direction for air flow or it snows grody in your room

[Edited on March 22, 2010 at 11:27 PM. Reason : ]

3/22/2010 11:25:00 PM

OMG MAN UP

3/22/2010 11:26:19 PM

i have one of these things that helps me clean fan blades

but yea, then you gotta vacuum it up when it falls on the floor


[Edited on March 22, 2010 at 11:28 PM. Reason : img not link]

3/22/2010 11:28:26 PM

So your fan is basically cleaning the air while it spins?

Fantastic.

3/22/2010 11:34:33 PM

Quote :

"do you smoke in the room where the fan is?"

no.

I want one of those things, katwackle.

Thanks, Alkatraz.

Quote :

"REVERSE FAN GRODY"

[Edited on March 23, 2010 at 9:22 AM. Reason : LK]

3/23/2010 9:21:50 AM

^ yea they're pretty cool haha. my mom got it for me. and the handle like gets really really long or you can push it back in to make it short or angle it or whatever. its good cause it can reach under furniture too that i don't want to move and that i can't shove my giant vacuum under. AND i use it to clean the floor boards.

3/23/2010 12:24:28 PM

GRODY!

3/23/2010 12:28:39 PM