CMC Ceiling Fans!

[Tais]

recently i got all my obtained CMC ceiling fans mounted in the date store, each one of them has its own way of operating but all 3 heat at almost the same rate!

CMC fans were originally manufactured by Xinhui Mingfei Ltd around 2 decades ago (according to madeinchina.com) but that may mean a range between late-80s to 1992 since there is no info of when it was written.. they also manufactured VEC ceiling fans

CMC was also manufactured by Kong Seng Ltd along with CKC, no more info is available abt it

early 1990s CMC:


earliest CMC seen so far, very powerful compared to the early 90s SMC and other CMCs and moves a decent amount of air! the motor is noisy, however(sounds somehow like a tractor moving at full speed in a way) model number is CF101, manufactured by xinhui mingfei ltd

blades are wider and heavier than newer models, not sure whether the coloring is original or yellowed due to overusage, power rating is 80 watt, cap value: 2.5 uF


late 90s/early 2000s CMC


this fan looks different than a usually seen CMC here and has a red logo, unlike the other CMCs i have, this one uses a 2.0 uF capacitor, its fan label is different and the motor is more flat.. the fan is super quiet compared to all CMCs i have seen.. i'd suspect this fan to be manufactured by kong seng ltd..

power value: 75W, blows a good amount of air

2000s - current CMC


i always wondered why was this fan sold for such a CHEAP price! (50 AED (~$13.5) compared to an average of 110 AED (~$30)

the fan has almost no power at all, its original downrod's material seems as cheap as a mop rod.. the one that used to be in my 6th grade class was exactly like this but more powerful..

when operating bladeless, it takes time to accelerate to full speed (much slower than the early 90s one)

watt: 75W, cap value: 2.5 uF, model name: FC56, also manufactured by xinhui mingfei ltd


speed range (fastest - slowest): early 90s, early 2000s (Gr.6 class) kong seng version, current version

more pics and videos coming soon

[Jean Lemieux]

Very nice! Thanks for posting theses. I love them even though they are sometimes cheap.

For a long time I thought that CMC was another label of TMT.

I don't think I ever saw a version as old as the first one but it looks very nice with such wide blades. The two other version were extremly popular in Chad when I was living there (2001-2002). I remember that a lot of them were noisy and as their blades are flimsy, they often ended up with twisted blades and sometimes their blades seems in good shape and still they had some of the most terrible wobbles issues I've seen in my life.

I remember on the other hand that they were always very powerful. There was one in particular that I remember very well in a grocery store in N'Djamena that was always on full speed and squeaked loudly so bad.

I guess the manufacture that provided the parts for the current version is the same one that made a Nadair model that was sold in Québec at Réno-Dépot around 2004-2006. It looks just like a CMC except for the upper canopy that is very different. It's ball & socket mounted. There's one currently on Kijiji:
qc.kijiji.ca/c-acheter-et-vendre-maison-interieur-eclairage-interieur-ventilateurs-Ventilateur-de-plafond-3-palmes-W0QQAdIdZ410950679

[Deleted]

Looks like the same factory that makes the new crappy Westinghouse industrials. I hate them so much!

[Cole S.]

Motor and blades of the latest version look a lot like what they're selling at Menards, too. Basically the same as what Jean posted but with a bell canopy and J-hook.

[Tais]

Sept 7, 2012 19:31:50 GMT -5 Jean Lemieux said:

Very nice! Thanks for posting theses. I love them even though they are sometimes cheap.

For a long time I thought that CMC was another label of TMT.

I don't think I ever saw a version as old as the first one but it looks very nice with such wide blades. The two other version were extremly popular in Chad when I was living there (2001-2002). I remember that a lot of them were noisy and as their blades are flimsy, they often ended up with twisted blades and sometimes their blades seems in good shape and still they had some of the most terrible wobbles issues I've seen in my life.

I remember on the other hand that they were always very powerful. There was one in particular that I remember very well in a grocery store in N'Djamena that was always on full speed and squeaked loudly so bad.

I guess the manufacture that provided the parts for the current version is the same one that made a Nadair model that was sold in Québec at Réno-Dépot around 2004-2006. It looks just like a CMC except for the upper canopy that is very different. It's ball & socket mounted. There's one currently on Kijiji:
qc.kijiji.ca/c-acheter-et-vendre-maison-interieur-eclairage-interieur-ventilateurs-Ventilateur-de-plafond-3-palmes-W0QQAdIdZ410950679

i remember i was pissed that they replaced the relite fan with the CMC back in 2001 at the time i began 6th grade, that fan used to be powerful, noisy (less than the 90s one i have) and blew almost nothing, i remember it was the first fan i ever adjusted for increasing airflow.. it looked exactly like the current one i have


the early 90s CMC's motor label has the same logo as this regulator

i've seen many different fans brands for sale with very similar motor and blade shape here

[Tais]

more pics and videos:

[Tais]

update: i placed a 2.0 uF capacitor on the new CMC instead of its original 2.5 uF capacitor and guess what? it runs perfectly and can easily reach its full speed! there is some air flow now!

[Deleted]

Sounds like the 2.5 cap was bad.