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Post by behruz on Oct 2, 2011 12:04:20 GMT -5
Greetings everyone,
I have just registered myself on this forum, I picked up these GE Fan's last week from a shop at our local market. I know nothing about em, except that the motor is genuine & not a cheap chinese replacement & that the wooden blades are genuine (though 1 set of blades might not belong to this particular fan). I will address the fans as F1 (4BLADES) & F2 (3blades) pics attached.
I bought these fans out of sheer passion for old vintage stuff, the seller promised to service the fans & deliver them in working condition as they were sitting in his shop for more than a decade gathering dust. I had the blades polished professionally alongwith a job on the iron fittings which attach em to the fan.
The fans were installed & connected to a modern day speed switch, they just wont work on low speeds except '5'. Basically theres no controlling the speed of the fan. My 1st question what can i do to correct this problem?
Q2. Fan 1 makes a noise while spinning, what can i do to correct that? is there some place i can oil the bearings or is some rubber grommet missing?? Pls have a look at the pics & conclude.
Q3. Who can help me get a speed switch for these fans, cost?
BTW all this is happening in India, Bombay....
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Post by Tais on Oct 2, 2011 12:50:22 GMT -5
cant see any pics here
.. what kind of speed control do you have? and how does it generate the speeds? or is it a dimmer?
the following might be the reasons your fan is fast on all speeds
if the switch is controlled by a capacitor, this might be the main reason why the fan may be too fast on almost all speeds
check the input and output cables, in most cases, the lower screw/socket is the input and the higher one is the output
the regulator itself might be a defect
dimmers usually dont have accurate speeds
A2: i have to see the fan pics to help out
A3: i don't know much about indian fans and switches, try to go for a crompton greaves switch (the one with a golden knob), or SMC (if it is available in india).. many new indian switches might not handle fans with high power consumption.. i have no idea about their cost
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Post by behruz on Oct 2, 2011 13:28:14 GMT -5
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Post by Austin on Oct 2, 2011 14:35:06 GMT -5
Those fans used 4 position ceramic snap switches which are not made anymore. These fans only had three speeds so that's probably why they don't work on your 5 speed switch.
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Post by Rick M. on Oct 2, 2011 17:12:34 GMT -5
Very neat old fans...I like the 3-blade one!
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Post by Louis on Oct 2, 2011 17:34:15 GMT -5
Hi Behruz,
Nice find on the GE ceiling fans, and thanks for saving them. In regards to the noise that they make, each fan has an oil hole on the top of the motor. On the 3-blade GE, it will be under the canopy on top of the motor. On the other GE, it should be a hole right on the top.
That is very neat that you are located in India. Both of your GE fans were made in Schnectady, New York. I always knew that many were shipped overseas back in the day, and it's great to see some of the 230 volt, 50 cycle units surface. We have the same fans in the US, but (as you may know) they are 120 volt, 60 cycles.
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Post by Louis on Oct 2, 2011 17:36:02 GMT -5
Hi Behruz!
Nice find on the GE ceiling fans, and thanks for saving them. In regards to the noise that they make, each fan has an oil hole on the top of the motor. On the 3-blade GE, it will be under the canopy on top of the motor. On the other GE, it should be a hole right on the top. You should use a non-detergent 10-15 wt. turbine oil. The Zoom-Spout oiler works great on these fans, but I'm not sure if they are marketed in India.
As for the speed switches, I have a few...but need to see if I need them. Also, you can check eBay US under "antique rotary switch" as these pop up every now and then.
That is very neat that you are located in India. Both of your GE fans were made in Schnectady, New York. I knew that these were shipped overseas back in the day, and it's great to see some of the 230 volt, 50 cycle units surface. We have the same fans in the US, but (as you may know) they are 120 volt, 60 cycles.[/
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Post by behruz on Oct 3, 2011 2:23:05 GMT -5
Very neat old fans...I like the 3-blade one! Thank you for the compliments Rick  |
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Post by behruz on Oct 3, 2011 2:33:48 GMT -5
Hi Behruz! Nice find on the GE ceiling fans, and thanks for saving them. In regards to the noise that they make, each fan has an oil hole on the top of the motor. On the 3-blade GE, it will be under the canopy on top of the motor. On the other GE, it should be a hole right on the top. You should use a non-detergent 10-15 wt. turbine oil. The Zoom-Spout oiler works great on these fans, but I'm not sure if they are marketed in India. As for the speed switches, I have a few...but need to see if I need them. Also, you can check eBay US under "antique rotary switch" as these pop up every now and then. That is very neat that you are located in India. Both of your GE fans were made in Schnectady, New York. I knew that these were shipped overseas back in the day, and it's great to see some of the 230 volt, 50 cycle units surface. We have the same fans in the US, but (as you may know) they are 120 volt, 60 cycles.[/ Thank you Louis, I will continue to collect antique fans in the market here. I shall oil the fans as you mentioned, already located the holes after reading your post, i just need to organise the turbine oil. I will keep an eye out on Ebay, could you please elaborate on the Speed switches you have.. Thats a cool bit of info, knowin they were manufactured in N.Y. yes im aware of the Voltage differences. Thank you for your input, highly appreciated. Best Regards, Behruz |
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Post by behruz on Oct 4, 2011 15:26:11 GMT -5
Those fans used 4 position ceramic snap switches which are not made anymore. These fans only had three speeds so that's probably why they don't work on your 5 speed switch. Hey Austin, Thanks for the input...any ideas where i might find these switches? |
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Post by Louis on Oct 15, 2011 20:58:46 GMT -5
Thank you Louis, I will continue to collect antique fans in the market here. I shall oil the fans as you mentioned, already located the holes after reading your post, i just need to organise the turbine oil. I will keep an eye out on Ebay, could you please elaborate on the Speed switches you have.. Thats a cool bit of info, knowin they were manufactured in N.Y. yes im aware of the Voltage differences. Thank you for your input, highly appreciated. Best Regards, Behruz Here is a picture of the kind of switch that we are talking about. This is a 3-speed Perkins snap switch (has a porcelain base). It is rated 10 amps at 125 volts AC and 5 amps at 250 volts AC. I need to keep this one, but it's an example of what could fit on the large GE ceiling fan. These 3-speed switches are getting harder to find intact these days. The ON/OFF version of this switch seems to be more common since many 3-speed switches were broken when fans were taken off the ceiling.   This is an ON/OFF toggle switch which can fit on a small GE ceiling fan such as this. These aren't as popular as the rotary snap switch, which I prefer as well.   |
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Post by behruz on Oct 22, 2011 6:00:20 GMT -5
Did some browsing in the market, Found these
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Post by behruz on Oct 22, 2011 6:03:14 GMT -5
Any idea which make this one is??
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