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Post by Cole S. on Mar 9, 2013 16:04:13 GMT -5
Found this little guy NIB at a thrift store today, and my gosh these things are SO CUTE! I'd always liked 36" SMC industrials in pictures, but in person they are some of the most adorable fans ever. It's crazy powerful of course, the only thing I really don't like about SMCs of this era is all the plastic that's not of very good quality, particularly those switch housings...   |
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Post by fancollector12 on Mar 9, 2013 16:31:18 GMT -5
Sweet find!
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Post by Cole S. on Mar 9, 2013 16:40:33 GMT -5
It's picking up around here again. Hope this is only the beginning of what will be coming with spring.
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Post by Tais on Mar 9, 2013 23:06:40 GMT -5
Love the fan!!! What date is it? Looks like it would be from early 80s
The beehive canopy on US SMCs look different than the ones in KN series here
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Post by Cole S. on Mar 9, 2013 23:39:56 GMT -5
I don't have a date on this one, early 80s is about as close as I can guess.
Were yours two-piece canopies? I don't recall if they were or not. The one on this fan is my favorite overall shape for the beehive canopies, probably because I've seen it more, though I love all beehive canopies.
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Post by Andrew G. on Mar 9, 2013 23:40:00 GMT -5
The plastic switch housing is a thing of the late 70s, I'd think.
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Post by Tais on Mar 10, 2013 8:38:27 GMT -5
I don't have a date on this one, early 80s is about as close as I can guess. Were yours two-piece canopies? I don't recall if they were or not. The one on this fan is my favorite overall shape for the beehive canopies, probably because I've seen it more, though I love all beehive canopies. All my beehives are one piece canopy.. the one u have looks thicker than all the ones i have.. the date if early 80s and 70s smc fans would be inside the lower canopy written as 8411 if it were november 1984*.. This applies to the K56 industrials here.. not sure if it applies to other models or not *This was a misconcept as i thought it would be 1974 due to uncertain info about the building.. since i got the correct date, all the doubts were cleared |
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Post by Cole S. on Mar 10, 2013 11:06:59 GMT -5
Oh yeah it's got one of those stickers, I never knew if those were dates or not. If that's the case, it's February 1981.
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Post by Adam D. on Mar 10, 2013 15:20:27 GMT -5
Wow, you really lucked out.. One of my Favorite fans NIB..
The box proves it's not an industrial ceiling fan..
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Post by Cole S. on Mar 10, 2013 20:45:50 GMT -5
Yeah I don't think many 36" fans especially were marketed as industrial fans. I still call anything with metal blades an industrial though. I love the name on this one; decorative and functional lol.
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Post by Andrew G. on Mar 10, 2013 20:48:48 GMT -5
'Industrial-residential hybrid' is the term I'd refer to it (and similar fans) as.
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Post by Adam D. on Mar 10, 2013 21:25:35 GMT -5
I don't think it matters by the size.. Nor do I think they were sold for any type of specific places..
Old days: Industrials were marketed for home use or all use..
Late 80s and now: Marketed for industrial use..
So basically most fans I have listed in the galleries under Industrial is pointless, but still good to sort out the metal bladed fans.. Those days these fans would just be labeled as 3 metal blade, 4 metal blade, or just metal blade fan..
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Mar 10, 2013 22:28:21 GMT -5
Very cool find!
I agree too about the plastic switch housing. Even the ''metal'' SMC's switch housing seems like the shaft could be bent easily.
I agree with Adam about the box that does not state anything about this being ''industrial''.
The box of my 1982 4 Seasons Galaxy with four metal blades does not mention anything about it being a fan designed for more commercial or industrial application.
What Adam says about metal blade ceiling fans sold before the late 1980's is exactly why I don't really like to use the term ''industrial ceiling fan'' and I usually use ''metal blade ceiling fans'' or ''metal blade spinners''. I would like to add that in a lot of other countries, metal blade fans are still commercialized as being nothing in particular.
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Post by Adam D. on Mar 10, 2013 22:35:59 GMT -5
Very true Jean.. I don't know who ever got me stuck on the term "Industrial ceiling fan".. Where Tais is located they seem to be more common than anything.. I wonder how the bearings are on this NIB one.. Most Variable speed S.M.C. ceiling fans seem to run very slow when cold.. When the motor warms up a bit they tend to stop.. All these 36" versions I have with the Switch housing do this..
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2013 23:10:23 GMT -5
It was probably me . . . I consider any ceiling fan with metal blades to be industrial/commercial unless the blades are metal for a decorative purpose.
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