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Post by shanespangler on Oct 16, 2007 11:03:52 GMT -5
I swear Wal Mart is where I bought mine, back in 1980. I remember they had several of them running over the check-out lines. Probably four of them - the 52" models. This was in Hiawatha, KS, and the Walmart had just opened.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2007 14:45:07 GMT -5
I know Sears had them, as did True Value. WalMart is a surprise to me, but it isnt a shock.
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Post by John "Rockin" Reed on Oct 16, 2007 15:39:19 GMT -5
My local True Value used to have a white 52" Emerson Friction drive...it was always dirty and never on. In 1993 they replaced it with an Encon builder fan.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2007 22:23:32 GMT -5
Probably a Crosley.
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Post by jeremy on Oct 17, 2007 0:27:52 GMT -5
My local True Value used to have a white 52" Emerson Friction drive...it was always dirty and never on. In 1993 they replaced it with an Encon builder fan. well what i figured why they never had it on is because either... (a) it's too noisy for them (b) fan is stuck(as don't turn at all even by hand and motor humm when you try to turn it on and fan NO longer works)
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Oct 17, 2007 16:17:27 GMT -5
Is there a way to repair these stuck Emerson Friction Drive? Because if no these ceiling fans become useless ans not worth to be bought.
This IS THE GOOD thing about Direct Drive motors is that they are made of one single piece so they Can't get stuck. ;D There good and bad in Everything.
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Post by JW on Oct 17, 2007 17:31:37 GMT -5
Is there a way to repair these stuck Emerson Friction Drive? Because if no these ceiling fans become useless ans not worth to be bought. They weren't good quality fans to begin with, but any fan can be parted out instead of just trashed - even builderfans have salvageable pieces. The saving grace for the friction drives might be the ability to transplant parts to another fan (in other words, from one friction drive to another). But since I've never owned one, I can't guarantee that 100 percent.
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Post by Andrew G. on Oct 17, 2007 17:56:06 GMT -5
One reason the friction-drives jam up is the fact that the little cooling fan for the motor comes loose and makes contact with other parts. Another reason is often the rubber flywheel that fits on the hub, it often dry rots.
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Post by thefanman84 "Elder Moss" on Oct 10, 2008 19:00:38 GMT -5
me nethier. i knew they sold s.m.c.!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2008 19:54:32 GMT -5
I dont know of easy ways to repair friction drives, usually the rubber parts wear out, and there arent replacements.
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Post by Joel on Oct 27, 2008 15:34:53 GMT -5
Very cool looking little fan.. When I was little my Aunt's house had that SAME fan in a spare bedroom. It didn't work, and I was rarely in there to see it.. Very cool however, I really like the 36"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2008 23:13:01 GMT -5
Yeah they rarely work.
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