Many people look for ceiling fans with lights and we have many ceiling fans with lights. There are two types: ceiling fans with an integrated light from the manufacturer and light adaptable ceiling fans meaning one of the many ceiling fan lights in our range will fit the fan. The latter means more choice as you can choose a ceiling fan to your taste and add a light of your choice. We often see clients that come looking for ceiling fans with an integrated light, not realising that it can often be made up of a ceiling fan and a separate light, thereby increasing their options.

Ceiling fan installation must be done, under local autralian regulations, by a qualified electrician and the client should receive a signed certificate issued by the electrician. The primary aim of this regulation requiring ceiling fans installation by a qualified lectrician is to protect clients from injury or death by electrocution. Clients may also have difficulties making warranty claims without this certificate and proof of purchase of the ceiling fan. We work with a number of electricians who are experienced in installing ceiling fans and recommend them to our clients. Most of the problems with ceiling fans are due to faulty installations: although the majority of electricians are skilled tradesmen, there are also others not so skilled and unwilling to spend the necessary time to do a proper installation. A cheap quote may mean a quicker, less thorough installation and problems for the client.

Clients will find a large range of ceiling fans prices. Many people question why a ceiling fan will cost say $50 and another $200. The answer is in the quality of the fan and in practical terms, how noisy, effective and reliable it will be. Many people are happy with $50 ceiling fans: these will wobble, specially at high speeds and will make more noise and some people do not mind a bit of noise and wobble, others get the impression all ceiling fans must wobble and make noise as this is their experience in the past and are very pleasantly surprised when they find a quiet and wobble free ceiling fan. Clients will find that most cheap ceiling fans will come with a replacement warranty, instead on an in-home warranty. A replacement warranty simply means those people unlucky enough to have a faulty ceiling fan (and cheaper fans have a greater fault rate), will need to call an electrician to take the fan down, take the fan back to the place of purchase for a replacement and then call the electrician again to put the fan up, a time consuming and expensive exercise

Hunter Ceiling Fans

In a recent article, updated in September, 2009, a well known consumer magazine, Choice, tested ceiling fans available in Australia and ranked the Hunter ceiling fans highest in its various categories. Universal Fans has been supplying Hunter ceiling fans to the public since the brand arrived in Australia about 10 years ago. Universal Fans has most of the Hunter ceiling fans range on display including the Hunter Vista (rated as the best ceiling fan), Hunter Carera ceiling fan, Hunter Savoy ceiling fan, Hunter Industrie ceiling fan and many other models highly rated by Choice magazine. Being a less popular fan, many shops will not carry stock of Hunter fans and will get them in if ordered by client. We have these Hunter ceiling fans on display, carry stock of most models and we also carry a complete range of accessories for the Hunter ceiling fans including ceiling fans extension rods, wall controls and remote controls for the Hunter range of ceiling fans. See our page on Hunter ceiling fan.

Hunter Pacific International is another company marketing ceiling fans in Australia . It is unfortunate that both use the "Hunter" name as they are completely different companies and in fact, competitors. Interestingly, Hunter Pacific is an Australian company and they design some of the ceiling fans in their range. Often the same factory that makes their own designs will also make the other ceiling fans they market in Australia.. Their most famous product is probably the Hunter Pacific Concept fan which has now been copied by just about every other manufacturer (including Hunter Pacific themselves). Most copies use lower quality materials in an effort to reduce prices. Choice magazine has rated the Hunter Pacific Typhoon ceiling fan very highly. They actually rated the Hunter Pacific Typhoon 316 and as only the material used differs from the Typhoon Brushed Chrome / 304 blades (and the other colours), the same performance figures applies.
Many people are confused by the similar names for these two companies: Hunter and Hunter Pacific which is a unfortunate as they both have a great range of ceiling fans and generally in very different design and price ranges.

Fanimation Ceiling Fans

Universal Fans has recently added models from the Fanimation range of ceiling fans and models from the Emerson ceiling fans range. These ceiling fan are designed in the USA and feature unusual designs, for example the Punkah ceiling fan is a like a series of large "hand held" fans, the Treventi ceiling fans can be "dressed up" to give it an oriental look, an african look and many other options. There is also an extra large ceiling fan with 2m long blades ideal for larger areas and many other beatiful designs. See our page on USA ceiling fans

Other Ceiling Fans

There are many other companies that sell ceiling fans in Australia. They are usually lighting companies such as Mercator and Brilliant, or other companies who import ceiling fans as well as many other products, like Omega, Heller and others. Martec is a well known name and is now a very different company, specialising in ceiling fans and having few or no lighting products. They have some popular designs, competitevely priced, as well as unusual designs such as their square fan. The market changes continuosly, with new companies entering and leaving the ceiling fans market. Universal Fans is always monitoring the market to ensure we supply our clients with the widest range available at any time

Ceiling Fans Information

In this web site we have information on each ceiling fan in our range as well as accessories for ceiling fans like ceiling fan lights and ceiling fan remotes. We encourage clients to consult with us and we can help ensure your ceiling fan choice will be the best for your needs. We find many people have heard condradictory stories about ceiling fans, for example some people come to us saying they have heard that 3 blade ceiling fans move more air, others have been told that 4 blade ceiling fans are better than 3 blade ceiling fans. We here similar contradictions with ceiling fans blades, such as that metal blades are better than timber and viceversa. Some people have been told ceiling fans with 18 pole motors are better than ceiling fans with 16 pole motors.
The reality is not so simple, as with most other things. The poles in a motor do affect its performance, but so do the rotors, the windings, stator, etc. Air movement is affected by the number of blades but also by the angle, shape and width of the blades. The material of the blades (metal , timber and others) also has an effect, for example, a good metal bladed fan running at top speed will make more wind noise than a similar timber bladed fan .... but it will also move more air !. At low speeds, metal bladed fans can be as quiet as timber bladed fans. Our clients find that as a specialist shop, our staff have the knowledge to explain to them in a logical way why some ceiling fans are better than others and what are the characteristics that make some ceiling fans better, for example for lounges than bedrooms We encourage our clients to explain what they will use the ceiling fan for and we can then advise them better on a ceiling fan to suit..