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Post by Adam D. on Jan 7, 2014 16:35:10 GMT -5
That's coming when I take photos and a video.. The two speed controls I tried out so far work amazingly well.. I'm shocked seeing how the controls alone on these things were known to only last a few years.. The Hong Kong gallery is been updated with a 48" Palco and Breeze Industries ceiling fans under:
Breeze Ceiling Fan by Breeze Industries Inc. 48 Inch Metal Blades
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Carib Ceiling Fan by Palco International Corp. 48 Inch Metal Blades
Here are the videos:
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Post by Adam D. on Jan 7, 2014 18:05:07 GMT -5
I looked at the label on the black fans and they are Quorum...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2014 0:11:39 GMT -5
The brand name variations are interesting.
I love the canopies on these.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 8, 2014 22:50:00 GMT -5
Very cool fans. Their motors are particularly orange compare to the rest of the fan. I like the speed ranges.
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Post by JW on Jan 8, 2014 23:37:21 GMT -5
I like the speed range as well. Can't stand the orange though... I thought the brown was bad on the Carroways until these Palco things started showing up. They're like the nasty Jersey Shore spray-tanned equivalent of ceiling fans! Any brighter and you could use them for warning signs in construction zones...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2014 23:48:29 GMT -5
i hate fans with orange finish so i agree with jw,the quorums are garbage...
what i hate the most is a houses in that big of mess,i seen worse
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 0:05:14 GMT -5
Maybe they were brown meant to look like copper or brass?
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Post by Cole S. on Jan 9, 2014 0:20:59 GMT -5
Maybe they were brown meant to look like copper or brass? I think that's the idea. The ones I saw in person were in fairly good shape and they had a metallic sheen in the finish. I believe it was meant as a copper finish (which is what I love about them) but it really doesn't discolor well.
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Post by Adam D. on Jan 9, 2014 2:59:17 GMT -5
I found this ad from 1978.. Which shows they are from the late 1970s.. linkSays the finish is yellow-copper... Motors on these things should be the same color as the lower/upper canopies.. Perhaps maybe the finish over the years changed possibly from the heat from the motors.. I always thought I've seen these in a more brownish-yellowish color.. The blades look more like copper..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 12:10:22 GMT -5
I found this ad from 1978.. Which shows they are from the late 1970s.. linkSays the finish is yellow-copper... Motors on these things should be the same color as the lower/upper canopies.. Perhaps maybe the finish over the years changed possibly from the heat from the motors.. I always thought I've seen these in a more brownish-yellowish color.. The blades look more like copper.. Looks like white, yellow, or copper. I wonder what the fan is in the picture?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 12:13:11 GMT -5
Last I checked, Sanders Antiques in Sarasota was still around and Don Taussig was still the owner. He's a fan collector. You should ask him.
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Post by Matt B. on Jan 9, 2014 21:06:33 GMT -5
Yeah I'm with Dan on the finish selection. Your fan is definitely copper. It would be cool to see a yellow one.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 9, 2014 22:38:14 GMT -5
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Post by Adam D. on Jan 11, 2014 0:02:37 GMT -5
Thanks Jean.. I hope so too.. I noticed that too.. Looks like the motor in that link may come apart in two half's and the Brown-copper ones may come apart at the top.. I always thought some of these look very Union-Evergoish.. They have oil filed caps.. Love the smell of them.. Has that vintage smell...
Here's the 3rd 48 inch.. It's real noisy.. The bearings were noisy and sorta froze up and the fan was resisting in a certain spot when spinning it, I oiled the bearings and they seems much quite but the motor vibrates really bad.. I think the fan got wet at one time as I see spatter marks running from the top of the motor like the fan was turned on when the motor was full of water.. I think the windings are loose and probably need varnish...
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Post by John Shelley on Jan 12, 2014 17:03:39 GMT -5
Maybe they were brown meant to look like copper or brass? Mine, (4 cane blades, vented motor about 48in) looks close to the color of old Coppertone appliances..... so i think they meant it to be copper.
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