Casablanca Clock that I have recently acquired and hanging in the computer room. Been wanting to find more memorabilia for awhile, and figured this would be a perfect match for the computer room knowing the 1988 Bright Brass Delta II is currently in there.
2 13" Matthews (Gerbar) Fan Company Bianca Directional fans at Wells Fargo Building. These fans were added in the late 2010s.
The seller bought this fan years ago and never installed it. The box says "1 of 2", assuming the seller had bought 2 of them and had one installed years ago. From factory, the tag on the motor housing covered in Galvanized Steel was what I thought would be "GE-28", but I came to a conclusion and said it's most likely a QC sticker. Red Robin (not too far from my workplace) had Polished Copper Industries that had since been removed, Aquatica Orlando had Rust Industries in the entry and exit that had since been replaced with Kichler Canfields, and the middle of the entrance seemingly got replaced with a Harbor Breeze Calera. Iirc, the Galvanized Steel (or Rust) Industries (now I think about it) in one of the pavilions were most likely replaced. I'm really excited to have one after all these years. This fan has: -Included 42" White blades by choice, blade arms pitched at 13 degrees -144x28mm GE skeletal K55XL-type motor with 4 blade only metal flywheel -A light pullchain to operate the optional light kit -3 speed pullchain with triple-capacitor setup, electrically reversible
The fan was made in China.
Yet blades are made in Taiwan.
Upon opening up the motor housing, I noticed it uses a skeletal stack motor similar to the K55XL, albeit with different characteristics. It still has the label "GE-28" with the label on top of the end bell having the year "2010" when the motor was made in the same year as the fan. Venting on both end bells are different from the Emerson K55XL, coupler and top end bell are attached in 2 pieces given the mounting holes on top of the end bell is similar to the GE K55-type similar to the early 80s 6005zz bearing Emerson K55 used on Casablancas, both shaft ends are double-threaded, and rotor shaft diameter is 20mm.
NEW FAN: NIB 42" Modern Fan Company in Galvanized Steel from October of 2010. Acquired it from Facebook Marketplace. A bit steep for what I would want, but it's a major childhood fan of mine and I really wanted it so badly for a very long time.
It was missing a safety strap upon arrival. However, the seller's husband misplaced the safety strap and were late for an appointment. The seller had found the safety strap and I had it mailed to the seller since I wasn't feeling that well due to my nose being iffy. Should've picked it up, but it all worked out well. It's almost in good condition other than the switch cap and housing yellowed a bit, and some scratches on the faceplate. I replaced the chain connector as the original one was losing its grip. Really excited that I now have a Kontrust Homestead. This fan has: -Included MSW50-6 Snow White blades, blade arms pitched at 14 degrees -140x30mm Kontrust K55-type motor with 4/6 blade rubber flywheel with proprietary 1-1/8" blade spacing like the Firebird ones opposed to the 1-1/4" blade spacing on the Comfort-Flow, Homestar (ex: Chippendale, Coventry, and Geneva), and Superfan -3 speed pullchain with triple-capacitor PC board, electrically reversible
The EZ lock downrod for some reason is missing a blue wire for the light that I'll look into adding should an optional light kit be operated separately from the fan.
Normally, the Homestar fans (ex: Geneva) would have 10uf as its start value. However, this fan had its capacitor value detuned from 10uf or 9uf. Perhaps I might up it to a 10uf.
NEW FAN: 50" Homestead Portofino in Snow White/Polished Brass from August of 1992. Acquired it from Facebook Marketplace. Came 100% complete other than the screw for the canopy and 2 for the safety strap that I have sourced.
It's not in the best condition as it has minor water damage on the side of the motor housing, switch cap, and covered in house paint that I tried to cleaned up to the best of my ability as I could, but there's still some paint that I have yet to get off. For some reason, I didn't have good luck with using warm water to remove the paint from the canopy given that it eats up the finish to the point where I'm on the fence to relacquer the canopy with guitar lacquer. One of the screws on the coupler is pulling a fight against me where I'm forced to invest in easy out tool. While this is the first fan I acquired of 2026, this will be my next project fan. This fan has: -Included Gloss Rosewood/Gloss Oak blades, blade arms pitched at 14 degrees -140x30mm Kontrust K55-type motor with 4/5 blade rubber flywheel -Included bowl light kit that from June of 2005 that was added around 2005 - 2006. -3 speed pullchain with PC board, electrically reversible
NEW FAN: 52" Forever Fan "KT-9237" in Polished Brass from August of 1992. Acquired it from Craigslist for free last month. There was also a Harbor Breeze Whitestar fan that I didn't care to pick it up. Came 100% complete other than the screws for the canopy that I have spares.
