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New Oscillating Fan with pole clip

MrPNW

MrPNW

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I preordered 3 of these new UL approved fans from Growbuds in early January and they arrived today. It’s hard to find a clip on oscillating fan that doesn’t burn out. This also has the nice pole clamp that faces away from the front of the fan much like the vivosun fan’s clamp. That fan is not UL approved and got poor reviews.

I think I will test them in my shop prior to using in my tent. With harvest coming this weekend I don’t need any unknowns in the equation. Like burning 🔥 up my first grow.
 

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Let me know how the build quality is. I’ve been searching for good pole clamps for my existing hardware. If this is any good, I’ll probably order a couple of them.
 
I recently was looking at the growbud fans. They look pretty good. I have one of the Vivosun clip on fans. It's ok but I don't trust it and put in out of commission.
I replaced it with a 12" wall mount fan by Hurricane.
 
I bought a couple of the ultra yield brand off Amazon an I have had one going night and day for the last month and so far so good. Bit they are not UL listed
 
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The non UL listed ones freak me out. I didn't realize the vivosun one I bought wasn't. Hence why it's no longer in use.
 
I run them on a good surge protector and I have 2 amp fuse inline so if it so much as even try’s to over current it pops a fuse. I am an Hvac contractor. I am pretty familiar with motors and motor protection
 
I think 90% of stuff from Amazon is not UL listed. Every Vivosun fan I have bought has had failures. Once i discovered one, I decided to check all my Vivosun stuff and most of them had shitty soldering issues.
 
The number of Vivosun failures is huge. They removed the fan from amazon yet continue to sell it on their website. When I contacted them about getting one of the clamps they told me I needed to buy the whole fan. I told them its not on amazon and they confirmed that. So why sell all your other products there, but not the fan. Because it’s dangerous.

There’s a few videos on YouTube taking the better pole clamps and adapting them to reliable oscillating fans like the 8” Lil’ Blizzard. I have one of those (mrcanuck recommend) and its gone non-stop since october.
 
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Super reliable floor/tabletop oscillating fan. I ran it non-stop from October to March.
8” Lil’ Blizzard

If you’ve got a broken Vivosun or Secret Jardin pole fan, folks are adapting these Blizzard fans to the clamps.
 

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How’s that fan working out for you?

The photo you posted indicates the UL listing next to the power cord description. In some products, the cord itself is UL listed but not the rest of the unit. There’s probably a UL sticker on the cord itself, but is there a UL sticker on the back of the fan? I’m worried they may be pulling the wool over our eyes here. I want to buy this one because it looks functionally awesome, but I think that only the cord is UL listed and that may be a deal breaker.

MrPNW, what do you see on the back of the unit?
 
The problem I have had with pole fans is that the mount doesn't push the fan out enough. When the tent walls suck in a bit the fan hits the tent and eventually burns it out.
 
I use a high cfm kit from gorilla. Just a couple horizontal poles to keep the walls from sucking in.
 
15 bucks UL listed and not one of the 10 I've been running 24/7 have failed YET I have two extra in my closet as backup if one stops throw it out and order another. I spent more money on my first three fans than all 10 of these
 

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Looks like a decent deal. Do you have these in tents? I have trouble with my Air King clip on fan holding on to the pole, had to add zip tie support.
 
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PLreef
You might be interested, bit just after I bought a couple cfm kits for my tent I wanted more points where I could hang equipment or add poles around or between double doors. So I found some camping tent c-clips that can easily be glued into 3/4 electrical conduit, which comes in 10’ links ready to cut to size. The “C” end of the clip fits the GGT pole diameter perfectly and wrap further around the pole than the stock kits do.
Now that my current grow is out of the way, I’m planning to work on this project.
 
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