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Post by Rick M. on May 18, 2012 23:46:13 GMT -5
They look great, Cole! I especially like that Hunter.
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Post by Cole S. on May 18, 2012 23:54:53 GMT -5
Took some work to get them Regencies running well. Both required a rigorous cleaning and realigning of blade arms. The Hunter was pretty much plug and go, works great. Vids up soon, maybe tomorrow.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on May 19, 2012 3:55:05 GMT -5
Oh yes that canopy. It looks very nice and indeed like the current canopy seen on traditional Hunters. Actually this canopy is getting discontinued to be replaced by this one: www.hunterfan.com/Products/Ceiling-Fans/The-Beacon-Hill-20434/I definitely prefer this canopy your 1999 Summer Breeze have over the flat Hunter canopy from the early to mid 1990s. The two Regencies look nice. The first one is like the current Marquis and the second one is the 1990s version? Are any of them dated? It's cool that the older one is 4/5. The shell light kit is beautiful. How many bulbs does it use? From what fan comes the new motor with better bearings you put in the White/PB Marquis? Is it from another Regency? I noticed the new switch housing you put on it seems to be a Regency switch housing too. Unless you were able to put the Regency tag on this one?
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Post by Jean Lemieux on May 19, 2012 4:14:08 GMT -5
Here's something interesting for those who did not know. Encon/Westinghouse also made a plain white Princess in 36''/90cm with pointed tip blades, single light fitter and more decorative brackets than just C shape ones. Of course the canopy is the one unique to Encon/Westinghouse and the brackets are stamped steel pretzel ones but still I thought this would be interesting to share: www.bes-elec.co.uk/images/78317.jpgThe picture is from an English website (240V-50Hz) and I have only seen this version of the Westinghouse Princess for the UK and continental European market. For comparison, here is the one I have with the more plain and contemporary parts in 42''/107cm. www.vintageceilingfans.com/membergalleries/gallery/showimage.php?i=122&c=45
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Post by Cole S. on May 19, 2012 12:12:22 GMT -5
Oh yes that canopy. It looks very nice and indeed like the current canopy seen on traditional Hunters. Actually this canopy is getting discontinued to be replaced by this one: www.hunterfan.com/Products/Ceiling-Fans/The-Beacon-Hill-20434/I definitely prefer this canopy your 1999 Summer Breeze have over the flat Hunter canopy from the early to mid 1990s. The two Regencies look nice. The first one is like the current Marquis and the second one is the 1990s version? Are any of them dated? It's cool that the older one is 4/5. The shell light kit is beautiful. How many bulbs does it use? From what fan comes the new motor with better bearings you put in the White/PB Marquis? Is it from another Regency? I noticed the new switch housing you put on it seems to be a Regency switch housing too. Unless you were able to put the Regency tag on this one? I kind of like those new flat canopies for some reason. Not on all fans, but especially on more modern fans it looks great. But I agree this one looks great on a traditional fan like the Summer Breeze. The current-current Marquis is already changed again since that silver one, but it's like the early 2000s style, this one is May of 2004. The other one is the 90s version as would be in my catalog, it's from April of 1996. Light kit uses five bulbs, one for each "sconce". The motor I put in is from my parted out FASCO GE vent thing that I never had blades for. The switch housing cover itself is originally from that NIB Countess I got years ago that had the fried motor, and I parted it out; the pullchain, capacitors, etc. inside are originally from the FASCO so I didn't have to do a bunch of rewiring (as the plugs didn't match with Regency electronics). It's a slightly newer variant of the switch housing, with a plastic badge logo that sticks in holes (kinda like new Harbor Breeze, Hampton Bay, or Hunter) instead of an actual peel-and-stick sticker like it originally had.
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