42" Hampton Bay Littleton at Multnomah Antiques mounted near a slope ceiling with a reflector bulb.
This fan was somehow listed to be in "Oregon City, OR". However, the seller who gave me the address to pick it up actually lives in Vancouver, WA where I had to pick it up in said Vancouver, WA. It had its blades installed when it was removed, but I had a screwdriver on hand with me to take the blades off for not only ease of transport, but to prevent accidental warpage to the flywheel. The W11 control was still on the wall, so I had to remove it. Typical sellers who aren't experienced with fans will most (if not all) of the time leave the control on the wall and/or toss it out, making the fan useless unless it's converted to a different control system. It also has a slimmer switch housing and bearing noise. Bearings will be replaced. Being a common fan, I mainly go for the uncommon and/or rare finishes along with lesser common blade set and/or glassware. Being in Bright Copper/Bright Brass, I knew I had to acquire it, and I'm glad I secured on acquiring such a common fan in a less common finish. This fan has: -B565 Gloss Walnut blades, blade arms pitched at 14 degrees -140x25mm Emerson K55 with 4/5 blade rubber flywheel (seems like it would've had a 5 blade only rubber flywheel at some point, but was later replaced given the 2 retaining rings on top of the shaft) -Included 3 light fitter with G414 glass. Light kit has cloth wiring with the striped wire as the neutral and a solid wire hot that has yet to be frayed -6 speed InteliTouch control with RMM3 board, electrically reversible
NEW FAN: 50" Casablanca Panama 5 (Gallery Edition) Design Series in Bright Brass/Bright Copper from April 23, 1988. Was the 34th fan made on that day. Came 100% complete.
2 60" Casa Vieja Turbina fans at Village Frame and Gallery. At one point, they originally had White/Polished Brass Hampton Bay Redington II or III fans, but had since been replaced between 2015 - 2016.
3 52" Hunter 1930's Originals at Midway Historic Public House. The one further away has a bent blade, and the one closer seems to be missing one thumbscrew for the cover assembly on the light kit. The canopy inserts would normally be Chrome from factory, but had since been painted over in Black.
Based on the canopy design, 2 people stated they're Shi Chen fans.
3 52" Unknown GE Vent fans at Annie Bloom's Books.
Both are electrically reversible and have bearing noise. While I didn't really plan on acquiring the Huntington III albeit I got it anyways because it was free and a childhood fan of mine, I'm really happy to acquire another Homestead since I plan to use the Whisperfan III for my brother's bedroom and add a light kit on. Albeit I'm looking for a shorter downrod and a bell canopy for it if anyone is willing to part with.
Huntington III uses a 5 blade only 153x18mm, 12 degree blade pitch with reversible White/Bleached Oak blades, 4 light kit w/alabaster shades that can be removed, ball and socket mount with 3" downrod that can be flushmounted, and triple-capacitor setup with speed capacitors operating the speeds. It was missing setscrews for the downrod, clevis, and cotter pin that I got replacements, broken canopy ring that I replaced, broken Shine Top light chain replaced with Zing Ear 109, original TFFN or THHN lead wires cut near the downrod coupler replaced with standard PVC wires (not oil-bath so it's not a big deal), drifting 4.5uf capacitor that I replaced (may up it to a 5uf), and Wu Pin LJY280A replaced with Zing Ear 268S6 since the contact in the L terminal doesn't want the wire stay in place upon replacing the lead wires. This fan likely replaced something cooler like another Homestead. A house I've been to as a kid had a White Huntington III flushmounted.
Huntington III uses a 5 blade only 153x18mm, 12 degree blade pitch with reversible White/Bleached Oak blades, 4 light kit w/alabaster shades that can be removed, ball and socket mount with 3" downrod that can be flushmounted, and triple-capacitor setup with speed capacitors operating the speeds. It was missing setscrews for the downrod, clevis, and cotter pin that I got replacements, broken canopy ring that I replaced, broken Shine Top light chain replaced with Zing Ear 109, original TFFN or THHN lead wires cut near the downrod coupler replaced with standard PVC wires (not oil-bath so it's not a big deal), drifting 4.5uf capacitor that I replaced (may up it to a 5uf), and Wu Pin LJY280A replaced with Zing Ear 268S6 since the contact in the L terminal doesn't want the wire stay in place upon replacing the lead wires. This fan likely replaced something cooler like another Homestead. A house I've been to as a kid had a White Huntington III flushmounted.
