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Post by Cullen D. on Jan 17, 2017 23:20:27 GMT -5
This thread won't be updated a lot since I'm not nearly as into fan collecting as I used to be. This thread will mainly be for new installs in our house. Yesterday and Monday I FINALLY got around to replacing the Monte Carlo fans in our sunroom. Remember these? They worked fine but hardly gave off any light. Sure, I could've just bought brighter light kits for them but they were just begging to be replaced by quality fans. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the replacement fans! Two brown Hunter R&M Originals! One is dated 1978 and the other is dated February 1981. Hate the light kits all you want but I didn't have a good pair of 4-light kits to install on the fans. If I ever find a pair of matching 4-arm light kits I will replace the light kits, but these ones look fine for now. I'm just glad to finally have vintage Originals installed in our house! This makes the Harbor Breeze Bella Vista in my sister's room and the Minka Aire Supra in the laundry room the only two original fans remaining in the house. Both will be replaced eventually.
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Post by Brian L. on Jan 17, 2017 23:40:18 GMT -5
Awesome install! huge schoolhouse globes would also look awesome on those fans
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Post by fancollector12 on Jan 17, 2017 23:49:52 GMT -5
EPIC INSTALL!!!
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Post by Cullen D. on Jan 18, 2017 0:07:13 GMT -5
Awesome install! huge schoolhouse globes would also look awesome on those fans Huge schoolhouse globes would definitely be the best-looking light kits I could put on them, but notice I said in the thread we needed brighter lighting in there. My mom and I both think that any fan with less than 3 lights on it is too dim for a room.
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Post by Max C. on Jan 18, 2017 0:11:59 GMT -5
Those sure are beautiful Cullen! Great job.
Huge schoolhouse globes would definitely be the best-looking light kits I could put on them, but notice I said in the thread we needed brighter lighting in there. My mom and I both think that any fan with less than 3 lights on it is too dim for a room. Would a 150-watt equivalent light bulb in each schoolhouse light kit suffice?
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Post by Cullen D. on Jan 18, 2017 0:16:53 GMT -5
That would possibly work but the globes would probably still make it too dim for my mom. She doesn't want any fans in our house to have light kits with less than three lights. (The living room and back patio are exceptions because we have recessed lights in the living room and we don't need a lot of light on our back patio, though they're starting to want a brighter light kit on the patio fan.) My mom just has a hard time seeing in rooms with just one or two lights and likes to have bright lighting. (Hence why her bedroom fan has a 5 light kit.
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Post by Max C. on Jan 18, 2017 0:20:52 GMT -5
That would possibly work but the globes would probably still make it too dim for my mom. She doesn't want any fans in our house to have light kits with less than two lights. (The living room and back patio are exceptions because we have recessed lights in the living room and we don't need a lot of light on our back patio, though they're starting to want a brighter light kit on the patio fan.) My mom just has a hard time seeing in rooms with just one or two lights and likes to have bright lighting. (Hence why her bedroom fan has a 5 light kit. Frosted globes most likely, however what about clear? I get what you are saying when it comes to bright lighting.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 1:54:30 GMT -5
i wish your sister get a original in her room.. i hate those light kits,i wish i got the ones you wanted(4 arm ones)only because i give them to you,what fan you got in your room?
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Post by Farah on Jan 18, 2017 12:18:05 GMT -5
Nice fans! If I was you I would've put a 5 light kit on the originals. What year did the originals came with the brown color?
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Post by Drew K. on Jan 19, 2017 18:31:20 GMT -5
Definitely an improvement! I think they look great with the brick wall setting.
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Post by Jordan U on Jan 21, 2017 11:40:49 GMT -5
Great install! It looks awesome..
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Post by Cullen D. on Mar 20, 2017 21:16:53 GMT -5
Someone in my aunt's neighborhood was giving this 42" hugger away for free a few weeks ago. She got it for me and I just got around to repairing it tonight. I've never seen anything like this. It's clearly supposed to be a copy of the SMC U42. It does not have a brand. What I find the strangest about it is that the switch cap is ribbed like an SMC, but it's a switch cap and not a removable one-piece switch housing. It also came with a round globe light kit that I removed (but will likely re-install.) This was the WORST case I've EVER seen of a fan not taken down properly. All of the screws except the light globe screws and blade-to-blade-arm screws were missing. But worst of all, the previous owner pulled the wires out! Luckily I had some spare wire I could run through the fan to get it working again.
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Post by Jordan U on Mar 21, 2017 13:11:00 GMT -5
Looks like its in nice cosmetic condition despite the take-down abuse.. Does it run well?
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Post by Cullen D. on Mar 23, 2017 20:06:01 GMT -5
Looks like its in nice cosmetic condition despite the take-down abuse.. Does it run well? It runs great, but I could only test it upside down. I had to take down all the electrical boxes for testing fans since I'm going to be repainting the workshop soon. I plan on painting the ceiling first so I can put the boxes back up and start installing fans in there again.
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Post by Max C. on Mar 24, 2017 2:35:43 GMT -5
That is one unusual find, Cullen! Is there a label anywhere on the fan, by chance? Looking at the motor venting, it could be a C.E.I.
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