You know, just a little bit. It has only two settings when it's on-low and high. Either way, my fan looks like a scary accident waiting to happen. I think someone already did a blog about a fan, though...nevertheless! It's hard to NOT talk about it when it's about 10 feet away from me and the computer, looking menacing (and dusty). There's also a mouse dying in a mousetrap right next to it, but the fan is my main point. My father bought the fan around 8 years ago (but the year on it says 1995 O_o), which is probably why it's a screaming deathtrap...The wires are exposed, it's rusty, there's probably lead paint on them, and even on the low setting, the fan is fast. Yup, screaming metal deathtrap.
It (I think) has uniform circular motion. If it wasn't for the fact that the blades are attached to each other with yet another piece of sharp metal (VERY secure on it), which in turn is attached to the motor in the back, the blades would eventually lose their grip, so to speak, on the motor and destroy anything in their path (tangent to their original circular path). That would mean it would either destroy the tv, the ceiling, the carpet, or my leg. There's friction between the metal and the motor, and the motor provides force for the blades to move, keeping the force directed radially inward. Centripetal acceleration in action!
I'm glad it's getting colder at night. I'm also glad for the metal bars surrounding the blades, which would PROBABLY keep them within in the case of an accident.
Yay for my leg staying intact!
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