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Post by philippe1995 on Jan 22, 2019 10:26:52 GMT -5
Hi guys. I havent posted pictures here since a long time ago. But when I wasnt here, I still got some new fans in my collection. In 2016, Jean sent me a kijiji add of this Sears Pedestal for 20$. Since I love my brown Sears table fan, It was a must for me to snag this one. It was the first time I saw one. After buying this one some others showed up on kijiji. Anyways this is a great buy, since the fan is in very good mechanical condition. It's only a bit yellowed and got a small crack on the base.   enjoy and comment |
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Post by Jordan U on Jan 24, 2019 10:42:53 GMT -5
I've never seen one of those before, the design strikes me as odd having the buttons on the bottom when it's a tall fan.. Seems like it would be cumbersome to operate..
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Post by Cole D on Jan 24, 2019 18:51:25 GMT -5
I think the buttons on the base was/is common with Japanese fans. It's interesting that has the SR atomic logo on the badge, being it's from the 80s. Here only the 70s era green bladed fans had that.
Also I notice Canadian fans seem to have tighter grille spacing than ones from United States. I guess the Canadian safety standards were stricter.
Neat fan!
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Post by philippe1995 on Jan 25, 2019 8:35:40 GMT -5
I've never seen one of those before, the design strikes me as odd having the buttons on the bottom when it's a tall fan.. Seems like it would be cumbersome to operate.. it's a lazy a** design fan so you only use your feet to change the speeds lol  I like the design honestly, makes it more unique compared to modern fan. |
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Post by philippe1995 on Jan 25, 2019 8:40:02 GMT -5
I think the buttons on the base was/is common with Japanese fans. It's interesting that has the SR atomic logo on the badge, being it's from the 80s. Here only the 70s era green bladed fans had that. Also I notice Canadian fans seem to have tighter grille spacing than ones from United States. I guess the Canadian safety standards were stricter. Neat fan! Thanks! It is the pedestal version of my table one which uses the same parts (motor, blades, grills) both have this atomic logo and very tight safety grill. I guess they are from early 1980s because of their color, but I know late 1970s (1977-1979) fans like lasko made fans have these very tight grills and blue blades. It's a canadian thing CSA maybe? Back then I know that impressed a lot Americans when I showed fans with these grills edit: I forgot to mention this fan and the other Sears I own have a "Simpson-Sears" sticker on the base. |
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Post by Jordan U on Jan 25, 2019 9:20:17 GMT -5
Also I notice Canadian fans seem to have tighter grille spacing than ones from United States. I guess the Canadian safety standards were stricter. Thanks! It is the pedestal version of my table one which uses the same parts (motor, blades, grills) both have this atomic logo and very tight safety grill. I guess they are from early 1980s because of their color, but I know late 1970s (1977-1979) fans like lasko made fans have these very tight grills and blue blades. It's a canadian thing CSA maybe? Back then I know that impressed a lot Americans when I showed fans with these grills |
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Post by philippe1995 on Jan 26, 2019 14:38:01 GMT -5
Thanks! It is the pedestal version of my table one which uses the same parts (motor, blades, grills) both have this atomic logo and very tight safety grill. I guess they are from early 1980s because of their color, but I know late 1970s (1977-1979) fans like lasko made fans have these very tight grills and blue blades. It's a canadian thing CSA maybe? Back then I know that impressed a lot Americans when I showed fans with these grills They are, indeed. The airflow is very surprising. Beat the crap out of the new crappy fans even the 16" ones |
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 29, 2019 3:58:56 GMT -5
Buttons on the base are actually very common on Japanese and Thai fans and even other types of fans like WindChaser had at least one model in the 2000's. It must be designed mostly to be easy to use in tatami contexts where all the furnitures are rather low so other objects must be reachable without having to stand up.
You also have to understand that most fans that have buttons on the base, like this one, have a height that can be adjusted at the point that it can be used almost as a desk fan. It's one of these polyvalent desk/stand fans. Holmes and Honeywell had their own version in the late 1990's and early 2000's.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 29, 2019 4:24:38 GMT -5
I think the buttons on the base was/is common with Japanese fans. It's interesting that has the SR atomic logo on the badge, being it's from the 80s. Here only the 70s era green bladed fans had that. Also I notice Canadian fans seem to have tighter grille spacing than ones from United States. I guess the Canadian safety standards were stricter. Neat fan! The atomic logo is also common on amber/brown fans from the 1980's. Fans in Canada used to have pretty spaced grills but by the late 1970's it was not considered acceptable to have a fan where a child fingers can be inserted through the spokes. I noticed that in the late 1990's, some fans started having slightly more spaced grills again. I'm guessing it was partly Orli and Seabreeze Cool-Sweep fans that were ahead of their times that kicked the idea of child-proof fans. It's not just Canadian fans, if you look at certain French and Italian designs of the 1970-1980's including the mesh grills that started to be very popular in the mid 1980's. |
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 29, 2019 4:33:19 GMT -5
Thanks! It is the pedestal version of my table one which uses the same parts (motor, blades, grills) both have this atomic logo and very tight safety grill. I guess they are from early 1980s because of their color, but I know late 1970s (1977-1979) fans like lasko made fans have these very tight grills and blue blades. It's a canadian thing CSA maybe? Back then I know that impressed a lot Americans when I showed fans with these grills Haha! It's air! A lot of fans with tighter grills do not send the air only into a very concentrated airflow in front of the fan, some of the air is blown also from the sides of the grills which sends the air in different directions in a similar way you get with some ceiling fans or the Seabreeze Cool-Sweep. |
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Post by Cole D on Jan 29, 2019 22:36:52 GMT -5
I think the buttons on the base was/is common with Japanese fans. It's interesting that has the SR atomic logo on the badge, being it's from the 80s. Here only the 70s era green bladed fans had that. Also I notice Canadian fans seem to have tighter grille spacing than ones from United States. I guess the Canadian safety standards were stricter. Neat fan! The atomic logo is also common on amber/brown fans from the 1980's. Fans in Canada used to have pretty spaced grills but by the late 1970's it was not considered acceptable to have a fan where a child fingers can be inserted through the spokes. I noticed that in the late 1990's, some fans started having slightly more spaced grills again. I'm guessing it was partly Orli and Seabreeze Cool-Sweep fans that were ahead of their times that kicked the idea of child-proof fans. It's not just Canadian fans, if you look at certain French and Italian designs of the 1970-1980's including the mesh grills that started to be very popular in the mid 1980's. The Canadian ones do seemed closer together than we had here in the 80s. But I have a Sears with green blades that I'm guessing is 1973-74 made from Sanyo and the grille spacing is really wide to you can easily put fingers in the blade. The earliest blue blade Lasko/Galaxy in 72-74 were the same way. I think here in the US it was 1976 when the standards got tighter on grille spacing and the older open guards were discontinued for OSHA spiral grilles or these tighter radial grilles. But some brands like GE had started using the tight spiral grilles as early as the mid 60s and most others had started to make at least somewhat closer grille spacing during the 60s and 70s even though they were still very open. Although even back in the 50s fans that were sold that were a non-desktop design (such as box fans or utility type fans) and were likely to be put on the floor, were built with tight grille spacing to avoid children putting hands in them. Such as most box fans, tilting style fans or the GE "TV fan". |
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I like the design honestly, makes it more unique compared to modern fan. 
