My weird experience with remote socket fan + LED light things...

Being an electric fan enthusiast since more than a decade ago, I'm recently interested by those of the popular remote socket fan + LED light things that are currently available nowadays, mostly on certain online marketplaces that are available overseas, including our country. Ranging from those of the ring light ones, until all the way to those ones that roughly resembled those of the average mini ceiling fans. Without further ado, let me share my own experience about those of my mini socket fan + LED light things (which I actually got 2 of them in my collection, for now).

Before I begin, you may recognize about how come if any of those mini socket fan + LED light things are now exist everywhere? Well, this kind of trend is actually existed since few decades ago, although those ones that were existed back in those good old days were the ones with just the fans themselves, albeit they were insanely rare to come by... However, somewhere in 2022, specifically in the US, this kind of trend went increasingly popular thanks to those predecessors of the socket fan + LED lights themselves that were existed there (for this case, it was that Bell + Howell/Emson brand), which they initially released them with their own first version (the ones with 4 straight blades with the light on the center part of it, and the color of it is white [but then they also released even more versions besides that one, such as the black version of it, and that one "ring light" version which also comes with it's own RGB light]). This also led to how any of those random cheap Chinese manufacturers also produced their own versions in WAY much higher quantity, which those are the ones that are now exists overseas. So, those versions of themselves are:

• Simple "ring light" with the fan on the center part of it (which comes with different variants per each of them [such as different colors and motifs of fan grill cages themselves, different wattages between each of themselves, and etc.),
• Those ones which roughly resembles those of the simple "ring light" ones, except with the weird mini "orbit fan" on the center part of it,
• 4 straight bladed version (33 cm/13"),
• 6 petal bladed versions (both 42 cm/~16" and 52 cm/~20" versions, including those with their own light sockets under themselves instead of their own built-in white LED lights which they originally come with them),
• 5 straight or petal bladed versions (62 cm/~24", or sometimes 42 cm/16" [?]),
• Those of the "drone" fans (which comes with either 3 or 4 fans),
• Those ones with retractable blades that resembled those of the actual full-size "Fanaway" ceiling fans, and
• Many more of the obscure designs of themselves...

As of those ones in my collection, I only own 2 of them so far, which both of those are:

• PPlus (simple "ring light" with white fan grill cages, 3 blade, 50 WATTS), and
• Kawachi (4 straight bladed version [33 cm/13"], white-blue version, 14 watts [7 watts for both fan and light themselves, respectively])

PPlus

Kawachi

Then, as of my own experience of me using either one of the two, there's not much else that I could particularly say about it apart from the fact they both seem to work just properly and blow reasonably good amount of air delivery as what I expected on their own (depending on where I installed them both, otherwise they would only generate less amount of air delivery compared to regular electric fans in general), although each of them both do have their own respective flaws while they're operating. So, those flaws are:

• They sometimes produce some constant sparks while it's operating (especially when I tried to install them on certain light sockets). They also doing so every single time right after I turn them on by simply flicking the light switch...... Oh, on the worst cases, they will outright shorting the MCB if they're out of control (which causing the MCB itself to be popped or broken). This exact problem usually occurs somewhat frequently, particularly on certain ones with ludicrously higher amount of wattage (precisely for those that consumes 50 WATTS or above).
• When both fan and LED light themselves are on, the LED lights themselves sometimes flickers slightly.
• They always produce weird high frequency sounds from their own DC motors every single time while it start-ups regardless of the speed that I'm choosing to. This doesn't apply to those of the "ring light" versions, although they also produce weird sounds from their own DC motors while they're operating, albeit with completely different way and much more quieter than those of the non "ring light" ones that I've mentioned just earlier.
• Certain ones with ludicrously higher amount of wattage may cause some weird interaction with certain electronic devices (for example, few of my own digital TV's stations that is broadcasting at the moment just gets stunned severely every single time I turn them on [which resulting them in "no signal" state], until I have to turn them off to fix them).
• Most models tend to have much heavier weight, especially for many of those that aren't simple "ring light" ones. Which means, in case if you want one of those, you must prepare at least one strong installation of your own ceiling light socket in order to prevent any of those obvious accidents while it's operating there.

Despite several of those flaws that they have, that still doesn't stop me to get even more of those, although I still don't have enough budget for purchasing another one of those soon. Anyway, if you have your own experience for using one of those remote socket fan + LED light things, feel free to share your own short stories in the comment section if you're able to. That's basically it for what I could particularly say about it, and as always, thanks for reading this particular article.

My mini ceiling fans that were once existed on my collection...

It's been a while since I made bunch of my YouTube fan videos of themselves, so it's time for explaining about those of my mini ceiling fans that were once existed on my collection. However, all of them had their own stories per each of those, which I ended up got rid each of them for good (except for one of them which it simply lost). Without further ado, let me list all of those aforementioned mini ceiling fans that I'm referring to, right away.

