About 5 years ago, I installed 3 Panasonic FM14C5 ceiling fans in my house. It was an OEM of a similar KDK fan. It has pretty good looks and feels, and functioned well until recently, 2 of the 3 units gave problem and disappointed me.
The problem ceiling fans gave out noise when operating. They also no longer controllable with the remote control. And their warranty period was over.
I called my electrician friend to come and take a look. He said many household already encountered the same problem with this model of Panasonic ceiling fan. The motor control circuit is damaged and only serviceable by Panasonic.
As a result, I decided to change the 2 problem Panasonic FM14C5 ceiling fans to Alpha VS-5.
Alpha VS-5 is slightly more expensive than FM14C5, but yet within the range of RM2xx. It looks bulkier, but actually is better than FM14C5 because:
- VS-5 has 5 blades, while FM14C5 only have 4 blades
- The blade of VS-5 is ABS type, while FM14C5's is metal type
Hope that these Alpha VS-5 ceiling fans in my house can last longer.
6 comments:
i tot ur house fully aircon wan ;p
@Anonymous
Perhaps you can look at Tips #5 of this article:
Increasing the efficiency of your air-cond
I faced the same problem as you with FM14C5, I changed to another panasonic fan
Han.
panasonic fans are of a very low quality nowadays. I have 12 in my house and 3 already spoilt and another one making lots of noise while the one in my maid's room will only move at the certain low speed.
When they were under National the quality was good and my old house i used them for 40 years without problems. Now, after 3-4 years, one by one the panasonic fans are dying on me :-(
thank you for sharing.
I also facing the same problem with panasonic 5 blades ceiling fan it's very disappointed.Now I decided to buy alpha vs-5 and I hope it will last at lease 5 years.
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