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Post by Jean Lemieux on Dec 24, 2013 20:32:15 GMT -5
This Casablanca Zephyr was on Kijiji Trois-Rivières for a while. It was located in Bécancour, QC near Trois-Rivières. Three days ago the seller had to come on the island of Montréal so I didn't even had to drive far at all to get it. I got it for only 25$. It's all complete. It's really cool that I found an early 1980's Zephyr in Quebec and so close of Christmas. It's my favorite version too, the chunky version in polished brass with Hang-Tru and Slumber Quiet control. The Slumber Quiet works very well. They blades are a little bit warped down though and the bearings sounds dry. By spinning the flywheel fast by hand it seems it would have been noisy but when it's powered the bearings are actually very quiet. It's stops fast compared to my other Zephyr that the bearings got replaced. Can these fans be oiled and if so it it done the same way as on a direct drive fan? The finish on the blades is beautiful. It's almost the same finish as on my other Zephyr except it's slightly more pale and doesn't have stencil. Happy Holidays.
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Post by Farah on Dec 25, 2013 18:08:08 GMT -5
Wow nice fan. I hope that you enjoy it!
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Post by Adam D. on Dec 25, 2013 18:42:49 GMT -5
I like it.. Great find..
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Dec 27, 2013 20:55:39 GMT -5
Thanks. I might put it in my bedroom if I can get the bearings to be a little bit less stiff and dry and the blades to drop less.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 24, 2014 15:23:56 GMT -5
Here is that little jewel finally installed. I oiled the bearings and it helped a lot the spin down time and it doesn't have much of the dry bearing sound anymore. I also put the two blades that were pretty warped down under some heavy book and bricks. I did that for my first Zephyr too but it didn't worked that good compared to this time it helped a lot. The blades are much better. I might not have not used bricks last time maybe only heavy books. What probably made the real difference is that this time I placed the blades on a work bench that has a surface that can be separated in two with handles. I opened it the most it could so that it would leave an empty space in the middle of where the blades were sitting while heavy books and bricks were on them. This is my first ceiling fan video with my new Canon PowerShot SX50HS. I could have loaded in as much as 1080p but that would have been excessive. Normally it would be available in 720p but I suspect that because I reframed it with the You Tube tools to make it fit well the You Tube format it didn't allowed the 720p quality. You Tube loves to be stupid or maybe it simply a glitch. The quality of the image is so good with theses lens that even in 480p it looks like HD. The low speed is sooo beautiful. The ceiling has been repainted last June. It makes the installations looks cleaner. Do you see a difference in the quality of the picture compared to my other pictures?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 19:28:08 GMT -5
Looks great!
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Post by Adam D. on Jan 24, 2014 20:24:15 GMT -5
Ya.. I saw the video last night.. Very well done.. And very nice fan..
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Post by Cole S. on Jan 24, 2014 20:42:20 GMT -5
Gorgeous!
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Post by Farah on Jan 24, 2014 20:54:54 GMT -5
Awesome!
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Post by thefanman84 "Elder Moss" on Jan 24, 2014 22:32:06 GMT -5
Beautiful!
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 28, 2014 15:37:46 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. I love it even though the finish is pretty darken, particular on the bottom cap. I guess it does that on every polished brass fans over time.
I'm sure you all noticed by the brass aged differently that I didn't used the original canopy and I added a tassel pull chain. It didn't came with that. It's one of the many Westinghouse tassels pull chains I bought in 2010. I didn't used the original canopy mostly for the safety reason but also because I had the 2008 Panama hung there just before this one so it would have been too much to change the canopy for the same type of fan installed again.
I love the lowest speed, it's so beautiful and perfect for this time of the year. I hope the Slumber Quiet system continues to work well for long. I got tips from Kelly on how to make it last longer. Even though the idea of having a flywheel variable speed controlled fan is so good because we can slowly increase the speed so it doesn't stress the flywheel at all, it's apparently better to avoid changing the speeds while the fan is powered. The more the control is used when powered the more it has chances to fail faster apparently. Anyway it's pretty much only full power that it stresses the flywheel and I never use such power, not on this type of fan. That's what practical about having a variable speed is that we can have a less crazy high speed like the one I showed a lot in the video.
I suppose it's normal he the bottom of the switch housing becomes warm from time to time? The electronic piece is just right above the cap.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2014 23:15:58 GMT -5
What are the tips from Kelly?
I've never noticed a warm switch cap.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 29, 2014 1:50:44 GMT -5
What are the tips from Kelly? I've never noticed a warm switch cap. The one I wrote up there about changing the speeds. It's not warm all the time it's on, only from time to time. So is this lowest speed slow enough for you?
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Post by Adam D. on Jan 29, 2014 2:12:38 GMT -5
Mine doesn't really get warm.. Maybe ever so slightly.. But nothing to worry about..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2014 12:30:58 GMT -5
What are the tips from Kelly? I've never noticed a warm switch cap. The one I wrote up there about changing the speeds. They dont make any sense at all. It's not warm all the time it's on, only from time to time. So is this lowest speed slow enough for you? At what time in the video is it on the slowest speed?
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