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Post by Christian C. on Oct 4, 2012 2:04:00 GMT -5
I woke up to a knocking sound around 11 PM, coming from the fan. I turn on my lamp on to see that the flywheel on my Patton Gillespie had broken and the blades were leaning to one side. I've had the fan installed for about a month and the fan was NIB when i got it from Hicks. As you can reckon, i'm not very happy right now, and i can't sleep without a ceiling fan on. A replacement fan will be bought and installed tomorrow.   |
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Post by Matt B. on Oct 4, 2012 6:20:34 GMT -5
That's a shame, hopefully efanparts has got your back on a replacement flywheel.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2012 7:51:25 GMT -5
should had check the flywheel closely before installing it
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Post by Andrew G. on Oct 4, 2012 12:39:43 GMT -5
Fasco rubber flywheels = evidently AWFUL.
I believe the replacement flywheels are made similar to Casablanca/Emerson flywheels.. a.k.a. superior.
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Post by Cole S. on Oct 4, 2012 16:23:17 GMT -5
Never thought it'd go out that quick, but then FASCO flywheels are so unpredictable to begin with.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Oct 4, 2012 18:54:28 GMT -5
Ouff! I'm sorry to see that and that it happen so quickly.
I don't know about the flywheels theses fans have but it really seems that some of the best flywheel fans for their durability are Casablanca and Emerson. We don't hear that often that the flywheels on theses brakes and if they do it usually takes at least 30 years before they do.
Even the jello-like flywheels that 1970s-early 1980s Casablanca have are much more durable that I thought. I have my 1980 Casablanca Zephyr that still have it's original flywheel in use for more than two years and it's still fine. Of course I never use it on high which helps but a lot on medium during the summer though.
On what speed was your fan when the flywheel broke?
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Post by mndoss06 on Oct 4, 2012 19:38:31 GMT -5
That's definitely a rude awakening! Hopefully you'll be able to get it fixed.
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Post by Rick M. on Oct 4, 2012 19:55:24 GMT -5
Hope you can get that fixed...shame it broke so quickly.
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Post by fancollector12 on Oct 4, 2012 20:04:28 GMT -5
Aw man that sucks, same thing happened to the same type of fan in PB finish at the Dough Roller in Ocean City, MD, which got replaced by a PB HB Carraige House II  Hopefully you'll get something good like a Casa up there and get the Gillespie fixed (: |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2012 20:09:13 GMT -5
that happened to zachary yarnes before on his spirit of saturn fan in past but he was awake at the time but same on "flywheel broke while fan is in use" issue
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Post by Andrew G. on Oct 4, 2012 21:42:10 GMT -5
The current Casablanca/Emerson flywheels seem to last at least 20 years, depending upon the amount of use.
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Post by thefanman84 "Elder Moss" on Oct 6, 2012 0:07:01 GMT -5
THAT'S SCARY!!! GET IT FIX AND STORE IT.
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Hopefully you'll get something good like a Casa up there and get the Gillespie fixed (: