Relite, Crompton Greaves, and O.Erre. Who made what?

[ceilingfansmalta]

I am now really baffled with what the companies Relite, Crompton Greaves, and O.Erre made. 
 
The usual Relite fans known have this design:

They have a thin motor with a rather wide diameter and a white or blue top. They have straight blades with a slightly pointed tip.

So here is the first identification mystery:
I have heard that there are Crompton Greaves fans made by Airmaster, which is the same as Relite as far as I know.

They are almost like older CG fans but have a cone-shaped lower canopy, and the blade arms are different.

I have also seen Relite fans with almost the exact older CG High Breeze design, like this one:

They have the same canopies, motor, and almost the same blades.

Then comes the mystery between Crompton Greaves and O.Erre. The O.Erre Oasis R and R 140 IPX have a motor, which I think is made by O.Erre itself.
O.Erre R-series: 


O.Erre R 140 IPX

The two of these have CG high breeze canopies.

Then there is the final mystery, between Relite and O.Erre.
There is a type of Relite fan, which I have only seen in Malta. It is the Rapide MKII, like these:



The motor is very similar to the O.Erre motor, but has a sticker with Relite Rapide MKII on it. The canopies look a bit like Relite and the blades are similar to both O.Erre and Airmaster Crompton Greaves. What I noticed, however is that the Relite Rapide has some differences to O.Erre. For example the Relite motor is 80W, whereas the O.Erre are 60W (sorry, I made a mistake last time when I said 40-50). However this could be because the Relite Rapide MKII is much older than the O.Erre fans advertised nowadays. Something tells me that just like the usual fans made by Relite have different canopies, and are branded depending on them, like Vent-Axia, the same is with the Rapide MKII. When they are with CG-like canopies they are called O.Erre. Could this be the case?


So the results are:
1. Relite fans looking like Crompton Greaves
2. O.Erre fans with Crompton Greaves canopies
3. Relite fans with canopies similar to Relite and motor like O.Erre but higher power rating

Could someone please tell me what is going on here with Relite, Crompton Greaves, and O.Erre?

[Tais]

there are 2 relite fans, one is the british and the other is singaporean


the british relite (known as airmaster in the US) were around since 1967 (before they were known as revo), closed down in 1975 and re established as relite fan ltd in july 1 1980, they had only one fan model that underwent minor changes by time, last known british relite i've seen was dated in 1990.. after that i have no idea whether ther sticked to their model or introduced a new model, the company was defunct and dissolved in 2013

singaporean relite also established in 1980 was established as a company under tamco group, it has the same name but completely unrelated to the british relites.. the crompton greaves relites you see are all singaporean relites, not the british ones


airmaster rebranded relite (the 80s versions) and 90s crompton greaves to have the airmaster brand

[ceilingfansmalta]

Thank you very much for your response! You have clarified some of the information I was confused with.

However I still do not understand how the Relite Rapide MKII has canopies similar to the British Relite (and also to your Bajaj Popoular and Airflow fans in your videos). Also, the motor is similar to O.Erre motors. There are also the blades which are very similar to the Crompton Greaves Airmaster. It seems as though either more than one company worked together with/bought parts of other companies or else the Relite Rapide MKII is almost a clone of three different fan companies (British Relite/Bajaj/Airflow canopies, Crompton Greaves Airmaster blades, and O.Erre motor). 

[Tais]

a lot of fan companies clone each other's fan parts, british relite and crompton greaves hve the original shape canopies... that really does cause confusion


singaporean relite has cloned lots of fans as i know, including hunter, crompton greaves, mr. ken...

[ceilingfansmalta]

OK thank you. 

[ceilingfansmalta]

Update: Although the Relite Rapide MKII has blades like on Singaporean Relite, they are actually English, as shown on their wall control, and the capacitor on the one I have is dated Nov. 1994. If the last usual British Relite seen was dated 1990, the Rapide MKII model might have been a new model after 1990 perhaps. 

[Tais]

interesting, then most likely its the british one then.. i would love to see the later models of british relite if there are any

the relites from 1986 to 1990 have a label "trader" mentioned, not sure if model name or not

[ceilingfansmalta]

I do not know whether this is a clue or not: the Relite Rapide MKII has 3 stickers (See 'My First Ceiling Fan')
One says: "Relite Rapide MKII"
The next has the details of the fan (power, voltage, etc)
The last one puzzled me: It is large and just has 'IEG' on the top left corner.

Something else which I noticed, is that the blades of the Relite Rapide MKII are almost identical to CG Whirlwind, also known as Solent.