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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 14, 2021 3:09:44 GMT -5
Here's an Emerson Maui I got NIB last Feburary. I decided to get this fan mainly in compensation for a NIB polished brass Fanimation Islander I did not get about two years ago. When I saw this NIB Emerson Maui Bay in polished brass, I thought this is my chance to get a good polished brass tropical style fan. Just like Fanimation Islanders, Emersons Maui Bays have a stack motor with a four/five blade rubber flyweel. It's my first Emerson ceiling fan and my first tropical style fan or any ceiling fan with oval shaped blades for that matter. It's also my first ceiling fan that has the reversing switch on top of the housing. Tropical style fans are beautiful in polished brass but are not common in this finish as they came in style exactly when polished brass was starting to be less trendy. For exemple, the Maui Bay came out in 2001. They are pretty rare in polished brass as they were available in this finish only the firsts few years this model existed. The last year the Maui Bay was available in polished brass was probably 2005. This one dates to October 2004. It's one of the early Maui Bay as it have a classic style ball and socket canopy. I believe later Maui Bays adopted the regular wide and flat canopy seen on many recent Emersons. It works very well. The 20° blade pitch combined with an Emerson K55 motor makes for an impressive air movement considering the wide blades and slow RPMS. It moves more air than I expected. I have two different sets of original NIB Emerson blades I can use with it. Here it is with the first set of natural palm leaf blades. The blade span with these blades is a regular 132 cm. These blades do not have a regular oval shape to them so I find that they look better in the five blades configuration. With these specific blades the air is blown mostly towards the sides rather than under the fan and it also has to be used on clockwise to get the air blowing to the sides. On counterclockwise it does the except opposite from most of other ceiling fans, it blows the air towards the ceiling. With these blades in the five blade configuration I get about 30/60/125 RPMS.     Enjoy! More of this fan coming soon. |
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Post by redkiosk on Jun 14, 2021 5:44:27 GMT -5
Jean,
Beautiful fan and compact! The natural palm blades are quite interesting. Thanks for the close-up pics! Being as old as they are, are they brittle? With all those crevices and folds, I would imagine one could only lightly vacuum them for cleaning. I agree that it looks better with the five blade configuration.
The color of the natural palm pairs well with the polished brass. Did Emerson coat the polished brass with a clear finish?
Thanks again for posting and take care!
Jim
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Post by Tais on Jun 15, 2021 4:07:59 GMT -5
awesome fan!
love the blades, it reminds me of the islander quite a lot
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 17, 2021 1:07:37 GMT -5
Jean, Beautiful fan and compact! The natural palm blades are quite interesting. Thanks for the close-up pics! Being as old as they are, are they brittle? With all those crevices and folds, I would imagine one could only lightly vacuum them for cleaning. I agree that it looks better with the five blade configuration. The color of the natural palm pairs well with the polished brass. Did Emerson coat the polished brass with a clear finish? Thanks again for posting and take care! Jim Surprisingly the blades are are not as fagile as I thought and are in good condition. I was able to clean them with a damp cloth. I don't yet have experience with Fanimation palm blades but I was told that are apparently flimsy. They seem to get bent or punctured easily but these Emerson palm blades are actually pretty sturdy and heavy as explained in the video. The material is pretty thick. The air mouvement is also pretty good for a fan of this type so I wonder if it beats a Fanimation Islander in both performance and sturdiness. I still prefer how a Fanimation Islander looks though. I usually prefer most of ceiling fans with four blades but I prefer this specific one with five because of the shape of these blades which is not a regular oval shape and also because the brackets have a side lip. When all five blades are installed they all align perfectly without any gaps. I'm not sure if the finish is coated. A polished brass finish usually is? |
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 17, 2021 1:39:20 GMT -5
awesome fan! love the blades, it reminds me of the islander quite a lot Thanks. I did not know you liked tropical style ceiling fans. The shape of the blades and the way they are made are quiet different from classic Fanimation palm blades as I explained to Jim. The switch housing and it's cap has an unique system. The housing is also wider than on a Fanimation Islander and it's a full housing closed on the bottom contrary to the Fanimation Islander. The Maui Bay actually has a very similar housing to their Cornerstone model. Both came out in 2001 and use a K55 motor with the reversing switch on top of the housing. |
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 17, 2021 3:45:34 GMT -5
Here's what it looks like with the other set of original Emerson blades I have for this fan. They are also NOS/NIB like the palm blades shown above. These are the bamboo blades in the dark oak finish. They give this fan a slightly larger blade span of 137 cm while the palm blades have a regular 132 cm size. They are very thick but also a litte more narrow than the palm blades. The performance of the fan is improved with these blades. It moves much more air and moves air in an ordinary way by pushing the air directly underneath the fan on counterclockwise and towards the ceiling when run on clockwise. It also spins slightly faster with these blades. About 40/70/135 RPMS. Because these blades have a regular oval shape to them, they look very good in the four blade configuration.     Enjoy! |
