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Post by Adam D. on Jul 10, 2011 16:36:26 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2011 17:12:44 GMT -5
So which fans were made at which factory?
I wonder if they still make Envirofans today.
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Post by Adam D. on Jul 10, 2011 18:46:19 GMT -5
The two factories may explain the variations and motors..... Union did a name change amendment in December of 1981 in the Miami FL, office, which explains any ceiling fan labeled Union is made in 1978 - 1982 in the states. Most likely during that time, they were probably importing from both factories and labeling them under the US distributer "Name".. The early Evergos would be from 1982 and up to '90..
There are some small similarities in some new Envirofans that compare to the old Evergo/Union made fans, only way to find that out is to ask who their importers are unless any are also labeled from the factory in H.K. which I doubt
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2011 19:20:46 GMT -5
From the CEO of Envirofan: "The product was originally made in Taiwan, however it has been made at the same factory in China since 1979, for almost 30 years. We work closely with the factory and visit them often."
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Post by Adam D. on Jul 10, 2011 19:27:32 GMT -5
Which product? the Banana Fan?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2011 19:30:21 GMT -5
No, Gold Lines. The earliest Gold Lines I have, from 1979 or 1980, are labeled "Union Ngok Kee" on the motor tag.
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Post by Adam D. on Jul 10, 2011 19:59:06 GMT -5
Sounds like Envirofan switched importers for there Gold Line series ceiling fans in the 70s.
Are they actually Gold Lines with another label somewhere?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2011 20:48:47 GMT -5
Sounds like Envirofan switched importers for there Gold Line series ceiling fans in the 70s. Are they actually Gold Lines with another label somewhere? I'm referring to these: I've seen them with UNION labels, Envirofan labels, and no labels. The motor tags also read either Envirofan or Union Ngok Kee.
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Post by Adam D. on Jul 10, 2011 21:09:02 GMT -5
Both Union and Envirofan labels, are there any kind of modifications between the two? maybe different blades? or anything?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2011 21:40:47 GMT -5
Identical. I own both, although the motor tags are faded to unreadable on the Unions.
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Post by Adam D. on Jul 10, 2011 22:11:01 GMT -5
Sounds like Union and maybe Evergo are still a private label for Envirofan.. Same as they were a private label for Montgomery Ward, Chad-Wick Miller, Leslie Locke, and others.. Most cases when the Asian factories were under contract with more than one US company, parts were mixed matched around to make them slightly different from one another, blade badges were sort of a common thing.. I think that was done for legal reasons, so companies would not have lawsuits on there hands for selling the same fan, thus with there own label..
From what I gather the Cast iron with the thick down rod ceiling fans came from the Union factories, and all others came from Evergo, I noticed that looking in the galleries.. Looks like Envirofans are what Union ceiling fans look like today...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2011 11:50:39 GMT -5
Even the fans that look identical, you think the cast iron ones came from one factory and the stamped ones came from the other?
For example, some Banana fans are cast and 3/4" downrod, some are stamped and 1/2".
Some of the spinners are cast with 3/4", some are stamped and 1/2". Like the AB one in my church.
I've seen some cast 3/4" downrod fans labeled Evergo.
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Post by Adam D. on Jul 11, 2011 15:27:08 GMT -5
Hum, Thats probably impossible to find out which ones came from what factory.. I would imagine that each factory had different machinery, and would think that the machines that molded the shapes of motors were different in each, but we've seen the same motors with both labels.. Who knows...
Some of the one's at your church that has no label could be due to the glue wearing off over time...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2011 0:09:02 GMT -5
My guess would be that they werent consistent on naming.
The ones with no label are in my organ shop.
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