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Drastically increasing the efficiency of Ceiling Fans [50%] | Tech Ingredients (www.youtube.com)
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From a commenter under the video:

Summarized the measurements, with rough timestamps:

Stock blades (6:43): 1 m/s, 64.3 W,

simple airfoil (7:55): 0.8 m/s, 66 W

modern airfoil (9:12): 1.2 m/s, 64.5 W

stock motor no blades (13:49): 53.8 W

BLDC motor no blades (16:24): 8 W

BLDC stock blades (18:27): 1.8 m/s, 59 W

BLDC stock blades at reduced speed (19:35): 1.0 m/s, 27.3 W

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[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 7 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the summary, wish he would have had that during the vid