Post by Jean Lemieux on Sept 16, 2013 19:39:39 GMT -5
This is a fan I originally posted in my thread ''Other Kijiji's'' which means it was not in my reach. I manged to get it with the help of my sister. It was located in Saint-Raymond, QC about 20 mins away to where my sister lives so they accepted to deliver it to her house. The last time she came to Montreal which was in late August she brought it to me.
I originally thought it might have been a Codep as I saw a NIB 90 cm one on Craigslist in Texas a few months ago but the only sticker on this one says ''Manufactured by Golden Fan Electric''. It's not like the brown Golden Fan I got in April, it only has one sticker that is not as detailed and does not mention the importer.
I remember someone once asked a long time ago (I think it was Dan) on the forum if anyone had ever seen this fan but in the four metal blade version. I had never seen this in person before this one. In 2010 this picture showed up on Flickr.
www.flickr.com/photos/38903948@N06/4475361618/in/photolist-7Ptp6d-7PsJ8y-7PpuPD-7Pps5T-7PsUyU-7Pt1vA-7PsJFY-7Pta69-7Pt7Jb-7PsNZU-7Ptekf-7PsHxC-7PtaN1-7Pt5Xm-7PtrCL-7Pptz4-7PsVXY-7PoG7z-7PsQQh-7PsFKQ-7PpjQz-7PtfKo-7PtkdY-7PtcuY-7PoMF4-7Ppj5a-7Pp22R-7Pp8Tv-7PoYkB
Like this one was used, the bearings are in better condition than the NOS brown Golden Fan but still not amazing. It's quieter than the brown one and not as stiff. It cannot have four speeds with my 4-speed slider controller. The slowest speed dies away. I tried the rotative 3-speed control I have and the slowest speed is very slow, a little too slow. Maybe 20 Rpm. Sometimes it fades away sometimes not. In the end it's the 3-speed Lutron Skylark slider that works the best with this fan. The lowest speed is about 25-30 Rpm and it keeps it's past. The conclusion is that theses fans does not have the best bearings ever and the fact that the motors are heavy low torque does not help. When we think about it aren't theses fans the grand-fathers of View-Fans?
At first when I got it the blades were not tilted upward. It was exactly like on Cole's three blade equivalent. I bent them back up, it looks a lot better this way.
It's in very good condition, only the downrod is scratched. It originally came with a Canarm triple spot light kit. The previous owners were smart. They screwed the brass nut on the bottom of the center of the light kit. That's how I actually got the original nut for it. Normally it would have been missing if a light kit was installed. I was surprised how flimsy the blades are. On current fans with no lines it's normal but I was not expecting this from a vintage fan.
For those who are interested, it was installed in a house and they did not had a controller to slow it down. Yikes! I understand why on the ad it said that it was too powerful for a room in a house.
Now let's see this monster in motion! It's very very powerful.
I originally thought it might have been a Codep as I saw a NIB 90 cm one on Craigslist in Texas a few months ago but the only sticker on this one says ''Manufactured by Golden Fan Electric''. It's not like the brown Golden Fan I got in April, it only has one sticker that is not as detailed and does not mention the importer.
I remember someone once asked a long time ago (I think it was Dan) on the forum if anyone had ever seen this fan but in the four metal blade version. I had never seen this in person before this one. In 2010 this picture showed up on Flickr.
www.flickr.com/photos/38903948@N06/4475361618/in/photolist-7Ptp6d-7PsJ8y-7PpuPD-7Pps5T-7PsUyU-7Pt1vA-7PsJFY-7Pta69-7Pt7Jb-7PsNZU-7Ptekf-7PsHxC-7PtaN1-7Pt5Xm-7PtrCL-7Pptz4-7PsVXY-7PoG7z-7PsQQh-7PsFKQ-7PpjQz-7PtfKo-7PtkdY-7PtcuY-7PoMF4-7Ppj5a-7Pp22R-7Pp8Tv-7PoYkB
Like this one was used, the bearings are in better condition than the NOS brown Golden Fan but still not amazing. It's quieter than the brown one and not as stiff. It cannot have four speeds with my 4-speed slider controller. The slowest speed dies away. I tried the rotative 3-speed control I have and the slowest speed is very slow, a little too slow. Maybe 20 Rpm. Sometimes it fades away sometimes not. In the end it's the 3-speed Lutron Skylark slider that works the best with this fan. The lowest speed is about 25-30 Rpm and it keeps it's past. The conclusion is that theses fans does not have the best bearings ever and the fact that the motors are heavy low torque does not help. When we think about it aren't theses fans the grand-fathers of View-Fans?
At first when I got it the blades were not tilted upward. It was exactly like on Cole's three blade equivalent. I bent them back up, it looks a lot better this way.
It's in very good condition, only the downrod is scratched. It originally came with a Canarm triple spot light kit. The previous owners were smart. They screwed the brass nut on the bottom of the center of the light kit. That's how I actually got the original nut for it. Normally it would have been missing if a light kit was installed. I was surprised how flimsy the blades are. On current fans with no lines it's normal but I was not expecting this from a vintage fan.
For those who are interested, it was installed in a house and they did not had a controller to slow it down. Yikes! I understand why on the ad it said that it was too powerful for a room in a house.
Now let's see this monster in motion! It's very very powerful.