Every question about ceiling fans

Below 35 dB a fan becomes inaudible in a living room; below 30 dB it stays inaudible at night in a bedroom. SEY Maison models operate between 28 and 34 dB depending on speed, thanks to balanced copper or DC motors and profiled blades.

Yes: at 28-30 dB the airflow is quieter than a whisper, and many customers use it as gentle white noise. Bedroom models include a night mode with progressive slow-down.

At equal speed, yes: a DC motor vibrates less and draws 5-30 W versus 50-100 W for AC. It also allows very low night speeds.

A split air conditioner emits 40-55 dB indoors — conversation level. A 30 dB ceiling fan is perceived as two to four times quieter, with a felt cooling of 3-4 °C.

The blades sit folded inside the body of the light. On start-up, centrifugal force deploys them progressively; when stopped, they fold back on their own. No handling, no mechanism to maintain.

Deployed, the blades span 91 to 107 cm, comparable to a classic fan of the same size: up to 20 m² covered, with a felt cooling of 3-4 °C.

Yes: integrated dimmable LED (2700K to 6000K depending on the model), installed on the existing light point in 30 minutes, like a fixture. It is a ceiling light that also knows how to ventilate.

Yes: the integrated LEDs are sized to light a whole room, dimmable, with 3 colour temperatures (2700K, 4100K, 6000K depending on the model) and high colour rendering (CRI up to 97).

Yes, both functions are independent: light only, fan only, or both — everything from the remote.

50,000 hours — over 20 years at 6 hours a day. The LED is covered by the 2-year warranty like the rest.

For 9-15 m², 91 to 107 cm is enough; up to 20 m², aim for 107-122 cm. What matters is slow, wide airflow rather than a fast, narrow draught.

Yes: moving air lowers the felt temperature by 3-4 °C and lets you keep windows closed (noise, pollen, mosquitoes). Many use the light airflow as white noise to fall asleep.

Yes: our models mount to the ceiling on a tested steel bracket, at least 2.10 m above the floor per CE standards. Blades are ABS or light wood, factory-balanced.

From 25 m², aim for at least 132 cm; large open living areas (up to 35 m²) are covered by a single 132-152 cm model placed at the centre of the living zone.

Yes: a large diameter at slow rotation moves more air than a small fast model, without unpleasant draughts. The reversible mode also spreads heating in winter.

Solid wood (walnut, oiled oak) brings the warmth of furniture and ages beautifully; profiled ABS is lighter and neutral. Acoustically, both run under 35 dB in our models.

With 25 cm of total height, our flush models install from 2.35-2.40 m ceiling height while respecting the regulatory 2.10 m between floor and blades.

Slightly, at equal speed — but the large diameter (132 cm) more than compensates: airflow remains above that of a small suspended fan, with identical felt comfort.

Yes, on the horizontal part of the ceiling. For slightly sloped ceilings, contact us before ordering: some brackets accept up to a 15° pitch.

The ball joint at the top of the downrod takes up an incline of roughly 30°, which covers a roof pitch of 45 to 58 %, the most common case in converted attics. Beyond that, a steep-slope adapter is required.

Long enough for the blades to turn horizontally while keeping 40 cm from the nearest slope and 2.10 m above the floor. The steeper the pitch, the longer the rod, which is why adjustable-rod models are the natural attic solution.

Into a purlin or a rafter, never into the plasterboard lining alone, since the appliance rotates. The best spot is the upper third of the slope or the ridge purlin, where height is greatest and the hottest air collects.

No. A flush profile is made for a horizontal surface: under a slope it would tilt the blades. Under a low but level ceiling, however, it is exactly the right choice.

Yes, and that is where it earns its keep twelve months a year. Reverse mode sends the heat stored under the ridge back down to floor level, heat your heating has already paid for, without any perceptible draught.

Like a round ceiling light. The four blades retract into the body of the appliance at rest: from the outside, nothing tells the Boréal 107 apart from a conventional ceiling luminaire. They deploy by centrifugal force when it starts.

The Boréal 107 uses a dimmable LED with three colour temperatures, from 2700K to 6000K, and a colour rendering index of 97 out of 100. Most ceiling lights on the market do not state their CRI, and those that do sit around 80.

No. It connects to the existing light point, to the same three conductors as a ceiling light: live, neutral and earth. Allow half an hour. The only thing to check is the mounting, which must hold a rotating appliance, so a purlin, a rafter or a concrete slab, never plasterboard alone.

More than a flat luminaire, less than a downrod fan. The rule is to keep 2.10 m between floor and blades; under a ceiling of 2.50 m or more, every model fits. Below 2.50 m you need a profile specifically designed to mount flush.

Then a ceiling light will do, and it will sometimes cost less. The point of this one appears if you also want to get through summer without air conditioning and winter without heating the ceiling: two functions on a single fixing point, for the price of a mid-range luminaire.