Post by Jean Lemieux on Apr 28, 2013 16:35:47 GMT -5
I saw this fan on Kijiji as early as late January but it was far from me. I contacted the seller and he told me that at some point he might need to come in my area for something and he did last Friday so he brought me the fan at the same time.
The AD said it was new but it was not showing any boxes or any parts wrapped in anything. I had a very good surprise when I found out that it was mostly NIB. I have the original Golden Fan Electric Mfg. Fty. Co. Ltd box for the motor and the one for the blades. It even came with the original owner manual which shows on the mounting image the other style of upper canopy like New Fan in Australia have. It's only in English but the two stickers on the top of the motor are bilingual and one of them reads Y. & W. Eastern Import Co. LTÉE/LTD MTL. / QUÉ. This is the importer for Golden Fan Electric around here. This means there was an official importer for these fan around here and it was based right here in Montreal.
There is a little sticker inside the upper canopy which reads 7 84. I'm guessing it was made in July 1984. It's a little bit newer than I expected.
The motor was still in it's plastic and it came with a stainless steel solid state variable speed controller still in it's little box too.
The big downside to this fan which is probably mostly because it's NIB is that the motor does not handle very slow speeds at all. (speed four of my wall control slider) Since it has never been used the bearings are stiff plus what does not help is that it's a very low torque motor and it's a very heavy motor. It weights 8 kgs without the blades! It's probably my heaviest smallest fan. The small Banvil Gold Line I sold to Sean have the same problem.
When I put it on speed four, it stalls out completely. The second lowest speed is just a regular low speed and the second highest speed is a very normal medium speed. Full speed is completely INSANE though.
Since the nut at the bottom is so easy to remove (light kit adaptable), I oiled it from the bottom and let it sit upside down overnight but it did not drank the oil completely and it did not change much the operation of the fan. Now I oiled the top bearing and it's currently spinning. So far it's still pretty stiff and refuses to move on speed four. Some help with this problem would be very appreciated.
The blades are gorgeous. The wood used is very high quality. It's thick and the blades are so wide. I love the fact that the upper brackets are actually polished brass and not painted. I've never seen that on one of these before. It adds more brass to it.
The AD said it was new but it was not showing any boxes or any parts wrapped in anything. I had a very good surprise when I found out that it was mostly NIB. I have the original Golden Fan Electric Mfg. Fty. Co. Ltd box for the motor and the one for the blades. It even came with the original owner manual which shows on the mounting image the other style of upper canopy like New Fan in Australia have. It's only in English but the two stickers on the top of the motor are bilingual and one of them reads Y. & W. Eastern Import Co. LTÉE/LTD MTL. / QUÉ. This is the importer for Golden Fan Electric around here. This means there was an official importer for these fan around here and it was based right here in Montreal.
There is a little sticker inside the upper canopy which reads 7 84. I'm guessing it was made in July 1984. It's a little bit newer than I expected.
The motor was still in it's plastic and it came with a stainless steel solid state variable speed controller still in it's little box too.
The big downside to this fan which is probably mostly because it's NIB is that the motor does not handle very slow speeds at all. (speed four of my wall control slider) Since it has never been used the bearings are stiff plus what does not help is that it's a very low torque motor and it's a very heavy motor. It weights 8 kgs without the blades! It's probably my heaviest smallest fan. The small Banvil Gold Line I sold to Sean have the same problem.
When I put it on speed four, it stalls out completely. The second lowest speed is just a regular low speed and the second highest speed is a very normal medium speed. Full speed is completely INSANE though.
Since the nut at the bottom is so easy to remove (light kit adaptable), I oiled it from the bottom and let it sit upside down overnight but it did not drank the oil completely and it did not change much the operation of the fan. Now I oiled the top bearing and it's currently spinning. So far it's still pretty stiff and refuses to move on speed four. Some help with this problem would be very appreciated.
The blades are gorgeous. The wood used is very high quality. It's thick and the blades are so wide. I love the fact that the upper brackets are actually polished brass and not painted. I've never seen that on one of these before. It adds more brass to it.
