Ceiling Fan Balancer

pseudomath LLC

About this app

No guessing. No trial and error.
Fix the wobble quickly and easily! Dynamically balance your ceiling fan using your phone. This app determines which blades and where to place weights for best stability.

Preparation:
•Clean fan.
•Tighten all screws.

Instructions:
•Draw a dot on masking tape and place it on the fan.
•Number the blades.
•Hold phone under the fan and record the wobble.

Check Wobble:
•Simply point the camera at the dot to get the wobble strength in realtime.

Balance Fan:
•Place a clip on each blade. Record the wobble of each blade. The best position to place counterweights is calculated.

Ratings and reviews

I was able to balance out my fan at the highest speed, but then at the slowest speed the fan still wobbled (no loose blades, bearings, accessories). The fan is mounted about 1.5 ft below a slanted ceiling, so there could be some chaotic turbulence issues. Unfortunately, this app requires the fan to run at higher speeds to properly detect. When I tried to balance the fan at a slow speed, the app repeatedly reported blade detect problems, or it crashed.

It worked really well and balanced my fan! It can be a bit finnicky to use in that it's a bit picky with how big the dot you draw is and can be a bit picky with lighting. I had to turn off the light on my ceiling fan and then point a different light directly upwards at the fan so that the app could see the dot and also recognize the fan blades. There was a bit of a learning curve to get started, but after I understood how it worked out was really easy to use.

works well but could use some additional tips. here's what I found to work the best while using this app. 1. just use a dime colored black instead of drawing a dot. I also used white masking tape to increase the contrast of the dime. 2. try balancing on medium rather than high. my fan balanced out pretty well on high, but the wobble persisted at medium. 3. use a steady table or ladder rung to get the 2' from ceiling fan required.

What’s new

•Handheld Accuracy Improvements
•Large Fan Support