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Post by jeremy on Jun 17, 2021 8:01:10 GMT -5
good choice jean,emersons are one of the best,hopefully your next emerson is a friction drive and ornate casablanca classic
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 18, 2021 0:15:38 GMT -5
good choice jean,emersons are one of the best,hopefully your next emerson is a friction drive and ornate casablanca classic Which blades you like better on this Maui Bay? I'm not very much into ceiling fans made of plastic but I would love to find a polished brass Emerson 1895 Series or an Emerson Premium with uplight. |
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Post by Tais on Jun 18, 2021 7:08:31 GMT -5
I think i like the palm leaf one more! I got a fanimation islander with rusty finish and palm leaf blades, its one of the fans chosen for the project
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Post by redkiosk on Jun 18, 2021 8:42:45 GMT -5
good choice jean,emersons are one of the best,hopefully your next emerson is a friction drive and ornate casablanca classic Which blades you like better on this Maui Bay? I'm not very much into ceiling fans made of plastic but I would love to find a polished brass Emerson 1895 Series or an Emerson Premium with uplight. Jean, I'm leaning towards the palm leaf (5) as I find it a nicely balanced fan (visually :-)), But, the darker bamboo would look great with a room with darker trim or dark wood furniture Regarding a protective coating over metal finishes. Sometimes it there and sometimes it's not. It does tend to yellow after many years, so when it's placed over chrome or any light-colored metal, it tends to give them a yellowish cast. Over brass, no big deal. It can easily be removed with acetone or a paint stripper. Jim |
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Post by jeremy on Jun 18, 2021 10:10:50 GMT -5
good choice jean,emersons are one of the best,hopefully your next emerson is a friction drive and ornate casablanca classic Which blades you like better on this Maui Bay? I'm not very much into ceiling fans made of plastic but I would love to find a polished brass Emerson 1895 Series or an Emerson Premium with uplight. casablanca classics are metal except the blades which it's wood... i like the brown blades on the maui bay imo |
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 19, 2021 7:54:34 GMT -5
I think i like the palm leaf one more! I got a fanimation islander with rusty finish and palm leaf blades, its one of the fans chosen for the project Oh nice! I don't think you have ever shown this one so far. When did you acquired it? Is it your only ceiling fan with a stack motor? |
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 19, 2021 7:56:14 GMT -5
Which blades you like better on this Maui Bay? I'm not very much into ceiling fans made of plastic but I would love to find a polished brass Emerson 1895 Series or an Emerson Premium with uplight. casablanca classics are metal except the blades which it's wood... i like the brown blades on the maui bay imo I thought they had a plastic housing like other Emerson of that period. I still prefer a lot more the 1895 Series. |
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Post by Tais on Jun 19, 2021 11:29:57 GMT -5
I think i like the palm leaf one more! I got a fanimation islander with rusty finish and palm leaf blades, its one of the fans chosen for the project Oh nice! I don't think you have ever shown this one so far. When did you acquired it? Is it your only ceiling fan with a stack motor? Ive posted a few pics on fb, bought it back in around 2018 from the manager of the ceiling fan company (chris rines in the fb group) when i visited his workshop after meeting them in the household furniture expo He had it imported back in late 90s or early 2000s when he first came to dubai, before he establishes the ceiling fan company and sell hunters I dont know what actually defines a stack motor, but probably.. it looks a bit different than other motors i have, and the screw mounting area has a rubber layer, something ive never seen before |
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 20, 2021 5:23:40 GMT -5
Oh nice! I don't think you have ever shown this one so far. When did you acquired it? Is it your only ceiling fan with a stack motor? Ive posted a few pics on fb, bought it back in around 2018 from the manager of the ceiling fan company (chris rines in the fb group) when i visited his workshop after meeting them in the household furniture expo He had it imported back in late 90s or early 2000s when he first came to dubai, before he establishes the ceiling fan company and sell hunters I dont know what actually defines a stack motor, but probably.. it looks a bit different than other motors i have, and the screw mounting area has a rubber layer, something ive never seen before Oh nice so it's an earlier Fanimation Islander with the older style canopy. I have the motor to a polished brass one dated of 2000 but it's missing everything else. Stack motors are usually thicker and slightly narrower than direct drive motors. The external shell of the motor does not revolves with the blades. They have a large amount of stacked (hence the name) copper windings on the sides making them very powerful. In the center the rotor and shaft revolves and at the bottom is usually attached a rubber flywheel like you have on your Fanimation Islander. That rubber flywheel acts as a shock absorber to eliminate noise transmission between the motor and the blades which is why they are particularly quiet motors. |
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