1. Another Elitesat FC-08-50 500mm

First off, you may recognize this exact blue Elitesat mini ceiling fan which I featured bunch of times on my YouTube channel already, but I actually used to have another identical Elitesat mini ceiling fan, and that one was my very first mini ceiling fan that I ever purchased in my life back in 2008, followed by this one. It worked similarly as this one, except it was slightly less wobbly compared to this one too... It initially used to mount in the living room of that house (and so for this one), but then I decided to move it in two different bedrooms of that house (and so for this one too). However, during the mini renovation of my childhood house where I used to born in there, I accidently forgot about where I temporarily saved both of these while both of them were dismantled from the ceiling (including this one), therefore I lost that one, which means this one was the only one that remained until one of it's own original blades broke off and lost. I had no clue about how come if I accidently lost that particular one, but I also feel sad for not keeping that with me.

2. Extend 700mm

After I purchased both of those Elitesat mini ceiling fans, I also purchased this one. It was also my very first mini ceiling fan that was larger than 500mm, although the color of it was roughly the same (albeit it was brighter). It worked perfectly fine, and it generated averagely the same amount of air delivery as both of those Elitesats were, except it was slightly less. Everything about it was okay until I decided to mount it in the kitchen of my childhood house, right after I used to mount it in the living room of that house first... Due to the intense heat of the kitchen itself, it caused all of it's own blades broke off so easily by itself. So that was basically it, I wasn't even able to glue it's own brittle blades probably due to they simply lost right when they broke per each of them while it was operating, which I also ended up trashing it later on.

3. Meet 500mm

Well, after roughly 5 years since I purchased both of those Elitesats and Extend, I finally purchased my very first mini ceiling fan that wasn't in blue color, which was this one. It did generate fairly good amount of air thanks to slightly steeper blade pitch that it had compared to those of my aforementioned blue mini ceiling fans that I purchased a while before, except for that one hiccupping problem while it was hanging in the living room of that house. This problem literally lasted until one of it's own blades broke off by itself. Due to the weird state of it, there was no way to fix it which I ended up trashing it later on, except for one of it's own blades which I used it on that remaining Elitesat there in those times.

4. Sivicom FC-08-50 (SV-500) 500mm

Not too long after I purchased that Meet, I also purchased this one simply because of how different it looked compared to the average mini ceiling fans that were available on sale in those times. Although this one was cheaper than that Meet, it worked perfectly fine without hiccupping problems, and it generated reasonably good amount of air with it's own original white blades (it's because this was the old version of it, meanwhile for the newer versions have turquoise blades)... During those times in my childhood house, it initially used to mount in the living room of that house. However, after I moved out from that house, it eventually moved into one of the bedrooms (which used to be my bedroom of that house), until I decided to pluck it with me and mount it in the kitchen of my previous house, and then one of the family's relative's replaced it with the Oshaky in that exact room of my childhood house.

During those times in my previous house, it managed to last for approximately 6 years before it stopped working suddenly by itself. Well, after it stopped working specifically like so, I let my dad to take it down, but for some reason he decided to do so by passing it's own motor to the top part of the wood travers of the asbestos roof above that house's back porch, which caused the it's own motor housing got dented severely. Although I was able to salvage it's own original blades, but I was once used it as a horizontal windmill by removing some parts of it's own synchronous motor, except I used Jiamei blades on it. It was all that fun until a random squirrel that came from nowhere accidently dropped it while it was hanging, which caused all of the Jiamei blades that I equipped on it got destroyed to bunch of small mosaic pieces, right when it got impacted to the concrete. Due to the state of it after that exact accident, I ended up trashing the motor itself later on.

5. Bright-G FC-08-50 (BG-500) 500mm

Some of you may recognize this exact Bright-G mini ceiling fan that I purchased specifically back in 2015, which I mounted it in the back porch of my previous house along with my other mini ceiling fans that I used to mount in there. Judging by the classic style of it, it was a new old stock fan according to one of the online fellow fan enthusiasts... As for the fan itself, it worked perfectly fine and generated fairly good amount of air. However, instead of keeping it with me like the rest of my mini ceiling fans that I'm currently own, I decided to give it away for free to my vocational high school in order to install it in the canteen of that school (don't ask me about how come if I did so). However, some of the senior students didn't able to connect it's own cable properly, which they ended up trashing it instead in that location, including about how come if they also destroyed those blades too. 🤦‍♂️

