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Post by Jordan U on Sept 24, 2014 10:07:28 GMT -5
Here is my Sears whole house window fan, I believe it is from around the 70s to 80s. It is EXTREMELY powerful, draws air throughout my entire 3 story house. My uncle used it at his house for many years, then he gave it to me when he got air conditioning and no longer used it much. I get plenty of use out of this thing. Outside of fan:  Outside without grill:  Motor:    Lousy Close-Ups:   Motor Tag:  Front Oil Port:  Rear Oil Port:  Oiling:  Switch Housing:  Capacitor:    Speed Switch:  Thermostat: (Does anyone know if there is a way to adjust these?)  Blade:  Compared to my 12 inch Dayton, its enormous!    Advertisements on the Fan:   Information Tag:  Installed in the Window:  Video: shared.com/jj90ak09r9?s=di Video of the Motor: shared.com/s9rfidqys5?s=di |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2014 13:26:13 GMT -5
Wow! I've never seen a plastic bladed whole house fan before!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2014 13:27:34 GMT -5
Just realized it's a window fan. I WANT IT!
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Post by Dob on Sept 24, 2014 13:38:58 GMT -5
Just realized it's a window fan. I WANT IT! Check the blade for cracks before you buy one of these. They're basically the same as the Air King 20" from the 90's. |
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Post by Jordan U on Sept 25, 2014 6:55:35 GMT -5
Wow! I've never seen a plastic bladed whole house fan before! I have a fan that Dan doesn't? What's wrong with this picture?  |
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Post by Jordan U on Sept 25, 2014 6:56:54 GMT -5
Just realized it's a window fan. I WANT IT! Did you read the title? lol This particular one won't be going anywhere, at least not for a long time. It has to much sentimental value to me, its been in my uncle's house since the day it was purchased and I always remember it being there. |
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Post by Jordan U on Sept 25, 2014 6:57:46 GMT -5
Just realized it's a window fan. I WANT IT! Check the blade for cracks before you buy one of these. They're basically the same as the Air King 20" from the 90's. I've only seen one of these come up on eBay, and it was the less powerful 2-speed version. I've never seen another instance of this 3 speed one. |
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Post by Dob on Sept 25, 2014 7:56:22 GMT -5
Check the blade for cracks before you buy one of these. They're basically the same as the Air King 20" from the 90's. I've only seen one of these come up on eBay, and it was the less powerful 2-speed version. I've never seen another instance of this 3 speed one. All of the ones I have seen are 3 speed. The Air King doesn't have a thermostat but it has improved with a metal front grille. Still has a plastic rear grille and the motor faces outside instead of inside. Same exact blade and motor though. These are fairly common in my area, I come across a lot of them, mostly the newer Air King. Sadly, most of the time, they're too far gone and only the motor is useful. |
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Post by Jordan U on Sept 25, 2014 8:00:38 GMT -5
I've only seen one of these come up on eBay, and it was the less powerful 2-speed version. I've never seen another instance of this 3 speed one. All of the ones I have seen are 3 speed. The Air King doesn't have a thermostat but it has improved with a metal front grille. Still has a plastic rear grille and the motor faces outside instead of inside. Same exact blade and motor though. These are fairly common in my area, I come across a lot of them, mostly the newer Air King. Sadly, most of the time, they're too far gone and only the motor is useful. Whole-house window fans are generally uncommon around here, most people have air conditioners now and don't care to open the windows. Personally, I much prefer to use the fan over the air conditioner. There was one place I went to which had newer versions of the Air King window fans, they were I think 20 inch versions, and they were all metal. They seemed pretty powerful for modern fans. |
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Post by Dob on Sept 25, 2014 11:02:26 GMT -5
All of the ones I have seen are 3 speed. The Air King doesn't have a thermostat but it has improved with a metal front grille. Still has a plastic rear grille and the motor faces outside instead of inside. Same exact blade and motor though. These are fairly common in my area, I come across a lot of them, mostly the newer Air King. Sadly, most of the time, they're too far gone and only the motor is useful. Whole-house window fans are generally uncommon around here, most people have air conditioners now and don't care to open the windows. Personally, I much prefer to use the fan over the air conditioner. There was one place I went to which had newer versions of the Air King window fans, they were I think 20 inch versions, and they were all metal. They seemed pretty powerful for modern fans. I know the fan you speak of. They are loud as hell and spin very fast to make up for the lack of blade pitch. I do not like them at all, they're very cheaply made, which is surprising since they're metal. I also hear that the motor is fairly underpowered and boosted by an oversized capacitor. This is a burn out waiting to happen. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 12:13:47 GMT -5
I dont really collect window fans (or any portables) even though I like them.
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Post by Jordan U on Sept 26, 2014 6:36:40 GMT -5
I know the fan you speak of. They are loud as hell and spin very fast to make up for the lack of blade pitch. I do not like them at all, they're very cheaply made, which is surprising since they're metal. I also hear that the motor is fairly underpowered and boosted by an oversized capacitor. This is a burn out waiting to happen. The fans were located in a lodge type area where my school went to a retreat at. They actually had quite a few fans there. They had some brown Goldlines in the dining area. In the buildings with the dorms, they had the Air King window fans. There was one fan per room, each room had probably 5 bunk beds. It was cold when I was there, so I only turned the fan on for a minute just to see how it worked. This was well before I got the whole house fan I have now. By modern standards, I didn't it was too bad, it moved more air than a typical cheap Galaxy/Lasko box fan or whatever, but it wasn't fractionally as good as my Sears. I remembered it took forever to get to full speed (explains the underpowered motor) and there was a lot of plastic around the motor, which I don't see a point in. My Sears fan gets up to speed within 2 seconds, very powerful motor. The Air Kings there didn't move an impressive amount of air, but it was plenty for the one room it was cooling. While I don't particularly like them, I don't really dislike them either. Given they're metal, they're probably more resistant to sunlight, but what does that matter if the motors don't last.They also had some ceiling fans in the dorm area, there were one or two Hunter Low Profiles in I think pewter finish, in every room. The chains were all broken, so they were on whatever speed they were and that was it. They had industrials in the common areas, one was quite an odd unit with some strange mounting system, the other was a typical generic fan, I can't remember what the name was. I want to say Airmaster for some reason, but it was so many years ago now I can't remember. I would like to go back there one day to see the fans, but I don't think I'll have the opportunity. On one last note, I will say the buildings looked pretty neat from the outside with all those fans in the windows. I do like the blade design they use. |
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Post by Jordan U on Sept 26, 2014 6:37:15 GMT -5
I dont really collect window fans (or any portables) even though I like them. You do have that nice Westinghouse Mobileaire in your fan testing room! |
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Post by fancollector12 on Sept 27, 2014 13:33:20 GMT -5
I love the motor in these! Those blades look like ones off a Lasko/Air King.
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Post by Dob on Sept 27, 2014 18:01:43 GMT -5
I love the motor in these! Those blades look like ones off a Lasko/Air King. They are. The blade was conceived by Vernco in the late 70's. Vernco made a lot of fans for Sears, this would be one of their later models before vanishing into history. The blade and motor and some other design features were then picked up by Air King in the 90's. |
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