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Post by Andrew G. on May 29, 2004 12:50:49 GMT -5
I went to the thrift shop today and I came across a big old industrial fan. A guy that works there takes old fans and he mounts them on a power pole and a ladder. I saved this fan's life by buying it. The guy there would've takes the canopies off, rips the pullchains out, and sometimes even rips the whole switch housing off when mounting a fan. He's put up a moss spinner, an old plastic emerson, a homestead, and the current fan is that 40'' lasko industrial fan I spoke of before. Anyway, the fan I got is 220/240V, 50Hz, and 60'' in diameter. The spinner motor weighs a good 30 pounds.
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Post by Farah on May 29, 2004 13:58:43 GMT -5
Whoa! That's really neat!   How much did you pay for that fan? I'm glad that you saved the fan's life! |
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Post by Andrew G. on May 29, 2004 15:50:38 GMT -5
Whoa! That's really neat! How much did you pay for that fan? I'm glad that you saved the fan's life! I only paid $2 for it because the mounting hardware was nowhere to be found and someone ripped and melted off the other half of the downrod. Otherwise, the fan was literally NIB. |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2004 22:08:28 GMT -5
Does it look like the current Dayton industrials?
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Post by Andrew G. on May 31, 2004 11:21:12 GMT -5
Does it look like the current Dayton industrials? No, it does not look anything like them. The motor weighs about 30 pounds and it uses 240v and 50Hz. The fan has 'USHA' marked on both of the canopies. It's one of those overseas fans. |
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Post by Andrew G. on May 31, 2004 20:57:46 GMT -5
And to add, along with the industrial, I also found a 42'' palmaire fan motor and a 42'' encon spinner motor w/brackets. Neither of the fans had blades, the palmaire's blades were literally ripped right off and the blades on the encon simply disintigrated until all that was left were the brackets. These two fans were mounted vertically on a telephone pole suffering a slow and painful death until I asked about them and removed them.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2004 10:28:14 GMT -5
No, it does not look anything like them. The motor weighs about 30 pounds and it uses 240v and 50Hz. The fan has 'USHA' marked on both of the canopies. It's one of those overseas fans. Reason I ask, I recall seeing a USHA fan, possibly on eBay, but I cant remember what it looks like. I do remember it looks similar to some more common industrial fan. Do you know how to hook up a 250vAC fan? |
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Post by Andrew G. on Jun 2, 2004 21:10:09 GMT -5
Do you know how to hook up a 250vAC fan? Actually, I don't know how to hook one of those up. I never expected to run into one of those odd fans. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2004 23:21:02 GMT -5
Actually, I don't know how to hook one of those up. I never expected to run into one of those odd fans. Supposedly you could wire it to 120vAC and it would run slow, as though you had used a speed control. To get it to run as designed you will need a step up transformer that will double the voltage and can handle the amperage of the fan. |
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Post by Andrew G. on Jun 3, 2004 9:37:07 GMT -5
Supposedly you could wire it to 120vAC and it would run slow, as though you had used a speed control. To get it to run as designed you will need a step up transformer that will double the voltage and can handle the amperage of the fan. What about the fact that the fan uses a different frequency, 50Hz. Any ordinary power source is 120 or 240V 60Hz. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2004 17:32:00 GMT -5
Whoops, wasnt reading carefully. I dont recall offhand whether or not that would be ok or, if not, how to step down the frequency . . . I'll have to get back to you.
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How much did you pay for that fan? I'm glad that you saved the fan's life! 