rbole
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Post by rbole on Jun 24, 2010 1:13:20 GMT -5
I couldn't find the diffuser. I put the Spirit of Saturn up for sale (best offer) on Craigslist Chicago. Local buyer only, too heavy & expensive to ship. I've attached the photo here.
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Post by Cole S. on Jun 24, 2010 11:18:25 GMT -5
Wow, that's an uncommon finish combo there. Actually, I don't think I've ever seen one like this before.
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Post by Andrew G. on Jul 5, 2010 23:17:50 GMT -5
Thing
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Post by JW on Jul 5, 2010 23:30:32 GMT -5
Encon Imperial with a flywheel and pointed tip blades maybe? It sure looks bigger than 52". Maybe it was a year or two older than mine.
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Post by Andrew G. on Jul 5, 2010 23:49:54 GMT -5
Encon Imperial with a flywheel and pointed tip blades maybe? It sure looks bigger than 52". Maybe it was a year or two older than mine. It's a 56" fan. It has a GE motor. Another possibility is Kenroy.
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Post by Chris H. on Jul 6, 2010 3:01:45 GMT -5
That fan looks like the one I found at my Missouri-grandmothers house (which coincidentally is exactly the same white model I have in a rental property...places I have pictures I want to take....) But the blades are different, it has a typical spinner in it, and has five blades that are rounded (but not circularly rounded, just semi-rounded- like this: ada19851985.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=fans&action=display&thread=3756..and that brings me to a problem- where the hell did all my old fan pictures go on friggin' photobucket?!!!
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Post by Rick M. on Jul 6, 2010 19:21:29 GMT -5
Nice find; those old GE-motor fans are pretty nice quality. ;D
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Post by JW on Jul 6, 2010 19:58:20 GMT -5
That fan looks like the one I found at my Missouri-grandmothers house (which coincidentally is exactly the same white model I have in a rental property...places I have pictures I want to take....) But the blades are different, it has a typical spinner in it, and has five blades that are rounded (but not circularly rounded, just semi-rounded- like this: ada19851985.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=fans&action=display&thread=3756[/i][/quote] Mine (actually at my parents' house) is 56" with a BIG spinner motor in it, and the blade tips look almost like Casablanca's "new" ones.
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Post by Andrew G. on Jul 6, 2010 20:21:42 GMT -5
Forgot to mention.. it also uses a small-ish hanger ball and a 4-screw mounting plate.
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Post by Cole S. on Jul 7, 2010 11:46:33 GMT -5
Forgot to mention.. it also uses a small-ish hanger ball and a 4-screw mounting plate. That sounds more towards Kmart stack motor fans (from whatever supplier ), but I don't think those ever used GE motors, they used the same as Sierra and etc.
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Post by JW on Jul 7, 2010 19:21:04 GMT -5
Forgot to mention.. it also uses a small-ish hanger ball and a 4-screw mounting plate. Is the mounting plate semi-rectangular (not round)? Does the ball hang directly from the canopy? If this is the case, DEFINITELY an Encon. I'm still assuming it's older than mine, as pretty much any Encon made after about 1992 is garbage. Also, is yours 4-blade only or convertible to 5? I'd love to get my hands on one of the 6-blade Encons with full size blades and triangular brackets (or were they fernleaf, like ornate Moss? Don't remember) that they sold around the same time.
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Post by Andrew G. on Jul 7, 2010 20:17:32 GMT -5
Is the mounting plate semi-rectangular (not round)? Nooo.. if it used a typical Encon crossbar, I would've mentioned this. It uses a round 4-screw mounting plate Does the ball hang directly from the canopy? Yes. If this is the case, DEFINITELY an Encon. I'm still assuming it's older than mine, as pretty much any Encon made after about 1992 is garbage. I highly doubt this thing is an Encon. Also, is yours 4-blade only or convertible to 5? It's 4/5 blade, but was installed with 4 blades from the start. I'd love to get my hands on one of the 6-blade Encons with full size blades and triangular brackets (or were they fernleaf, like ornate Moss? Don't remember) that they sold around the same time. Ornate Moss/Ritz.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jul 12, 2010 2:05:32 GMT -5
At first I thought of a Emerson Altra but then I noticed the blade span, pretzel brackets and the fact that you say it have a GE motor.
It looks like among some of the cheapest stack motor fans made, along with the KMart Mercury looking fan Cole got NIB.
Especially if it has a GE motor, apparently they use the most fragile/cheapest flywheels ever. Be careful with it. It look like its already pretty droopy, especially because of the wider blade span it does not help.
Does it have any brand, date or country marked on it where it was made?
Definitely looks Kenroy.
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Post by JW on Jul 12, 2010 8:13:14 GMT -5
I'd love to get my hands on one of the 6-blade Encons with full size blades and triangular brackets (or were they fernleaf, like ornate Moss? Don't remember) that they sold around the same time. Ornate Moss/Ritz. I'm not sure it was a Moss/Ritz. This thing was definitely an Encon... it was sold at Payless Cashways the same time as the 56" Imperial. Were Moss and Ritz still making fans in 1992?
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Post by Andrew G. on Jul 12, 2010 9:25:32 GMT -5
I'm not sure it was a Moss/Ritz. This thing was definitely an Encon... it was sold at Payless Cashways the same time as the 56" Imperial. Were Moss and Ritz still making fans in 1992? Nah.. what I mean is.. the bracket design was copied off that of those funky ornate Moss/Ritz things.
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