Casablanca conversion to 3 speed

[Colin]

Ok so here goes the story. My aunt had a brass Casablanca Delta 2 in her dining room for the past 22 years. It had the 5 speed slumber quiet system with it and the on/off pullchain which turned the light kit on and off too. She just recently broke the chain and when she ordered a new one from Casablanca they sent her a 3 speed switch. My grandfather insisted he could make it work and when he tried his little rig-job, a loud pop came from inside the switch housing and I think he pretty much burned up the electronics because now nothing works. He took the fan down and just replaced it with an Emerson Northwind. Now I have the fan and I am trying to find out the steps to convert the fan to 3 speed and see how hard it is rather than messing with the all the slumber quiet electronics. What would be the best thing to do? Also the motor does not spin as freely as it used to but the flywheel is in perfect position. Is there anything to make it spin like it did before.
Thanks,
Colin

[kelly]

first of all u need to put new bearings in it second of all here is a website on how to convert it to 3 speed they will send u instructions on how to convert it to 3 speed
the kit is $44 plus shipping from casablanca fan company
www.casablancafanrepair.com/HTMLFiles/do_it_yourself/TL_03_Spare%20Parts%20List/Electronics%20pages/3SpeedElectronicsP5.htm

[Alex K.]

Hi Colin,

That's rather unfortunate. There's a seller on eBay who has the right pullchain, that controls the lights and fan (for Slumber Quiet and Slumber Five fans):
tinyurl.com/4zj7ty

And that same seller also has complete Slumber Three electronics.
tinyurl.com/5d4ajr

You won't get instructions with that kit, but you'll save quite a bit of money. I think Casablanca Fan Repair has instructions on their website; they're buried and hard to find. I'll check and post back.

[Andrew G.]

If your fan is a 5 speed fan, it's known as slumber 5. It's nothing but a five speed speed coil in the switch housing. If this is the case, there really is no need to convert it to three speed. Just open it up and see whats wrong. Better yet, take a picture and show us. The correct pullchain for slumber quiet (variable speed) and slumber 5 (five speed) fans is a 3-way light pullchain. These can be obtained easily from Home Depot and Lowes.

This is what the electronics inside of a Slumber 5 fan look like:


As far as the bearings are concerned, just give them a little Zoom Spout Oiler and they'll be fine.

[Deleted]

Is it the 5 speed knob or the infinitely variable control?

I doubt it cant be fixed, since there's no way you can short the electronics using only the wires that go to the pullchain.

[Colin]

It is the 5 speed knob control. It also has a 4-light kit with a dimmer on the bottom in between the lights which I think is pretty cool but I just want to convert it for the fun of it I think it would be a nice project. Where should I put the oil in at when I get it? Also the brass is a bit tarnished on the bottom of the motor housing, is there anything specific I should to to refinish it?

Thanks for your help

[Deleted]

It's less of a 'project' and more of a 'buying a kit'. A better project would be fixing the existing electronics.

If you want the kit, here it is:

www.casablancafanrepair.com/HTMLFiles/do_it_yourself/TL_03_Spare%20Parts%20List/Electronics%20pages/3SpeedElectronicsP5.htm

There is no remedy for tarnishing brass plating, you can try some Meguire's #9. If you're real daring you can try some WD40, which will make it look REAL NICE but then eat through the lacquer if you dont clean it off. I stopped doing things unless it's absolutely necessary.

[JW]

For what it's worth, my advice would be to salvage and get back to working order as many of the original controls as possible. I've never heard of a ceiling fan having a light dimmer built in and I think it would be pointless to take it out.

The 5-speed, dimmer, and fan/light pull chain combination sounds VERY unusual and VERY cool. I'd like to have such a fan myself. I don't know why you'd want to ruin such a cool setup, but hey, it's your fan...

[Deleted]

I've never heard of a 5 speed, dimmer combination, especially on a Delta.

There was a later incarnation of the Zephyr, I dont remember what it was called, but it had a three speed pullchain and a light dimmer.

[Deleted]

It was called the Zephyr III. So now I forget what the Zephyr II was!

[JW]

The Turbo Zephyr, perhaps? A 5-speed?

I do recall that as soon as Casablanca came out with Inteli-Touch, all Zephyrs (at least that year) were made with it.

[Jean Lemieux]

Hey Andrew I'm just curious about that AB Casablanca Four Season you have. I know you already post that picture before. It seems to have some kind of white blades on it. They looks like metal blades. Are they metal blades off an Industrial???

Yeah I agree with JW that 5-speed control seems COOL. Try to save it.

[Andrew G.]

Aug 26, 2008 16:27:15 GMT -5 Jean Lemieux said:

Hey Andrew I'm just curious about that AB Casablanca Four Season you have. I know you already post that picture before. It seems to have some kind of white blades on it. They looks like metal blades. Are they metal blades off an Industrial???

Yeah, I happen to have two 36" HRS industrials I got from my local Wal-mart. The blades fit the flywheel perfectly, so I decided to screw around with it.

[Jean Lemieux]

Aug 26, 2008 16:45:42 GMT -5 Andrew G. said:

Aug 26, 2008 16:27:15 GMT -5 Jean Lemieux said:

Hey Andrew I'm just curious about that AB Casablanca Four Season you have. I know you already post that picture before. It seems to have some kind of white blades on it. They looks like metal blades. Are they metal blades off an Industrial???

Yeah, I happen to have two 36" HRS industrials I got from my local Wal-mart. The blades fit the flywheel perfectly, so I decided to screw around with it.

Cool any pictures of the whole fan to see what it looks like all together? Did it span faster than with the 4 regular wood blades?

[Andrew G.]

Aug 27, 2008 10:42:00 GMT -5 Jean Lemieux said:

Aug 26, 2008 16:45:42 GMT -5 Andrew G. said:

Yeah, I happen to have two 36" HRS industrials I got from my local Wal-mart. The blades fit the flywheel perfectly, so I decided to screw around with it.

Cool any pictures of the whole fan to see what it looks like all together? Did it span faster than with the 4 regular wood blades?

It spun about as fast as the motor would spin with next to no load, probably a little over 200 RPM or so.