Just bought this Broken fan ...

[philippe1995]

I was in town earlier and stop by a Salvanation army. This fan was sitting in its box and seem like in great shape it was only 8$ so I decided to take it home with me. It is an Alaska dating from 1988.





As soon as I get it out of the box I realize that the Upper canopy Is not there

And that there is this big hole on the motor. My question: HOW??? Also, looks like the blade is not going to be able to be installed on this side. What a shame.


The blades are okay, there is a scratch on one...


and it came with this.


What do you think?
I'm very dissapointed by this fan I bought, I'm returning it from where it comes

[Deleted]

that really sucks i don't get it how the motor shell gets broken like that,never seen that before...
in future reference,like if it was up to me and if it's nib and it looks like it's not been opened,don't let that fool you,i still open it and see if all the parts are all there,see if it's in good shape and all before check out and taking it home..

[Tais]

the motor casing is aluminum!?! aluminum casings tend to break when force is applied.. if u have that other broken piece, u can glue it with some powerful glue or metal glue

i hate it when canopies are missing..

[Jean Lemieux]

At first I was very glad that you bought a NIB vintage fan but when I saw the disaster on the motor I almost could not believe it. It's insane what people do to their fans. They are FANS not punching bags.

There was probably a weakness on this part of the motor and it was dropped.

The blade on the side could have still ''hold'' to the motor. There would have been possibilities that it could hold to the side.

Did it came with the mounting bracket at least?

I did not know that items can be returned at Salvation Army. Usually you can't. You could not open the box before purchasing it?

[Deleted]

At Entraide, customer have 30 days to bring back a non-functionnal item.

Like I told you Phil, it's not sad for you,
Because it was a nice, nib and vintage fan

Hope you'll find something in better condition!

[Cole S.]

That's too bad, it's was a nice looking fan. The blade might just hold well enough, but that doesn't fix the damage.

[philippe1995]

Just Trade it this afternoon for a vintage small table lamp they had, it was the only worthy thing I've found over there. Pictures to come!

[Matt B.]

I would have kept it for parts if it only cost you $8.

[Adam D.]

I believe all sales are final at Salvation Army.. I've seen the same exact motor shaped fan that's pictured on the brass models. in white though...

[Deleted]

I would JB weld the broken piece.

[philippe1995]

Here is how the "return policy" works there: you bring back the stuff you dont want, take something the same value and take it home, no refund.

As I said earlier, I Grab a small table lamp there since nothing else was interesting. I dont know how old is this small lamp but I like the design. There is 2 bulbs in there: One under the shade(missing on this lamp) and one little 4 watts nightlight bulb in the base.



Seems like there is a bug with that switch. Normally on these type of lamp, there is three way to light them: only the "big light", only the base or both bulbs at the same time. Looks like there is only two on mine on mine: " ways are the same, and the third click light both, but at a very low intensity. Anybody know why?


Here the shade I've grab for it, at a lamp store, for 20$

[Jean Lemieux]

This is exactly the type of lamp I imagined when you described to me on the phone. It's a hurricane lamp. It looks like to be from the 1980's. It's very cute I like it. I guess it will not look as bad as I thought with this shade.

Indeed something is wrong with the 3rd intensity. It's not supposed to be this way. Both together lit dim but each interdependently works fine?

[Dob]

The lamp is wired in series for the third setting. If it were wired in parallel, both bulbs would be fully lit.

[philippe1995]

I tried it with a regular 40 watts bulb and we now have these 3 way: 1 is only the "big" (40w bulb) second is the same as one and third setting is only the base, it's fine for me, I'll take a look later on. The lamp is simply beautiful with that shade!

[Adam D.]

My grandmother had something similar with the same style switch, glass part was totally different... Now that you took the fan back, you know what they are going to do with it? yup, throw it away...