6. Bright-G FD-10-70E 700mm

Believe or not, this one was purchased initially by my dad in order to mount this in his main workplace first until it's own original blades broke off (which for that case, in order to replace one of the Jiamei mini clip fans in there)... After all of it's own blades broke off, he was able to find another nearly identical blade set that perfectly fit of it by simply glued all of them on it. Then, he asked me in order to bring it home from his personal workplace, and I decided to mount it in the kitchen of my previous house in 2021. It worked just alright, except it used to have all of that squeaking and grinding noises while it's operating until I was able to fix it by oiling it's own synchronous motor. Everything about it was okay until the time where I moved out from there in 2023, I had to take it down even with it's own daily beater condition that it particularly had (because my mom always turned it on while she used to cook in there). After I moved out from there, I was once attempted to remove it's own brittle blades out from it (and so for cleaning it), but I ended up breaking them instead due to the difficulty of me tried to do so with all of it's own blades that he glued into it. Due to the horrible state that it specifically had, unfortunately I decided to trash it away.

Before I wrap up this article, here are two random fans that were once existed but then I got rid of each of them later on, except I didn't purchase both of these in the first place (though one of them wasn't even from my collection anyway). So, both of those fans were:

• Unknown black-red oldie 500mm : This one was originally purchased by my cousin back in ~2005 (if I guessed that right), and it used to mount in one of the bedrooms of my childhood house before he and his parents moved into his current house (including this fan by installing it on his bedroom). It lasted for approximately 7 years before it broke off and replaced by that 500mm Shukaku SKU MF-50, however I was once able to pluck it from his current house and use it as a display of my mini ceiling fan collection in my previous house, even if all of it's own red blades were lost already. Due to the fact it was broken since then, I just got rid of it right when I moved out from my previous house.
• Jiamei JM-590 700mm : This one was originally purchased by one of my family's relative's from my mom's side in early of 2016 in order to mount it inside my grandma's bedroom of my childhood house. After she was deceased in 2017, my dad eventually used this fan in his main workplace, in order to replace his HTC industrial ceiling fan with it a year later. It lasted for few years before it stopped working by itself. I was able to salvage it's own blades, but unfortunately he decided to trash the motor itself later on.

Well then, there you have it for those mini ceiling fans that were once existed on my collection, but then I had to get rid each of them for good due to each of the reasons that I already mentioned above (except for one of them, which it was simply lost). If you have your own good old memories regarding to this particular topic, feel free to share your own story in the comments section if your memory serves it right. That's it for what I could particularly say about this particular topic, and as always, thanks for reading this exact article.

How I officially started liking electric fans...

I'm sure you may enjoyed my YouTube channel of electric fans that I recorded from various places like my own home, my family relatives, public places and such more. This time, I will explain about the main key of why I liked electric fans alot as for now, so here is the story about me with them.

It isn't my intention to love electric fans like now because while I was on my childhood, especially when I was 7 years old, I was scared by certain types of electric fans, such as industrial wall fans that are larger than 10", industrial stand fans are larger than 16", ceiling fans that wobbled badly, decorative ceiling fans with light kits, and some orbit ceiling fans that blow ton of air. The reason why I dodged certain types of electric fans, because I was afraid if I would think the fan would "chase" myself with their excellent air delivery, and for ceiling fans, I would think they will fall. However, those problems were gone after I got several of the fans that I owned in my old house.

By the start, I collected few fans like wall fans, exhaust fan, and several of mini ceiling fans around 2008 to 2009, mainly the oldie style mini ceiling fans in one room, which is in front part of my old house, except for the exhaust fan (installed on my room). I operated them everyday back in those days, until I got bored by them several months later. I collected those fans because I was inspired by my old helicopter toy, every time I played with it, (probably) I played it in upside down, much like a tiny ceiling fan, from what I'd remembered many years ago. Then, while I started to bored by those electric fans that I collected many years ago, I moved some of my mini ceiling fans to their bedrooms (just for their temporary installs), and I still fascinated by them, until they broke the blades down.

However, in 2010 towards to 2011, I stopped loving electric fans for a while due to I was so fascinated by certain stuffs no matter what kinds are, especially Upin & Ipin and homemade windmills. The reason why I stopped it due to I was mad by them, back when I adored Upin & Ipin quite a lot, not sure why. For the homemade windmills, I loved them too because during I visited on the fishing pond near a rice field, there were few homemade windmills through the rice field. So, few days later I visited the same rice field with several windmills in them, I decided to took some pictures and videos about them, and imitate them by making some of them out from the waste, and placed it around my old neighborhood. So, my favorite things around those good old times on this era were Upin & Ipin and homemade windmills, until I got bored by them in 2012, back when I started playing Plants vs. Zombies.

