Casablanca Century 9000 Info?

[jpp4]

Hello to all. Posting in search of some info on these fans. Tried searching but not much specifically. We just moved into our home and it has 2 Of these fans. My wife does not like the look; however, the plan for the house is a mix of mid-century and contemporary, so I think they may complement the rest well.

Looking for some general info. If she decides they gotta go, what are typical range of prices for these fans? They appear to be in excellent shape for age. House was built in 72. Thanks for any info. Glad to have found such a good resource on vintage fans.

Thanks,
JP

[fancollector12]

Welcome to the site! The Century 9000 was one of Casablanca's "older" fans. They are somewhat uncommon, and are newer than 1972, maybe late 1970s, early 1980s. Other members could provide more info, but they are nice fans!

[Cole S.]

A conservative guess would be $50-$100 a piece give or take. The right person might pay more (eBay in most cases), but most of the people who would be interested in them (as in us around here) probably aren't going to go a whole lot higher. We're pretty used to paying minimum dollar for most of the stuff we get from the uneducated public, so nothing is necessarily a gold mine for you where we're concerned. A note on eBay when it comes to fans is that we tend to set the market for the vintage/used models, and though Casablanca usually sells decently, you'd be better off starting it low attempting to get a bidding war going rather than putting a Buy It Now of $100. By the same token, nothing is for sure there and there is potential to be sitting on it for awhile or selling lower than your target.

I'd honestly love to see them stay in place, but if you do end up selling, the Century is a model I've really been wanting to find, and I would be interested in them if you'd want to do a direct sale. I couldn't offer the absolute upper-end prices, but I'll always negotiate to satisfy both parties and you can count me as a for-sure sale and a reliable buyer.

[jpp4]

Thank you for the replies and information on the fans. After much research as well as feedback through these posts, I think I have convinced the Mrs. to keep the fans. I value them for their operation and aesthetically, their intricate design. I think I could seal the deal with wifey if I could find some caps to replace the globes. They are octagonal in shape and a little too dated for the rest of the furnishings. I don't even know what these parts would be called. Assuming they possibly could be sourced through Casablanaca? I guess for starters I could remove the glass and check the design. Just want a flat base, no globe. Any ideas or sources for the caps or parts?

Many thanks again,
JP

[Cole S.]

Excellent! If the situation ever changes in the future, we'll still be here!

Depending on the design of the current light kit, you may not need to find much. So you'd like to simply remove the lights altogether? Does each fan have just one light, or are there multiple lights on each fan? I'm not clear on that just from the way it's worded. In either case, it shouldn't be too difficult to revert to no lights, or the point where you could add a number of any other light kit options that you may desire. If there is some sort of oddity going on here, I can probably help direct you to some Casablanca parts, I just ordered something from their new online system and it worked well so I'd be happy to help there. They wouldn't be exactly the parts that would've come with these fans as those are pretty well obsolete by this point, but they'd match the finish and suit the fans just fine.

[jpp4]

Thanks Cole! You're right on track with what we're thinking. I looking to do away with lights altogether. Currently there looks to be a three light base with the octagonal multi glass pane globe covering. Again, just want a flat base, similar finish, and obviously no lights. Both fans are same so would need 2 of whatever parts required. So is Casablanca's site a good starting place? Again, thanks for all the feedback and guidance. Excited to be keeping these fans and developing a solution that will appease all parties....gotta keep mama happy. If something changes will certainly let you know. They are cool fans.

Thank you all,
JP

[Cole S.]

Casablanca's site is cumbersome to say the least, even more so if you don't know what you're looking for. Calling Casablanca has usually been the standard of operation, however their customer service isn't great these days and I can get you rolling a lot faster and hopefully we'll get it right the first time.

The first question is, do your fans have something that looks like any of the pictures below right above the light kits? They should be visible in some regard without removing the lights at all, but you may need to get up close or eye level with the lights to see them. It may be a different metal finish than these shown of course, depending on your fan. Essentially the light would attach to the the caps shown below, and the cap attaches to the bottom of the fan. I'm guessing they'd have the fancier ones (top two pictures), but the smooth one is a possibility. However, the light kits may attach directly to the bottom of the fan without the cap at all, this is what we need to establish. If there is no cap like these present, that is the main part you need to get and I'll point you toward the right one.




The second question is specifically for if the cap is NOT present. Are the fans a shiny polished brass like the caps shown above, or a darker antique brass? If you need new caps I'll have to be aware of the fans' finish so I can point you to the right one.

[jpp4]

Thanks again for your time and reply. The second pic looks like the section above the light housing. Definitely the antique brass, darker looking. I need to take the thing apart but have been covered up in other house projects. If I could get these ordered I know the wife would alter the "honey do" project priorities. I imagine a pretty simple and straight forward exchange of parts.

Thanks,
JP

[Cole S.]

Okay, fantastic! So what you're going to want to do is figure out how to remove the two screws to get inside of those caps. Once inside, disconnect the lights from the fans and cap the light wires in the fan since you'll no longer be using them. Carefully unscrew the lights from the caps, if you're careful, the lights hopefully will not scratch the caps too badly as you remove them. Once you have the caps separated, they can go back on the fans. As long as you have the caps you shouldn't need parts from Casablanca, unless they did something odd to install the lights like drilling holes in them or something, you can never be sure how people rig these things.
If the caps are badly scratched up from the lights being installed and you would want new ones, I could point you to the applicable replacement part (they would be smooth/plain like the lowest picture above, but antique brass). It's not really necessary to replace them if you're happy with what you've got, and the ornate ones match the fans better anyways.

You're probably thinking, now there's a hole in the bottom of my fans. Get something like these www.fastenal.com/products/details/68609 to fill the hole where the lights attached. Those that I linked don't have a lip that allows them to actually tighten down, I would recommend putting a little TINY dab of glue on the threads, then inserting the plug screw until flush to the bottom of the cap, the glue there just so it doesn't start unscrewing itself over time with the vibration of the fan.
Alternately, you could also thread a short 1/8" pipe nipple like this www.elightbulbs.com/Westinghouse-70150-00-Light-Fixture-Part into the hole and then put one of these www.doitbest.com/products/lock-up-cap-1 on the end of the nipple. Probably wouldn't need glue on that one, it would tighten up fine but won't go flush.
Essentially it's your choice on what look you'd prefer here, I'm just providing a couple examples. You could go to like Home Depot and find all sorts of 1/8" threaded stuff to plug that hole, anything you like is fine.

If you've got all the right parts, essentially you should have something like this result when you're done. Sorry the pics are a bit dark: