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Post by xenonunderground on Nov 23, 2011 16:39:13 GMT -5
Wow! now THATS an awesome find! Is the ad on Kijiji still up? I'm always looking through it and really dont recall seeing this one? Either way, u've gotta make a vid of this one! Awesome!
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Post by Andrew G. on Nov 23, 2011 17:02:08 GMT -5
*DROOLS*
..And I thought all fans found in Canadia were complete and utter garbage.. so much for that.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Nov 23, 2011 20:34:55 GMT -5
*DROOLS* ..And I thought all fans found in Canadia were complete and utter garbage.. so much for that. Why did you thought that?? And why the I in Canada? Beside the Encon, have seen anything that looks like garbage in my collection? I thought it was more the States with all theses Hampton Bays everywhere, Harbor Breeze and plastic fans.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Nov 23, 2011 20:37:36 GMT -5
Wow! now THATS an awesome find! Is the ad on Kijiji still up? I'm always looking through it and really don't recall seeing this one? Either way, u've gotta make a vid of this one! Awesome! No the Ad is now removed. It's been on Kijiji since August but at some point there was no more picture in the AD. Yes I will make a video of it after repainting it. The video should be on You Tube around Christmas.
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Post by Adam D. on Nov 23, 2011 21:30:23 GMT -5
Most of us didn't know about ceiling fans in Canada until Jean and xenonunderground came along.. From what we've been seeing, Canada has very unique vintage ceiling fans, some even more so than here..
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Nov 24, 2011 1:33:25 GMT -5
Yes, But I was talking specifically America and Canada... When Factories in Hong Kong deal international "Directly" They also have locations in the countries they distribute too directly. Evergo also has locations in Australia and other countries too.. When Evergo did business with Leslie Locke, Montgomery Ward, Chadwick-Miller and the rest of them, you noticed their label was on the speed regulator and even tagged on the motor.. It's unlikely for Evergo ceiling fans to not have the domestic label on it, if they were going through another domestic manufacturer.. Seeing how your fan has no other labels on it, it leads me to think either there was a location in Canada at one time, or they were dealing with Evergo America.. There are other companies in America that import from china and sell to both America and (I Think) Canada.. Other factories like Golden Fan Electric are a bit more tricky when Identifying the domestic company due to the fact the domestic info was only listed on the warranty card, paperwork or box.. I'm pretty sure they had a location in Canada if you say they had one in Australia and considering this fan seems to be an exclusive Canadian model and that it's not the first Evergo I see around here. I know they were also some Evergo looking fans in Canada that were branded Play it Same Again with bilingual box.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Nov 24, 2011 1:36:13 GMT -5
Most of us didn't know about ceiling fans in Canada until Jean and xenonunderground came along.. From what we've been seeing, Canada has very unique vintage ceiling fans, some even more so than here.. Well it's not because you don't know about the ceiling fans in a country that they have to be crappy. In a lot of 220V countries, ceiling fans are even more unique. There many ceiling fans in Canada that are very similar if not the same as the ones in the USA.
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Post by Cole S. on Nov 24, 2011 1:47:48 GMT -5
I know they were also some Evergo looking fans in Canada that were branded Play it Same Again with bilingual box. Very true. Those were usually Leslie Locke oriented based on what I've seen. I think Play it Again Sam was one of their own labels.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Nov 24, 2011 1:53:13 GMT -5
WHOA!!! that's one super amazing fan!!! never seen a 4-bladed curvy spinner!! cool you made a rubber wheel for the fan.. i wonder how does it look like, i usually use the spares i find in abandoned houses i wanna see it operate at full speed it's interesting the ampere value was mentioned, at least i came to know that evergo and union fans are roughly between 100 and 110 Watt as for the screws, try using a clipping pucker (curved alligator mouth tool) to make the downrod screw movable in a way that it will hit the screw if moved either direction, set it between the screws abd try using either a big screwdriver or a clipping pucker to unscrew it... i do hate those screws when it comes to bringing them out You don't remember the pics I posted in my sightings thread of four curved bladed fans? Philippe posted some too. The ''rubber wheel'' I made looks similar to a real one but it's not made of the same material. I made it with a piece of plastic mousse we use to put around windows A/C units. I put that piece of mousse around the pin in the mounting and I taped it with black electrical tape and on the edges I put two pieces of thicker flexible plastic to create a hallow in the middle and lock the J-hook in place. It works really well. The J-hook does not have too much of loose and it sits on something soft. Ampere value are always written on stickers of fans around here. Thanks for the tip for the screw.
