1964 Millat ceiling fan

[Tais]

got this fan from kuwait back in my 2015 visit, its one of the earliest versions of Millat ceiling fans after the company grew rapidly in the 60s

millat is a pakistani ceiling fan brand, still in business since 1940s



one thing i like about this fan is the thick bowl cast-ish iron canopy! the canopy itself is the heaviest i've seen on any fan! the motor also has a unique design, inspired by the GEC and probably the very early versions of SMC, blades are WIDE as well!

despite its bulkiness, it only consumes 60 watts at full speed!

it has a decent performance but doesnt blow much air, and one nice thing is that the motor doesnt heat up at all!

i also like its label that replaces the need of lower canopy

[Tais]

[Jean Lemieux]

Very intresting fan and it's nice to see that Millat didn't changed their designs that much over the decades. If you noticed they still use the concept of having no lower canopy and a big tag above the motor like on this model. The capacitor is located on that thicker piece above the motor where the tag is?

I'm suprised it doesn't move that much air, especially with these blades. Are they not pitched enough? These blades are very similar to the ones used on some early Crompton Greaves and current Cinni fans.

I would love to get a Pakistani fan one day but one of the rare four blade models.

[Tais]

May 16, 2017 17:03:02 GMT -5 Jean Lemieux said:

Very intresting fan and it's nice to see that Millat didn't changed their designs that much over the decades. If you noticed they still use the concept of having no lower canopy and a big tag above the motor like on this model. The capacitor is located on that thicker piece above the motor where the tag is?

I'm suprised it doesn't move that much air, especially with these blades. Are they not pitched enough? These blades are very similar to the ones used on some early Crompton Greaves and current Cinni fans.

I would love to get a Pakistani fan one day but one of the rare four blade models.

actually the current model looks very different, but in a strange way it feels similar to the old model, i got one of the newer models, the tag in the newer millat is smaller and yes, the capacitor is inside where the tag is placed.. i have a new suspected counterfeit fan labeled Pak Millat and it looks like those generic pakistani fans and has a lower canopy

i think they arent pitched enough, i am also not sure if the capacitor is weakened by time since it has a relatively low acceleration, i would also guess this is due to the low power consumption (60 watt)