Replaced a Fan at my Friend's House...

[Daniel G.]

This afternoon, I replaced the Hunter Passport in my friend's family room with a HB Lynwood. His parents had me replace it because after they had a plumbing leak, the fan quit working, but that wasn't the case. The old Hunter was on a HB wall control, and the pull chain was set to off (I didn't know till later). It doesn't really matter at this point, they're actually quit happy with the new fan. Anyways, here are some installation pics:

Right after I took the Passport down. I forgot to snap a pic while it was still up, sorry.



The new fan. It actually moved a great amount of air, and was quieter than I thought it would be.



The Passport is now in my collection. The fan isn't dated anywhere, but the light kit is dated February, 1990. The bearings are noisy. Those shades are spares I have. It originally had Tiffany shades, but my friend's parents wanted to keep them for their kitchen pendants.


It has plenty of rust stains from the leak:






The previous owners of his house grounded it the extremely ghetto way (yes, it's flush-mounted):

[Jonathan A.]

That Passport looks like an early Studio Series with a slightly different switch housing.

[fancollector12]

Looks nice installed. Hopefully you can repaint the rusted parts. Nothing beats a free fan.

[Rick M.]

Glad they're happy with their new fan! That's the beauty of replacing an old fan for a friend...you get the old fan! ;D

Passport is decent despite the rust. At least it works!

[Daniel G.]

Thanks, everyone

BTW, they've got more fans:

Living Room: BB Homestead Wind II
Master bedroom: AB Hunter Infiniti
Office: 42" White Hunter Low Profile
Friend's room: W/PB Hampton Bay Bridgeton
His brother's room: 42" Hampton Bay Landmark III

And soon to come is some outdoor Hunter thing.

[Cole S.]

Mmm yeah, that rust doesn't seem to be too big of an issue, seems most of it is concealed and some might even wipe right off (motor). Certainly okay for a free fan.

[Brian P.]

Hey where can I get a set of those shades you put on it with the etched stencil design? Those are gorgeous shades!

[fancollector12]

I'd keep an eye on the first three fans mentioned.

[Daniel G.]

Mar 18, 2012 23:11:08 GMT -5 Cole S. said:

Mmm yeah, that rust doesn't seem to be too big of an issue, seems most of it is concealed and some might even wipe right off (motor). Certainly okay for a free fan.

The other night, I was oiling it with Zoom Spout. I had the fan running on the floor (no blades) as I put Zoom Spout in there. I didn't wanna remove the motor casing considering the rust. I didn't need any screws stripping. It just made a mess on the motor casing, though it did pick up the rust pretty well.

Mar 19, 2012 10:17:33 GMT -5 Brian P. said:

Hey where can I get a set of those shades you put on it with the etched stencil design? Those are gorgeous shades!

Those shades came with a fan I got at Habitat. I'd say your best bet is there.

Mar 19, 2012 15:48:26 GMT -5 fancollector12 said:

I'd keep an eye on the first three fans mentioned.

They don't have priorities of replacing those right now, but I'm sure they'll tell me if they wanna get rid of them.