The Domus STRIKE 60 DC ceiling fan is a 3-blade DC fan 1,524mm sweep, 35W, 16,302m/hairflow, 9 speeds, reversible, in white, black,black/walnut or white/oak.

“6 years” is two different warranties added together

• The record publishes warranty = 6 Years. The datasheetsays Fan: 3 Year In-Home + 3 Year Parts Replacement, and separatelyReceiver and remote: 1 Year In-Home + 1 Year Parts.
• THREE YEARS IN-HOME PLUS THREE YEARS PARTS IS NOT SIX YEARS OF COVER. For the first three years a fault is attended and fixed. For the next three you get areplacement part and you pay someone to fit it.
• ON A CEILING FAN THAT DISTINCTION IS MOST OF THE COST. The fan is atceiling height, wired in, and often over a stairwell or a bed the labour to drop it, diagnose it andrehang it is the expensive part, and a part-only claim does not cover it.
• WE MEASURED IT: of 9 products whose sheet states a split warranty,4 publish the sum as a single figure. The STRIKE 60, the GLIDE 80, theBLAST 48 and the BLAST 52.
• AND THE MOTION FANS CORRECTLY PUBLISH 3 YEARS from the same 3+3 sheet wording, which iswhat makes the other four errors rather than a house convention.
• WE HAVE PUBLISHED THE SPLIT AS THE SHEET STATES IT. And note the receiverand remote carry only 1+1 on a DC fan with no wall-switch fallback, that is the component towatch.

Its blade span IS published correctly in a field most fans lack

• This fan’s record carries fan_sweep_mm = 1524, which matches its60-inch title exactly.
• THAT FIELD EXISTS ON 6 OF 11 FANS IN THIS CATALOGUE AND IS CORRECT ON ALLSIX. Where it is present, the sweep can be trusted.
• THE LENGTH FIELD IS THE UNRELIABLE ONE. This fan records1,520mm there, which is close enough; but the STRIKE 48 records1,520mm too, which is this fan’s figure rather than its own.
• SO READ THE SWEEP, NOT THE LENGTH. Five fans lack the sweep fieldentirely and fall back to a length that may or may not be right.
• THE RECORD IS UNUSUALLY RICH OTHERWISE blade count, airflow,speeds and reversibility are all published, where most of this catalogue publishes none ofthem.

60 inches sizing it to the room

• A 1,524mm sweep suits a room of roughly4.5 4.5m to 6 6m a large living room, an open-plan area or a bigbedroom.
• A BIGGER FAN MOVING SLOWLY BEATS A SMALLER ONE WORKING HARD. Air movedgently over a wide area is more comfortable and much quieter than the same volume forced through a smallerdisc, which is the argument for going up a size where the roomallows.
• ALLOW AT LEAST 600 mm FROM BLADE TIP TO ANY WALL, so a 60-inch fan wantsabout 2.7m of clear width minimum. Check what opens into the sweep awardrobe door, a tall cupboard, a pitched ceiling line.
• AIM FOR BLADES AT ABOUT 2.4 m ABOVE THE FLOOR. An extension rod isavailable and sold separately needed on anything above about 2.7m and on any rakedceiling. Measure before ordering; it is the accessory discovered on installationday.

35 W for 16,302 m/h what the DC motor buys

An AC fan of this sweep typically draws 70 to 90W for comparableairflow. SO THIS RUNS AT ROUGHLY HALF THE POWER, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IT RUNSQUIETER AND SLOWER. Nine speeds against an AC fan’s three, and the useful ones are thebottom two an AC fan cannot run that slowly because its lowest speed is stillsubstantial. A fan you can leave on all night without hearing it is the case forDC. The trade is dependence on the receiver and remote, which carry the shorterwarranty and have no wall-switch fallback. The 13 blade pitch iswhat lets it move that air at low speed; a steeper pitch moves more air per revolution but needs moretorque and makes more noise.

The light kit is a separate purchase

This fan ships without a light. The STRIKE-LIGHT-KIT is an18W switchable LED sold separately, listed on the record as a groupedsub-product. DECIDE AT ORDER, NOT LATER: retrofitting a light kit means dropping thefan again, which is the same labour as installing it. The kit dims by remote, not by awall dimmer do not put the fan on a dimmer circuit. 18W is conveniencelighting rather than a room’s scheme; a 6 6m room will need its own lightingregardless.

