A very powerful vintage fan, close up
Sunday, January 11th, 2009 at
8:46 am
A closer view of the fan, using a tripod this time. Watch the whole thing twist, both at power up and power down...
Duration : 0:0:53
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Tagged with: antique • electric • fan • old • powerful • vintage
Filed under: vintage electric
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what brand of motor …
what brand of motor is that? and split phase motors often do have loads of torque
Oh yea, I forgot …
Oh yea, I forgot they make those…
They make actual …
They make actual carpet dryers. They basically look like a furnace blower with a plastic housing.
Ah. I wish I had a …
Ah. I wish I had a couple of those, I do shampooing jobs with my Kirbys and something like this fan would really help with the drying time.
Are there any fans you could suggest that I should look out for for this kind of job?
I only use it …
I only use it during the really hot summers, or to dry carpet. If I had the proper blade for it, I would probably restore it.
Cool. Do you have …
Cool. Do you have any particular plans for this fan?
Not sure of the …
Not sure of the output, but it’s up there with some furnace blowers I’d say
I’d love to find a …
I’d love to find a fan like that. And for only 1/6HP, it sure seems to have a ton of torque, going by how quickly it spins up.
Do you have any idea as to the CFM output of this fan?
try googling …
try googling graingers and look for fans they sell industrial supplies. dayton fans and fan parts can be found on graingers. maybe you can find a more original style blade their!!!
my camera’s sound …
my camera’s sound is pretty good its only11,025 PCM mono i do sound a little wierd on it but whatever
The high pitch …
The high pitch noise is my camera. The audio on it is terrible.
whats that loud …
whats that loud whining sound in the audio? and that fan is insane, i bet you can use that on an airboat and it would go
hehe i have a fan …
hehe i have a fan like thhis my friend brough it inside at the back door and it blew the kitchen certains off the window, and every thing else loose like papers and things.
plus this one has no guard.
No, it is a shop …
No, it is a shop fan. Sometimes I use it at work to cool the warehouse down. I’d still like to find the proper blade for it. Retrochad posted a video response that shows what it should sound like.
Do you ever use …
Do you ever use this fan during the summer?
P.S. since it is …
P.S. since it is pretty powerful do you ever use it in the summer time?
I’ll probably end …
I’ll probably end up doing the same thing with the Airmaster fan I just finished repairing. (now on youtube)
It’s missing two of the original thru-bolts. The way it is now doesn’t look right. It least it’s together though.
That’ll work.
That’ll work.
It does. The first …
It does. The first set I put in broke, so these are threaded rod with lock nuts on each end.
Motor looks like it …
Motor looks like it has new thru-bolts on it.
that looks like the …
that looks like the 6hp motor on my air compressor!
Whoever had balls …
Whoever had balls to keep that thing in hes living room was insane.
Of course
Of course
was it oiled
was it oiled
DAMN, that is one …
DAMN, that is one powerful fan! Nice blug that goes with it.