In 2013 until now, I decided to love my electric fans yet again, but in WAY wider range, because of course involves the internet, so I can meet everybody who also loving electric fans too around the world. At first, I searched some keywords about electric fans in generic way, but it turned out great when I was messing around with YouTube about them, especially for who collected them. Then, I decided to record my first video of electric fans, which were ceiling fans. So, here is my video of it:

Although I recorded them only about few seconds, but this is where my legend was born. Then, I took some more pictures and videos about them in various public places that I encountered on my hometown, uploaded them, and it turned out great! Other than those, I commented few guest videos of electric fans, mainly collectors, although I commented in the silly way in my earlier days of me with them, but again, it turned out great as well! Also, it looks even more greater if I can find my favorite types of electric fans, especially those vintage industrial ceiling fan with flat motor's bottom portion and "ice cream cone shaped" canopies that I found them around internet. Until now, I still loved electric fans though, but it depends on my parent's activities to visit certain public places that has some electric fans on them. One more question you may ask, how about everybody who liking electric fans too? Answer is, yes. So, I can't believe it if I'm not only the one who liking, and collecting electric fans as well.

So, there you have it, guys, this is how I officially started liking electric fans... Hope you enjoy it!

My mini ceiling fan collection

Alright, another post on my blog! This time I'll show you all of my mini ceiling fan collection from our childhood to now. Just let you know, if this hobby isn't popular yet.

Here is a little info about mini ceiling fan:

Mini ceiling fan is a type of the fan that uses a synchronous motor, so it doesn't work with a dimmer, or a regulator. Originally, the mini ceiling fans were always made in China with frequency about 220v 50Hz, and also there were 110v version of them.

Here we go! Started with the oldest one to now.

1. Unknown (probably Viar or HTC) oldie-type mini ceiling fan

Unknown oldie-type mini ceiling fan

This is my very first mini ceiling fan, even this is originally not mine. Originally, this is came from my cousin that now lived in his own house as for now. Before it broke, this fan runs fine, however this fan only lasted for around 7 years (probably). After this fan broke off, he replaced with a Shukaku mini ceiling fan. Then, I took this from his house, even this fan isn't working anymore to my mini ceiling fan collection, and I hung it as the ornament only (as for now).

2. Pair of Elitesat mini ceiling fans

One of the Elitesat mini ceiling fan, notice the blades isn't original

These are one of the first mini ceiling fans that I bought back in 2009, while in my old house. Each fans has cost around IDR 20.000. I installed them in my living room of my old house. These fans runs fine, and blow decent amount of air. Then, some months later, I moved them to the bedroom (formerly that's my bedroom) of my old house. Unfortunately, after I took them down, I lost one of them, and the other one (that shown in pictures above here) survived. But, the one that survived has the blades broke off. Then, back in 2014, I just put this fan in my collection (along with my Sivicom), and I changed the blades of them with a better one, even the motor is a little bit inhibited.

3. Extend mini ceiling fan

Along with these Elitesat mini ceiling fans, this fan was also bought in 2009. It cost IDR 35.000. It's also the first mini ceiling fan with a bigger diameter. It works fine, however, the blades are cheaply made so that's why it broke off so badly, and it didn't last longer as the Elitesats. Sadly, in 2014, this fan was trashed, so I wasn't able to rescue it.

4. MEET mini ceiling fan

I'm not joking about this fan's brand. After 4 years later I didn't collect any mini ceiling fans, I just bought this fan with cost about IDR 20.000. This fan works, however, there is a problem for this fan. When turned on, sometimes it acts like this fan inhibited like this: startup-on-startup-on. At least, this fan blow good amount of air. Unfortunately, after some months later, one of this fan's blades was broke. For some reason I didn't rescue this fan. Instead of it, I just destroyed it with a hammer and the fire, and saved one of the blades.

5. Sivicom mini ceiling fan

Sivicom mini ceiling fan

Along with my MEET mini fan, I just bought this fan, with cost about IDR 18.000. This fan is most cheapest mini ceiling fan, among with the other ones that I have. This fan runs pretty well, even it has some buzzing noise.

6. Pair of Bright-G mini ceiling fans, in different models

Bright-G mini ceiling fans in different models

Well, after 2 years later I didn't collect any mini ceiling fans anymore, I just bought a pair of the Bright-Gs, even in different model. The first fan's model is BG-500, and the other one is FD-50-10E.  The first fan costs about IDR 30.000, and the other one costs about IDR 25.500. Both fans works pretty well, even the second fan wobbles a bit.

7. Niga mini ceiling fan

Niga mini ceiling fan

After some months later, exactly near the end of the year 2015, I just bought this fan, and it cost about IDR 30.000. This fan works well, however it's a bit wobbly.

8. GMC mini ceiling fan

GMC mini ceiling fan

Last but not at least is a GMC. After a new year 2016, I just bought this old-style mini ceiling fan. It cost about IDR 20.000. It works pretty well, and it's very quiet for an old-styled mini ceiling fan.

At least, these fans are the fans that I collect, with an exception for the Extend, one of the Elitesats, and a MEET mini fan.