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Post by mndoss06 on Aug 25, 2012 22:46:04 GMT -5
Today I decided to check out the Restore in Newport News, VA. They had a great selection of fans as well as a pile of spare blades, brackets, and other stuff. I picked up a 36" View Fan top mount, pictured below. It was in surprisingly good condition all things considered. Just like the Norfolk Restore they piled up their fans on top of each other, though they had more room at the Newport News Restore so it wasn't as bad. The View Fan wasn't resting on its blades, which was nice. As a result the brackets match up and none are bent! Stupid question: while it's a 36" fan would putting 44", 48" or even 52" blades on it hinder its performance and burn out the motor or would it work OK? I find it interesting that the brackets on it are meant for a wider size blade then what I would have expected for a 36" fan. I'm not the biggest fan of 36" sized fans but I couldn't pass this one up. It's interesting to compare this one to my 48" View Fan top mount, both fans are almost identical except the 36" one has wider blade arms and mounts with a J-hook canopy whereas the 48" one uses ball and socket.
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Post by Cole S. on Aug 25, 2012 22:54:41 GMT -5
I wouldn't put larger blades on that fan, they're not overly powerful to begin with and it will majorly hinder its overall performance. One of the cool things about Views were that they incorporated those chunky blades, even on small models.
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Post by Rick M. on Aug 26, 2012 0:13:56 GMT -5
Yeah, I'll echo Cole's comment about the blades; larger blades will definitely add extra drag on the motor, which may cause issues later on.
But anyway, that's a pretty sharp View Fan! Looks like it's in great shape aside from a few scratches on the switch housing cap. Gotta love those chunky blades! ;D
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Post by mndoss06 on Aug 26, 2012 10:28:04 GMT -5
Thanks for the input! It is in overall great shape, and the scratches on the switch cap I can either cover up with a light kit or touch up with some appliance touch-up paint I have.
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Post by fancollector12 on Aug 26, 2012 10:29:20 GMT -5
Looks nice! That fan most likely had a light on it at one time. The touch-up paint would also work.
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Post by Cole S. on Aug 26, 2012 12:00:31 GMT -5
I don't think it had a light kit, Vincent. The little screw would most likely be gone if it did. I assume it was just mistreated after taking it down, those View fans have kinda brittle paint and if you set it down on cement it will almost certainly scratch.
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Post by mndoss06 on Aug 26, 2012 20:30:31 GMT -5
I don't think it had a light kit either, usually there's a ring of scratched paint where the light kit used to be as well. When I found it they had it sitting on the switch cap, which is why it was probably scratched up. Also, the downrod is rather scratched up too, mostly because the screw to tighten the canopy wasn't loosened up all the way so as the canopy slide it tore up the paint pretty bad. I'm not too worried about that though, I can probably find a replacement one somewhere.
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Post by Cole S. on Aug 30, 2012 20:07:56 GMT -5
Yeah, my View's downrod is pretty beat up too. Like I said, very brittle paint on these fans.
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