Post by Jean Lemieux on Jul 23, 2012 1:49:38 GMT -5
Last Friday I went to Entraide Mercier, the thrift store where David G. works.
I got theses two old Nadairs spinner that you probably remember from his thread. They are both made in Hong Kong and uses the same motor and canopies. They got to be the oldest Nadairs I came across so far. The shape of their motors resemble to the one of a SMC Laguna or SMC K series but in a thicker version. They are pretty heavy: 7ko without the blades. I tested them both with my quiet 4-speed slider control.
The first one is small (90cm across), brown and have three metal curved blades. The rubber wheel in the mounting is still in very good condition. It's got a very small nut that spins with the motor. At first it's bearings sounded loud and stiff but after letting it run for a few mins it turned out that they were pretty silent. I oil it just to make sure it's okay. It now have a very good spin down time. The hum of the motor cannot be heard. This fan throws an insane amount of air!
RPM estimation: 90/170/250/330
Even though it got a few scratches, I'm gonna leave this one like this. It's not that bad.
In my sightings thread, I posted a white four bladed version of this.
The video:
The second one is chrome and 120cm across. I normally don't like spinners with a lower canopy and switch housing at the same time too much but this one have a short switch housing so it does not look too bad. I also usually don't like much fans with clear plastic (plexiglass) blades but this one have blue tinted blades instead of just uncolored clear blades. Even though it's not so much my style, I bought it because I don't go very often to Mercier, I did not paid much for it and it's so unique. I might sell it at some point to someone who likes this look more than me. The important was to save it.
The blades are heavy, the bearings are not so good on this one (even after oiling it). The start up on the slowest speed is tough for the fan. The air movement is nothing impressive for a fan of this kind but the combination of theses special blades and bad bearings does not help. The hum of the motor on this one can be heard a little but but still that's nothing compare to the bearings. Still it's an awesome fan to keep for the look and to run on lower speeds especially considering that physically it's in amazing condition. The finish looks almost like new. It would also look really cool for a movie set.
RPM estimation: 45/90/140/260
Originally it's supposed to be J-hook like the brown one above but it was converted to ball & socket. The socket they use fits amazingly well with the big bell canopy.
The pull chain is just like on my big chunky polished brass GE vent Nadair: forward/reverse/off. I added that decorative tear drop pull chain to it. It was originally another color but I painted in a blue-gray color to match the blades.
I got theses two old Nadairs spinner that you probably remember from his thread. They are both made in Hong Kong and uses the same motor and canopies. They got to be the oldest Nadairs I came across so far. The shape of their motors resemble to the one of a SMC Laguna or SMC K series but in a thicker version. They are pretty heavy: 7ko without the blades. I tested them both with my quiet 4-speed slider control.
The first one is small (90cm across), brown and have three metal curved blades. The rubber wheel in the mounting is still in very good condition. It's got a very small nut that spins with the motor. At first it's bearings sounded loud and stiff but after letting it run for a few mins it turned out that they were pretty silent. I oil it just to make sure it's okay. It now have a very good spin down time. The hum of the motor cannot be heard. This fan throws an insane amount of air!
RPM estimation: 90/170/250/330
Even though it got a few scratches, I'm gonna leave this one like this. It's not that bad.
In my sightings thread, I posted a white four bladed version of this.
The video:
The second one is chrome and 120cm across. I normally don't like spinners with a lower canopy and switch housing at the same time too much but this one have a short switch housing so it does not look too bad. I also usually don't like much fans with clear plastic (plexiglass) blades but this one have blue tinted blades instead of just uncolored clear blades. Even though it's not so much my style, I bought it because I don't go very often to Mercier, I did not paid much for it and it's so unique. I might sell it at some point to someone who likes this look more than me. The important was to save it.
The blades are heavy, the bearings are not so good on this one (even after oiling it). The start up on the slowest speed is tough for the fan. The air movement is nothing impressive for a fan of this kind but the combination of theses special blades and bad bearings does not help. The hum of the motor on this one can be heard a little but but still that's nothing compare to the bearings. Still it's an awesome fan to keep for the look and to run on lower speeds especially considering that physically it's in amazing condition. The finish looks almost like new. It would also look really cool for a movie set.
RPM estimation: 45/90/140/260
Originally it's supposed to be J-hook like the brown one above but it was converted to ball & socket. The socket they use fits amazingly well with the big bell canopy.
The pull chain is just like on my big chunky polished brass GE vent Nadair: forward/reverse/off. I added that decorative tear drop pull chain to it. It was originally another color but I painted in a blue-gray color to match the blades.