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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2004 22:59:01 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Well, that explains why Casablanca stopped using those kick-a$$ canopies. I always liked those.[/glow] Which canopies are you referring to? To my knowledge, the current canopies look identical to the recalled ones. The pre hang-tru canopies, the ones that screw to the downrod like a j-hook mount, I call them "bell canopies", those were not part of the recall. Those are the ones I like.
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Post by Matthew on Mar 19, 2004 23:04:38 GMT -5
Ok, first of all Dan and Perrey's information is 100% correct. The main reason why fans fall is poor installation (cheap plastic boxes that break). There has NEVER been a recalled K55 (or equlivent) motor. They are excellent motors. Low torque, but high powered. By far, these are the most reliable motors I've ever delt with. For the K63, they have a tendancy to heat up (Same with early GE K-55's).
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Post by Perrey on Mar 19, 2004 23:08:34 GMT -5
Dan,
Yes, that's the only recall Fanimation has ever done.
A installation issue no K55 involved.
What young Andrew is reffering, is a series of incidents that happen between 1987 to early 1989 when Casablanca was using Samsung and Mabuchi motors with their new {at that time} Inteli-Touch RMM II. That RMM II wasn't compatible with these motors which cause them to smoke. Only 3 caught fire. Thouse incidents forced Casablanca to file for chapter 11 of bankrupcy in 1989., that's when GE bought them for the first time.
Casablanca was only using K55s on Slumber Quiet models. When GE took over they ask Texas Instruments to design a RMM that will work with K55s., The result was the RMM III introduced in 1990.
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Post by Matthew on Mar 19, 2004 23:59:23 GMT -5
Casablanca also used 'Astrosin' motors in the 1987ish Deltas and Lady Deltas.
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Post by Perrey on Mar 20, 2004 0:07:49 GMT -5
Hmm, never knew that. Do you remember from what year until what year?
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Post by Perrey on Mar 20, 2004 0:12:19 GMT -5
Opps! reply without reading it completely.
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Post by Matthew on Mar 20, 2004 0:14:32 GMT -5
Most (or all) were 1986 to 1987. Maybe they were all 86er's. I sold all those fans on Ebay awhile ago. Then in 1987-1990 they used Emerson K-55 motors with a nice little sticker on the side of the motor that read something like this: This motor has been engineered by Casablanca and built by Emerson or something. Look at the Venus I sold you, it had it on the motor.
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Post by Dan Spiffy Neuman on Mar 20, 2004 0:39:16 GMT -5
Ok, first of all Dan and Perrey's information is 100% correct. The main reason why fans fall is poor installation (cheap plastic boxes that break). There has NEVER been a recalled K55 (or equlivent) motor. They are excellent motors. Low torque, but high powered. By far, these are the most reliable motors I've ever delt with. For the K63, they have a tendancy to heat up (Same with early GE K-55's). The reason the K63s heat up is because they are more enclosed and therefore less ventalated. From my experience, all GE motors have a tendency to run hot, dating all the way back to the turn of the century. And, for the record, the K55s have more torque than a great many spinner motors. That's why I (used to) love variable speed, you can make them run s-l-o-w
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Post by organist89 on Mar 20, 2004 1:02:49 GMT -5
Yes, I like running fans VERY slow...like, say, 30 RPM.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2004 18:35:46 GMT -5
Dan, Yes, that's the only recall Fanimation has ever done. A installation issue no K55 involved. I talked to Perrey . . . apparently the problem with the Mexican K55s, no recall was ever made. The defective batch was discovered before that point. Nobody's perfect.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2004 18:37:24 GMT -5
Yes, I like running fans VERY slow...like, say, 30 RPM. I think that's something all fan collectors have in common . . . we like fans that go real fast and/or move a lot of air, but we also like it when they can be made to go so slow it seems as though their's stopping. I know that's the first thing I did when I was a kid and bought my first variable speed control. I didnt care how noisy the motor was (it was a cheap fan) that sucka was gon' go SLOW!
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