TAT Ceiling Fans Model CFA2A(W)PC

[Adam D.]

Picked these up off a local Craigslist.. miami.craigslist.org/pbc/for/d/white-40-ceiling-fan-like-new/6548695718.html

Yes FINALLY something worth picking up even though I already have something similar.. They are in mint condition.. Odd thing is when I arrived the seller gave me the ceiling fans along with two Golden Fan controls.. I was thinking there were Golden Fans at one time, or controls got mixed up with these fans.. But when I tried the fans out, both wires connected to these pull switches on are not even connected to the circuit, and what looks to be possibly maybe used for light kit.. No on/off or high/med/low speeds.. Fans start up and run the fastest when plugged in.. There looks to be no cut wires in the switch housings, everything looks factory, everything connected is factory connected with plastic wire clamps.. Pull switches only has L/Strip labeled even though they are double layered.. Perhaps maybe the Golden fan controls were purchased as an accessory to give these fans speeds.. Though the fan does have a single value cap in the switch housing, and a double value in the lower canopy.. Just very odd

[fancollector12]

These are neat fans... kind of weird how they have an ornate switch cap but not an ornate motor. Very clean too

[Adam D.]

Thanks... I like these alot better than the 52" ornate versions..

[Cole S.]

Huh. I really wonder what the actual original case was here. Very interesting.

[Jordan U]

Very nice!

[Jean Lemieux]

Were the brackets painted over or they are supposed to be all white?

My first though would have been that the pull chai is a reverse pull chain with possibly an off position. A lot of fans in the early 1980's had this set up. A reverse pull chain with an off position and the speeds are controlled from the wall. In this case I guess the pull chain is for a light kit. My chunky Nadair GE vent has two pull chains. One forward-reverse-off pull chain and the other does nothing. The only explanation I could find is that it's for a light.

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i aready seen those

[Max C.]

Worth picking up indeed!  Although most people wouldn't go through the effort, it is possible that some"creative" dude purchased a few crimp-on wire connectors and "went to town" with the fans' electrical.

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Apr 6, 2018 23:31:16 GMT -5 Jean Lemieux said:

Were the brackets painted over or they are supposed to be all white?

Looking at the screws, the painted-over theory makes sense.  After all, didn't TATs exclusively use yellow chromate hardware?

[Adam D.]

Everything looks to be factory painted.. There's also not that big metallic foil brass ring around the motors either.. So these fans were meant to be all white.. That is possible, Also factory error could be possible as well, Maybe they were display models and were not finished as for the wiring.. If I can locate my other ones in storage somewhere I could see whats different with the wiring and connect them properly if possible.. I really like these versions better than the 52" model and the 52" ornate model.. The proportions of these with the smaller motor are perfect..

Here's the video of fixing one of the controls and info etc

[Tais]

awesome find!

[MattS]

Nice fans, I love the classic spinner design.