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"The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" which they are going to NOT name,,, or change it to something a bit more "Christian" ... has the bright Idea of installing 20 ceiling fans all over the auditorium. They scoped out the thrift/ charity/ 2nd hand stores and Craigslist and it is doable at leat for the $$$ aspact but...
How to "install" an electric ceiling fan (20 of them, or thereabouts) in a manner that won't damage a plaster school auditorium ceiling. I thought that maybe 3/4" plywood in a large enough length and width and roughly 8 very long #10 or better screws wouldn't put an obvious hole through the plaster, that a touch of spackle after removal wouldn't suffice... Above the ceiling the screws will grab onto pieces of either 2x lumber or... maybe just 4 x 1/2" bolts and nuts/ washers/ lockwashers.
The ceiling itself is walkable from above, off the catwalks. It's how the house lights get serviced because the cherry-picker is roving among this building and others within the Dioecies.
Electrically I figured 3 white insulated #12 awg's. to connect them all together as that would blend right into the ceiling. If the F.D. insist's on SO cable minimum then the idea is dead in the water. But I say exposed conductors meant to be installed within a raceway for protection cna be run "in free air' when not subject to damage, which, at 30' above the seats is quite "protected" enough.
Of course, I suggested just buy 2... from the "Big Ass Fan Company" (yes that's real) and just put a couple in PERMANENTLY. Then it's on the regular school budget and not on the theatre's troop annual $$$.
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How to "install" an electric ceiling fan (20 of them, or thereabouts) in a manner that won't damage a plaster school auditorium ceiling. I thought that maybe 3/4" plywood in a large enough length and width and roughly 8 very long #10 or better screws wouldn't put an obvious hole through the plaster, that a touch of spackle after removal wouldn't suffice... Above the ceiling the screws will grab onto pieces of either 2x lumber or... maybe just 4 x 1/2" bolts and nuts/ washers/ lockwashers.
The ceiling itself is walkable from above, off the catwalks. It's how the house lights get serviced because the cherry-picker is roving among this building and others within the Dioecies.
Electrically I figured 3 white insulated #12 awg's. to connect them all together as that would blend right into the ceiling. If the F.D. insist's on SO cable minimum then the idea is dead in the water. But I say exposed conductors meant to be installed within a raceway for protection cna be run "in free air' when not subject to damage, which, at 30' above the seats is quite "protected" enough.
Of course, I suggested just buy 2... from the "Big Ass Fan Company" (yes that's real) and just put a couple in PERMANENTLY. Then it's on the regular school budget and not on the theatre's troop annual $$$.
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