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Post by Jordan U on May 13, 2016 19:40:07 GMT -5
That Emperor is awesome! I haven't seen one with those irons before..
I like the original blades better,, but the tropical ones don't look bad at all..
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Post by Andrew G. on May 13, 2016 22:00:21 GMT -5
So I randomly decided to drive 3 hours north to acquire my first NuTurd...
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Post by fancollector12 on May 14, 2016 0:12:15 GMT -5
I want to find one of those someday! I like it, despite its crappy motor design...
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Post by Adam D. on May 14, 2016 12:05:02 GMT -5
Very nice... I hope to find one of those one day.... That's an example of stuff I really like, instead of the common every day stuff I see..
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Post by Raymond on May 14, 2016 21:58:35 GMT -5
As a child, I visited a Mt. Carmel, PA, restaurant that was stuffed full of those fiction-drive little NuTones. They were never on. One by one, they were replaced the Encon five-cane bladed fans with a school house light kit. I am sick as a dog, so the name escapes me, but it was a common Encon fan. Every replacement fan would be running on high in reverse, and all the friction-drive NuTones were off. I have not been back to that restaurant since I was 14, and I am now 30. Although it is still open for business. I live about 1,700 miles from there, so I doubt I will be back there any time soon. But that was the ONE and ONLY place I ever saw those amazing little Nutone fans.
I must comment on that stunning Terra Cotta Hunter. When I lived in the northeast, I found one at a Habitat store prior to them no longer carrying ceiling fans. I installed it in my mother's house in her master bedroom. She was thrilled, despite its 90's look. The damn thing didn't run. Bad capacitor, I am sure. However I was leaving town for good and didn't have time for a nice vintage replacement. I ordered one of those Casablanca Gallery fans that are identical to the Hunter version. All was well and good, but now the wattage limiter on the light has failed. It has all three original bulbs installed, but they pulsate like a strobe light. Thankfully, a good friend of mine who is a licensed electrician is going to gut the limiter out of there when she has time. Hunter/Casablanca really shat the bed in the last several years. I am going to rant if I do not go to bed soon, so I will stop here.
PS The Habitat stores here in Texas still carry fans. However, they destroy them. They throw them in piles, separate mounting hardware and throw it in one big box, toss assembled fans on the floor, etc. To add insult to injury, lots of mint fans get a Sharpie marker price written directly on the blade. If I had the time, I would volunteer just to clean up the fan department. I stopped going to the store because it just made me sad.
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Post by Andrew G. on May 15, 2016 9:08:55 GMT -5
AND then there's this thing..... But wait, THERE'S MORE...
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Post by Brian L. on May 15, 2016 13:50:50 GMT -5
Wow! amazing find! The box for those looks amazing also!
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Post by fancollector12 on May 16, 2016 0:30:07 GMT -5
That thing is... weird... yet I like it!
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Post by Adam D. on May 16, 2016 14:37:24 GMT -5
If it wasn't for the arched blades on this thing, pull switch coming out of the bottom of globe and the slight ornate pattern going on, I'd probably mistake it being something modern.. Nothing less, it's defiantly way ahead of it's time..
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Post by Andrew G. on May 16, 2016 15:37:13 GMT -5
It's almost reminiscent of some sort of Ron Rozek abomination.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on May 16, 2016 22:37:04 GMT -5
We can see how the clipper light resemble the lights of regular Mistralaires but other than that it's very unique. I don't get the white cover, it doesn't look original.
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Post by Andrew G. on May 16, 2016 23:34:23 GMT -5
I don't get the white cover, it doesn't look original. The white cover is a plastic column that shrouds the short downrod and J-hook bracket/yoke/bushing, as this fan does not have a formal upper canopy; the column is designed to sit flush against the ceiling.
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Post by Cullen D. on May 17, 2016 2:38:35 GMT -5
WHAT ON EARTH IS THAT THING?!?!?!? It kinda reminds me of an Austrailian ceiling fan with that light kit.
And I notice it only has one pull chain. How do you control the light and fan?
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Post by Andrew G. on May 17, 2016 10:11:52 GMT -5
WHAT ON EARTH IS THAT THING?!?!?!? It kinda reminds me of an Austrailian ceiling fan with that light kit. This thing is a Mistralaire, made by TAT. I have to agree, it does almost look like something that you'd find in Aussieland. And I notice it only has one pull chain. How do you control the light and fan? The single pullchain only controls the light. See the globe finial? That's not a finial, actually.. that's the variable-speed knob/power switch for the fan.
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Post by becausecanadia on May 17, 2016 10:38:15 GMT -5
Vile thing, but interesting.
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