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Post by Cole S. on Jul 27, 2013 17:06:06 GMT -5
I've got at least one more coming so I'll just post everything in this thread for ease of reading. Got this NIB Tatung hugger in from Clay. I mainly bought it for the package deal on a couple sets of brand new badge Casablanca blades (not shown here), but now that it's here I kinda like it way more than I thought I would. It's generic but has enough quirks with the amazing dark blades and flywheel-looking bottom of the motor that it's not boring. I'm not really one for a lot of huggers but this one's pretty powerful and looks nice.    And then today at Habitat, I spotted this Nutone Sea Island in the back, and since my dad and I were dropping a few items off I asked in back if I could buy it and after asking just about every person in the store (*rolls eyes, they're hopeless over there*) I was able to purchase it. The price was the usual $15, but it was 50% off lighting today so I got it for like $8. Glad I didn't overpay because when I got it home the bearings were pretty terrible and one blade is REALLY warped BAD. But I ran it for a bit and the bearings are getting better, so that's reassuring. Generic mounting was supplied by me, it was on a sloped ceiling adaptor and missing the hardware so I just swapped it for now. Light kit was unfortunately already installed.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2013 20:31:29 GMT -5
I've seen that motor before, with the fake flywheel. Maybe in my Master Crafts?
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Post by thefanman84 "Elder Moss" on Jul 27, 2013 21:28:42 GMT -5
Ahhhh....The hugger on the box took me way back the 80's! Love both fans!
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Post by fancollector12 on Jul 27, 2013 21:47:52 GMT -5
Nice! I was thinking about buying the hugger, but decided not to.
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Post by Cole S. on Jul 27, 2013 21:58:31 GMT -5
I've seen that motor before, with the fake flywheel. Maybe in my Master Crafts? Yes, Mastercrafts have something much like that. I've never looked inside the housing of mine, is it exactly the same motor? |
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Post by Farah on Jul 27, 2013 22:44:10 GMT -5
Nice fans! I hope you enjoy them!
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Post by Rick M. on Jul 28, 2013 0:51:53 GMT -5
Some really neat stuff!
Wow, I think the label on the motor of your Tatung hugger is IDENTICAL to that on the bottom of the Tatung table fan I just got! Obviously the model number and stuff is different, but the color/font/layout of the tag is exactly the same.
I LOVE the NuTone. The Sea Island is like my favorite NuTone model! They're super common around here for some reason.
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Post by Cole S. on Jul 28, 2013 12:08:02 GMT -5
Yes lol, Tatung used pretty much the same label style on everything.
I do love the Sea Island as well. There's something about them that's so classic, and really unique fans as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 13:11:35 GMT -5
i wanting john reed to have a sea island too,cole,if you get tired of it in future,i want john reed to have first dibs to it since he doesn't have one and wants one badly,also i want you to have one too so hang on to it like if you chose not to let it go  overall nice finds |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 13:14:37 GMT -5
I've seen that motor before, with the fake flywheel. Maybe in my Master Crafts? Yes, Mastercrafts have something much like that. I've never looked inside the housing of mine, is it exactly the same motor? I dont remember, I was hoping you knew! I have seen some other brand of fan with the exact same motor. Trying to remember. |
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jul 29, 2013 3:19:58 GMT -5
Wow! The Tatung is really cool for a hugger. Imagine if it had the stencil shown on the box. I've never seen this style of vented bottom on a regular direct drive motor. I think it should be seen more as a vent than a flywheel imitation. It reminds me of a black version of the AirMax motor.
15$ is overpaying for you? The Sea Island have always had a Arts & Crafts look to me along with a few others NuTones.
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Post by Cole S. on Jul 29, 2013 10:01:37 GMT -5
Yeah I definitely see it as ventilation, it just looks like a flywheel in the end. Actually it's a very clever ventilation system, as you can see the vents are slightly pitched to actually draw air into the motor.
No, $15 is not usually overpaying for me when it's something nice. I'm saying I would've been very disappointed had I paid $50 to find out it had a warped blade and bad bearings when I got it home. It looked to be in pretty good shape sitting there so I didn't second guess it at the store. Given, I usually do a little more inspection if something is priced more than $25 to see if it's really worth the $30+.
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Post by Cole S. on Jul 30, 2013 15:49:37 GMT -5
KDK Renaissance from Christian:  |
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Post by Cole S. on Sept 11, 2013 19:43:24 GMT -5
Gonna use this thread again because I've got more coming. Adrian's Classic Fan came in yesterday. The motor had shifted around a lot but luckily there was no damage to anything. Absolutely not regretting this purchase, very cool fan to have in the collection.   |
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Sept 11, 2013 20:29:14 GMT -5
Ouch! I would have never dared buy something from Adrian. It's not a good idea to encourage him. After all the awful things he did the many other collectors including me.
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