Post by phroberts on Aug 22, 2019 11:21:21 GMT -5
New guy here!
So the fan in the living room of my parent's house when they bought it in the late 1980's, was a Chestnut/Brass Hunter Classic two speed fan. It's a 2.5A fan with Serial Number 1028, so from what I've read it's was built in 1982. At some point we moved it to my bedroom, because they wanted a reversible fan in the living room. That's when I first learned that these fans had an oil bath when I tipped it sideways and spilled oil all over the carpet.
Fast forward to yesterday, my Mom is moving to a new-to-her house, and I am relocating her Hunter Classics to the new place. The two speed switch disintegrated - which I'm pretty sure was something I replaced at some point in the past. Not a big deal, because we're going to operate this with a 3 speed wall switch anyhow. So I tested the blue and red wires to black, straight wired the one that resulted in the fastest high speed, and capped the other one off.
The wall controls are new old stock switches that I bought of of eBay model number 22691 with a date code of 1997. Anyway these work in the order of Off -> Low -> Medium -> High, vs. the later version that runs Off -> High -> Medium -> Low. I have a similar vintage Hunter Classic in my house that we operate with the newer style switch, and since it doesn't have a start capacitor, we just let it spin up on high for a second, and then lower the setting to medium. Occasionally low, but that's a very slow low, so it's more of entertainment for my 2 year old.
So with the older style switches, I have a couple of questions:
1) If someone turns the wall switch to the low or medium position without turning it to high first to get the fan moving, and leaves it there, will it damage the fan?
2) Is it possible to add a capacitor to these old fans so that it'll spin up regardless of the wall switch position?
Thanks!
So the fan in the living room of my parent's house when they bought it in the late 1980's, was a Chestnut/Brass Hunter Classic two speed fan. It's a 2.5A fan with Serial Number 1028, so from what I've read it's was built in 1982. At some point we moved it to my bedroom, because they wanted a reversible fan in the living room. That's when I first learned that these fans had an oil bath when I tipped it sideways and spilled oil all over the carpet.
Fast forward to yesterday, my Mom is moving to a new-to-her house, and I am relocating her Hunter Classics to the new place. The two speed switch disintegrated - which I'm pretty sure was something I replaced at some point in the past. Not a big deal, because we're going to operate this with a 3 speed wall switch anyhow. So I tested the blue and red wires to black, straight wired the one that resulted in the fastest high speed, and capped the other one off.
The wall controls are new old stock switches that I bought of of eBay model number 22691 with a date code of 1997. Anyway these work in the order of Off -> Low -> Medium -> High, vs. the later version that runs Off -> High -> Medium -> Low. I have a similar vintage Hunter Classic in my house that we operate with the newer style switch, and since it doesn't have a start capacitor, we just let it spin up on high for a second, and then lower the setting to medium. Occasionally low, but that's a very slow low, so it's more of entertainment for my 2 year old.
So with the older style switches, I have a couple of questions:
1) If someone turns the wall switch to the low or medium position without turning it to high first to get the fan moving, and leaves it there, will it damage the fan?
2) Is it possible to add a capacitor to these old fans so that it'll spin up regardless of the wall switch position?
Thanks!