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Post by Daniel G. on Jun 17, 2012 9:35:46 GMT -5
So the family and I are vacationing in the Outer Banks. I'll be using this thread to post sightings as they come along. To get us started, here are the fans installed in the beach house we rent annually: Hunter Studio Series in the living room area, installed in 1990. The bearings are noisy, but it's almost not noticeable considering the A/C return register is 12 feet away from it.  Another Studio Series in the room I'm sleeping in, dated February, 1990. Has some bearing noises, but it's BARELY audible.  Hunter Summer Breeze, from 1990. Installed in the room my sister is sleeping in. Poor thing is in rough shape. You can see the blade irons are saggy. Also, the pin on the canopy, that sits in the notch in the ball had snapped out, causing it the wobble violently.  Lastly, two Hampton Bay Farmingtons, both installed in 2010 when the master bedroom was added on. The closest one replaced a W/PB Studio Series. I wasn't collecting fans at the time, so I didn't salvage it.   It's funny how the competitor's light kits actually fit on them!  |
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Post by fancollector12 on Jun 17, 2012 11:05:54 GMT -5
Nice sightings! Hopefully you can offer to take the poor Studio Series if they ever replace it. (:
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Post by Daniel G. on Jun 17, 2012 11:24:43 GMT -5
Nice sightings! Hopefully you can offer to take the poor Studio Series if they ever replace it. (: I'm just waiting for the day when they all the Hunters get replaced. And hopefully be there as it happens so I can take them home. |
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Post by Jonathan A. on Jun 17, 2012 17:21:14 GMT -5
Can you film Hampton Bay Farmington, and another Hunter Studio Series please?
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Post by Daniel G. on Jun 17, 2012 17:32:01 GMT -5
Can you film Hampton Bay Farmington, and another Hunter Studio Series please? I will film the Farmingtons, just not the other Studio Series. The chain is too high to reach and I've got nothing to stand on to reach it. Videos will come in less than two weeks... |
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Post by John "Rockin" Reed on Jun 17, 2012 19:28:21 GMT -5
The best way to remedy that Summer Breeze would be to simply flush mount it since that stub snapped off
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Post by Daniel G. on Jun 17, 2012 19:47:48 GMT -5
The best way to remedy that Summer Breeze would be to simply flush mount it since that stub snapped off We can't do that, we don't own the house. |
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Post by mndoss06 on Jun 17, 2012 20:38:02 GMT -5
Very nice sightings! Where in the OBX are you and your family vacationing? My family and I used to go to Nags Head every summer, then it became every other summer, then it became whenever. I was last there in Aug 2010 when I came back from my first deployment. I've stayed at a few beach houses there but the one that my Grandparents would rent the most had two four bladed AB GE vents. It's been years since I've been to that house though.
The OBX is a great place to find fans. They've got all kinds of neat ones in the various stores and restaurants. When I was there in 2010 it seemed that slowly the nice vintage ones were slowly being replaced with newer stuff but there were still tons of neat fans.
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Post by Daniel G. on Jun 17, 2012 20:52:32 GMT -5
Very nice sightings! Where in the OBX are you and your family vacationing? My family and I used to go to Nags Head every summer, then it became every other summer, then it became whenever. I was last there in Aug 2010 when I came back from my first deployment. I've stayed at a few beach houses there but the one that my Grandparents would rent the most had two four bladed AB GE vents. It's been years since I've been to that house though. The OBX is a great place to find fans. They've got all kinds of neat ones in the various stores and restaurants. When I was there in 2010 it seemed that slowly the nice vintage ones were slowly being replaced with newer stuff but there were still tons of neat fans. We're staying In Avon. You know the old Bubba's BBQ location near the Food Lion? I remember it had a few AB GE-vents. One wobbled like hell. They also had these ventless builder things in there too. Unfortunately, Bubba's went out of business. A new restaurant moved in and said fans are now gone. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2012 22:30:36 GMT -5
The tab being missing wouldnt cause the fan to wobble. Balance the blades.
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Post by Rick M. on Jun 18, 2012 17:54:36 GMT -5
Neat sightings! Love the Hunters.
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Post by mndoss06 on Jun 18, 2012 20:47:34 GMT -5
We stayed in Avon once, it was the only time my parents, brother, sister and I went without the rest of the family. I was probably four when I went so I don't remember much about it. I do remember that the beach house we stayed in was the only one I've stayed in on the OBX to not have any fans  |
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Post by Daniel G. on Jun 19, 2012 0:48:19 GMT -5
Did that beach house have green carpeting, wood paneling, and as soon as you walked in was a large, open family room? We rented a house with no fans just like that 12 years ago...
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Post by Daniel G. on Jun 19, 2012 19:11:27 GMT -5
Went to Manteo today. Nothing much cool, other than the industrial and the finish of the builder fan... Casablanca Four Seasons II or a later FASCO Gulf Stream. No Casablanca tag on the switch housing, or a Casablanca pull.  Some industrial in Kitty Hawk Kites. What would this be? I don't know industrials well.  Hampton Bay Altura, installed outside a restaurant. I'm surprised the blades held up, considering it's an indoor fan!  |
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Post by fancollector12 on Jun 19, 2012 19:30:06 GMT -5
That verde thing isn't a Casa. Casa's have swirlled GEV. That's a Fasco Outsider. The Industrial could be an SMC, I think there's one on the site.
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