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Post by Tais on Nov 24, 2011 4:41:55 GMT -5
almost each country has unique fans, a typical example is malaysian industrials, many fans have this shape of motor despite many cheap chinese fans we have, in china, they have some very nice fans with very good performance.. (SMCs are rare in china from what i remember) You don't remember the pics I posted in my sightings thread of four curved bladed fans? Philippe posted some too. Ampere value are always written on stickers of fans around here. Thanks for the tip for the screw. oh wait... ya, i think i've seen them but i don't remember them well the problem here is some fans have their watt value written.. such as the new SMCs (after 2000s), british, indian and the cheap chinese fans
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Post by Andrew G. on Nov 25, 2011 12:31:22 GMT -5
Why did you thought that?? And why the I in Canada? Beside the Encon, have seen anything that looks like garbage in my collection? I thought it was more the States with all theses Hampton Bays everywhere, Harbor Breeze and plastic fans. First off, I am an American, a lot of Americans are hard-wired to consider Canada to be, in most cases, a bit of a joke in comparison. the "Canadia" bit is simply poking fun. I'm not talking about your collection at all; I'm just saying the majority of the fans that I've seen coming from Canada are crap. By "crap", I mean builder garbage and fans that resemble a product of K-Mart here in the U.S. (think: low performance, extreme overuse of the stamped steel blade iron.. just low quality in general). Just look at David's 'sightings' thread.. a very high percentage of the fans seen in that thread are garbage when compared to a lot of the fans in the U.S. and elsewhere, even brand-new. I mean yeah.. good things do exist, but the garbage makes up the majority of what I've seen; whereas you're constantly seeing good old stuff from the U.S. (and elsewhere) amongst the crap (e.g. Hampton Bay, Harbor Breeze, etc.). ...But then again, maybe it just has to do with the very small number of Canadians on this site.
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Post by Noop on Nov 25, 2011 13:15:10 GMT -5
Boy that thing looks like it could move some serious air! I have never seen a four bladed industrial before. Nice find!
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Post by xenonunderground on Nov 25, 2011 15:14:51 GMT -5
So Andrew, clearly theres no subtlty on your intention to be offensive. First off, as a Canadian, let me assure you that the rest of the world shares a common view on the States, but considering this is a forum broadcasting to a global audience, I think things like that really shouldn't be posted, it just breeds hostility. In regards to the quality of fans, unless you're fully immersed in the market here and see first hand what is available, you really can't make an assesment. On a simpler level, remember, you're sitting there at your computer bickering over ELECTRICAL APPLIACES, not diamonds... don't be so cocky!
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Post by Adam D. on Nov 25, 2011 19:52:19 GMT -5
Hum, I never knew what was in Canada until Jean and xenounderground came along, seems to be some interesting fans.. If we want to talk about junk, It doesn't matter in Canada or America it's all over the place, and both Canadian and American markets are really no different, both import from the same factories in China, both countries use 110-120V power.. So lets get this Canada verses America out of the subject.. This isn't South Park verse Terrance and Philip sillys.. LOL
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Nov 25, 2011 21:54:38 GMT -5
Why did you thought that?? And why the I in Canada? Beside the Encon, have seen anything that looks like garbage in my collection? I thought it was more the States with all theses Hampton Bays everywhere, Harbor Breeze and plastic fans. First off, I am an American, a lot of Americans are hard-wired to consider Canada to be, in most cases, a bit of a joke in comparison. the "Canadia" bit is simply poking fun. I'm not talking about your collection at all; I'm just saying the majority of the fans that I've seen coming from Canada are crap. By "crap", I mean builder garbage and fans that resemble a product of K-Mart here in the U.S. (think: low performance, extreme overuse of the stamped steel blade iron.. just low quality in general). Just look at David's 'sightings' thread.. a very high percentage of the fans seen in that thread are garbage when compared to a lot of the fans in the U.S. and elsewhere, even brand-new. I mean yeah.. good things do exist, but the garbage makes up the majority of what I've seen; whereas you're constantly seeing good old stuff from the U.S. (and elsewhere) amongst the crap (e.g. Hampton Bay, Harbor Breeze, etc.). ...But then again, maybe it just has to do with the very small number of Canadians on this site. A lot of fans you have seen that you don't have in the US likes Nadairs especially are actually pretty good. Some might look cheaper but they are not that bad. Some are even very good and well built fans. Also I'm always impressed to see the old 1980s-early 1990s catalogs that David post with a huge diversity of fans. There a lot of theses models I did not even knew about and most of them are very good fans. I've seen worst in France, Chad and Cameroon. Most of African countries only have cheap noisy and wobbly white 56'' spinners with three skinny metal blades all over the place and no diversity. A lot of countries in Europe have very cheap fans from China with very low quality control because a lot of theses countries don't have their own companes. What you see of Tais in UAE seems always the same thing, white three metal bladed spinners but at least they have so many various models and brands. Good quality ones too. In part of Africa they don't even have half of that. Since I started buying used fans, I'm still and always impressed with the diversity of fans around here. There's a lot of brand I did not even knew we had like Evergo, Moss, Codep, New Fan, Sanyo, KDK, TAT, Alaska and Fanimation. Plus I found out more local companies like Guibb and Enredco. For a long time it was just Canarm, Nadair, 4 Seasons, Kendal, SMC, Modern Fan Co, Encon/Westinghouse and a few Casablanca and Hunters. One type of fan I find that Canada lack of are stack motor fans and cast iron oil bath but still they are some out there while big parts of the world don't even have them. If there would be nothing good around here, I would not be posting all theses links in my Kijiji's threads.
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