IPX0 and tropical rating two different things

The sheet gives IPX0: no water protection at all. This is an indoor or fully covered-outdoor fan only not an open verandah, not a pergolathat gets rain. It is separately tropically rated, which is a humidityand corrosion specification rather than a water-ingress one. THE TWO ARE OFTEN CONFUSED: tropically rated means it will survive humid heat, not that it canget wet. On a covered patio in a coastal or tropical climate, that combination isexactly right; on an exposed one it is not.

What is published

Where it works

• Large living rooms and open-plan areas 4.56m.
• Where quiet matters DC runs slowly and silently.
• Covered patios in humid climates tropically rated.
• Not anywhere it can get wet IPX0.
• Not without checking the sweep clearance 600mm to any wall.

Specifying it

60-inch 3-blade DC ceiling fan. 1,524mm sweep, 13 blade pitch, ABS polymer motor, canopyand blades. 35W at 240V, 16,302m/h, 9 speeds, winter/summer reverse, tropically rated,IPX0. Remote control. Light kit and extension rods sold separately. Warranty: fan 3 years in-home plus3 years parts; receiver and remote 1 plus 1. ITS RECORD PUBLISHES “6 YEARS” WHERE THE SHEET SAYS “3 YEAR IN-HOME + 3 YEAR PARTS”, ANDTHOSE ARE NOT THE SAME THING. For the first three years a fault is attended and fixed; for the next threeyou get a replacement part and pay someone to fit it and on a fan at ceiling height, wired in and oftenover a stairwell, the labour is most of the cost of a claim. We measured it: 4 of 9 fans publish the sum asa single figure, and the MOTION pair correctly publish 3 years from the same sheet wording, which is whatmakes the four errors rather than a convention. WE HAVE PUBLISHED THE SPLIT AS THE SHEET STATESIT.

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Questions

Is it a six-year warranty?

No. The record says 6 years; the datasheet says “Fan: 3 Year In-Home + 3 Year Parts Replacement”. Those are not the same thing for the first three years a fault is attended and fixed, and for the next three you get a replacement part and pay someone to fit it.

Does that distinction matter much?

On a ceiling fan it is most of the cost. The fan is at ceiling height, wired in, and often over a stairwell or a bed the labour to drop it, diagnose it and rehang it is the expensive part, and a part-only claim does not cover it.

How common is that?

Of 9 products whose sheet states a split warranty, 4 publish the sum as a single figure: the STRIKE 60, the GLIDE 80, the BLAST 48 and the BLAST 52. The MOTION fans correctly publish 3 years from the same 3+3 sheet wording, which is what makes the other four errors rather than a house convention. Note also that the receiver and remote carry only 1 plus 1 on a DC fan with no wall-switch fallback, that is the component to watch.

Can I trust its blade span?

Yes. Its record carries fan_sweep_mm = 1524, matching its 60-inch title exactly, and that field is present on 6 of 11 fans in this catalogue and correct on all six. Read the sweep rather than the length: the length field is the unreliable one, and the STRIKE 48 inch records 1,520mm there, which is this fan’s figure rather than its own.

What room size does 60 inches suit?

Roughly 4.5 x 4.5m to 6 x 6m a large living room, an open-plan area or a big bedroom. Allow at least 600mm from blade tip to any wall, so it wants about 2.7m of clear width minimum. A bigger fan moving slowly beats a smaller one working hard: air moved gently over a wide area is more comfortable and much quieter than the same volume forced through a smaller disc.

Why a DC motor?

35W for 16,302 cubic metres an hour, where an AC fan of this sweep typically draws 70 to 90W for comparable airflow. More importantly it runs quieter and slower nine speeds against an AC fan’s three, and the useful ones are the bottom two, which an AC fan cannot manage because its lowest speed is still substantial. A fan you can leave on all night without hearing it is the case for DC. The 13 degree blade pitch is what lets it move that air at low speed.

Can I put it outside?

Only somewhere fully covered. The sheet gives IPX0 no water protection at all so it is not for an open verandah or a pergola that gets rain. It is separately tropically rated, which is a humidity and corrosion specification rather than a water-ingress one, and the two are often confused: tropically rated means it will survive humid heat, not that it can get wet. On a covered patio in a coastal or tropical climate that combination is exactly right.