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Post by Cole D on Jul 10, 2021 21:36:01 GMT -5
Today at a thrift shop I saw what I thought might be a Palm Air.
It had the big wide close mount canopy, white motor with PB GE vent bottom plate, white filigree sideband. It had 5 white blades with cane. I don't remember much about
the switch housing or anything. I should have looked for a label on it but I didn't.
Anyway, would this be a Palm Air? I don't know much about the company, were they made by the same OEM as some of Moss' fans?
In a way I thought it could've been a CEI also, it reminded me a lot of the 52" PB GE vent fans Sears sold in the catalog back in the early 90s.
I did not get it, but if it's any good I might. They wanted $10 for it.
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Post by Parkman on Jul 11, 2021 15:41:15 GMT -5
It very well could be. I think all they made with that oversized canopy was GE vents and a wood housing one.
I was told Palm Airs were made by Air Cool somewhere I had heard this. I have two of there Ocean Breeze top mount spinners. Used to have two more.
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Post by Cole D on Jul 15, 2021 18:19:01 GMT -5
How are the motors on those Ocean Breezes are they a good size?
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Post by Parkman on Jul 17, 2021 13:48:41 GMT -5
How are the motors on those Ocean Breezes are they a good size? They’re big I’d honestly have to look. I wanna say 188’s but I’d have to look to be clear. I love those fans. Always found it strange the ocean breeze jr is not similar at all! |
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Post by jeremy on Jul 17, 2021 16:00:40 GMT -5
john reed would tell you more,he is a king of palm air fans(expert...etc).
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Post by Cole D on Jul 31, 2021 10:05:28 GMT -5
How are the motors on those Ocean Breezes are they a good size? They’re big I’d honestly have to look. I wanna say 188’s but I’d have to look to be clear. I love those fans. Always found it strange the ocean breeze jr is not similar at all! That's pretty impressive. The close mount Palm Airs with the GE vents are kind of a childhood fan for me. My local Dairy Queen used to have two in PB/white. The dining room is an L shape and at the counter there was an AB GE vent hugger and an AB GE vent close mount, I think those were 42" and then around the corner there were the two white/PB close mounts. They all got replaced around 2005 with Hunter 42" Low Profiles in white which are still there. |
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Palm Air?
Aug 1, 2021 9:43:27 GMT -5
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Post by Parkman on Aug 1, 2021 9:43:27 GMT -5
They’re big I’d honestly have to look. I wanna say 188’s but I’d have to look to be clear. I love those fans. Always found it strange the ocean breeze jr is not similar at all! That's pretty impressive. The close mount Palm Airs with the GE vents are kind of a childhood fan for me. My local Dairy Queen used to have two in PB/white. The dining room is an L shape and at the counter there was an AB GE vent hugger and an AB GE vent close mount, I think those were 42" and then around the corner there were the two white/PB close mounts. They all got replaced around 2005 with Hunter 42" Low Profiles in white which are still there. A guy on YouTube just posted a video of an ocean breeze said they’re 172 by something. Of the three we had one the bearings went, the second just rusted to no end was in a room With a hot tub and the third not a thing wrong parents updates kitchen and went with something bronze. |
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Post by Cole D on Aug 1, 2021 10:19:16 GMT -5
I saw a video from Dan N posted yesterday with a close mount 5 blade GE vent that was a CEC/Moss, so I am thinking what I saw may be a Moss. He said it has a cast motor. I'm off next week so I am going to go back probably tomorrow and see if it's still there. I hope it is.
172 is probably likely as I'm sure they wouldn't have likely used a 153 back then. I'd be interested to see what size motors different fans had in the 70s and 80s.
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Palm Air?
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Post by Parkman on Aug 1, 2021 14:03:37 GMT -5
I had it was a childhood fan for me… a 42” Palm Air flush Mount with the large canopy. This one was almond with stencil got it on eBay I wanna say… that had a smaller motor. I never did anythjng with it and then before I moved was gonna put it in my shed had it assembled and broke a blade arm.
I ended up throwing it out I had so much to do with moving I just cut my losses and let it go I’m still mad at myself for doing that.
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Post by Cole D on Aug 21, 2021 12:49:51 GMT -5
I went back and looked again and it was still there. I decided not to get it, because the cane was coming loose from the blades, and there were some scratches in the paint. I'll still think about it though. I didn't see a brand on it but I saw it was made in Hong Kong.
There was a Hunter Stonington too in brushed nickel for $25, but it had a big scratch in the cherry side of the blades. I like the Stonington but it has a rather puny motor 153mm. Other than that it had all the hardware and everything.
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Post by Parkman on Aug 21, 2021 22:19:13 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure there is a NIB one in Brass at the moment.
With the small motor especially home center Hunters I'd say for $25 you're better off just save another and get a Harbor Breeze Classic at that point if you can't find something else at a thrift store or whatever.
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Post by Cole D on Sept 5, 2021 16:28:21 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure there is a NIB one in Brass at the moment. With the small motor especially home center Hunters I'd say for $25 you're better off just save another and get a Harbor Breeze Classic at that point if you can't find something else at a thrift store or whatever. Yeah, one thing I just remembered when my friend's parents added on their house in 2008, they got a Hunter Stonington in brushed nickel for the office room. So that's probably why I liked it, I have memories of it. The Harbor Breeze Classics really aren't that bad. I kind of like the look of the Hampton Bay Rockport too. |
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