Method Is this a reliable anchor point?

[vira]

does this seem appropriate to hang from? not the blades, but rather the exact top (where the fan is anchored to the ceiling). ignore the yarn hung below, i was trying to keep my cat entertained!

 

[jsker]

I tried this and it ripped right off the ceiling immediately, I think they make them flimsy for this reason.

 

[cemeteryismyhome]

I would say, no, not a good anchor point. I looked at installing a ceiling fan in my house a few years ago, and I can tell you, they're just barely hanging on with enough strength to hold a wobbly fan of only a few pounds. They are not intended to hold a human body which might writhe and jerk around a bit. It would be hard to explain how the fan just happened to rip itself off the ceiling.

 

[Baisley]

Absolutely not.

 

[eternalpace]

No. Not at all. A ceiling fan could weigh up to around 50 pounds (23 kg)... and that's what its infrastructure is designed to support. Your body weight would easily pull everything down.