Whisperfan III uses a GE 5KCP39CG K55-type motor w/6 blade only metal flywheel, 12 degree blade pitch with B038 Oak blades, ball and socket slope ceiling canopy w/spiral downrod, 3-way Leviton fan/light/fan + light with speeds operated by an on/off cardboard variable speed control. Like Hunter for the light wire, it has a black/white stripe wire for the fan since there's a black wire inside the switch housing for the capacitor. This fan was covered with paint splatters, so I cleaned it off with Simple Green (still need to do the same for the canopy and downrod), gave WD-40 for the pullchain as it was a bit stiff, and also took some finish off the blades that can be fixed with Old English. Stupid me though I can clean the screws with hydrogen preoxide, but didn't go well. Oh well, it's fine. May replace the screws to make it look nicer.
NEW FANS: 52" Hampton Bay Huntington III in White/Polished Brass manufactured by Air Cool in May of 2002 and 38" Homestead Whisperfan III in Antique Brass c. early 1980s from Facebook Marketplace for free. Was listed as "scrap metal", but I didn't let the scrappers go for the Whisperfan III.
Archive photos from 8/29/2024: 50/52" Modern Fan Company Cirrus (Short) in study room 128 at a community college library in the Southeast Campus. One of the earlier Cirrus (Short) fans to use a GE skeletal K55XL-type motor prior to the motor change to DC in December of 2018.
Archive photos from 9/9/2024: 48" Canarm CP48D1XN Industrials at Pambiche and 52" Westinghouse Contractor's Choice at a Yoga Studio. They also had a 60" Harbor Breeze Saratoga inside Pambiche that got replaced by a 60" Canarm CP60DW1XN, but I didn't realize they had another fan inside.
2 52" Minka Aire Kewl fans at Prost. This place opened in 2009, and the fans were added in late-2016.
The fan on the left has the worst bearings, original light socket, blades painted to match up the wood finish, all blade arms in tact, and a bent top plate. The one on the right has better bearings, replacement light socket, generic blade arm with a replacement blade since the owner's roommate broke a blade arm most likely, and a top plate that didn't get bent. Both of them still have bad bearings and will need to be replaced. For whatever reason, the light kit hot wire is connected to the black fan hot wire that's also connected to the red wire to the pullchain in position L from factory.
Uses a 4 blade only Laguna motor (approximately 200mm motor diameter)
NEW FANS: 2 52" SMC Emperors in Chrome from December of 1981 from Facebook Marketplace in a 1934 house. Has a schoolhouse light kit (no globes present), J-hook mounting with bell canopy, 3 speed pullchain, and electrically reversible.
52" Big Ass Fan Haiku L in the entrance between Nuveri and Old Town Florist.
42" Unknown GE Vent, 52" Westinghouse Torino/Riviera, and Encon/Westinghouse Odyssey at Sunlan Lighting.
Happy National Ceiling Fan Day to everyone!
52" Forever Fan "KT-9237" in White from August of 1992. One of the worst K55-type bearing replacements I've ever encountered with. Replaced the original 10uf start capacitor with a new one as the original one was drifting. Overall, I'm still happy with how the repair turned out.
2 36" Minka Aire Gyrettes at Sizzle Pie.
60" Fanimation Enigma Ceiling Fan w/188x18mm motor at Bluemercury. Before Bluemercury, it used to be an Adidas shop, then House of Lolo before they moved locations, and now Bluemercury.
2 50/52" Modern Fan Company Cirrus (Short) fans at The Fresh Pot. One of the earlier Cirrus fans to use a GE K55-type motor prior to the motor change to a skeletal K55XL-type in the early to mid-2010s and to DC in December of 2018.
NEW FAN: 52" Casablanca California Zephyr in Gloss Black from February 13, 1991. Was the 436th fan made on that day. When the seller listed the fan 4 weeks ago, it originally was $50 until it became free.
8 48" Modern Fan Company Velos in room 218A at a tutoring center in the west side campus of the community college. Sadly, they're on Lutron Skylark dimmers only made for lights. One of the earlier Velo fans to use a GE skeletal K55XL-type motor prior to the motor change to DC in July of 2018.
8 48" Modern Fan Company Velos in room 218 at a tutoring center in the west side campus of the community college. One of the earlier Velo fans to use a GE skeletal K55XL-type motor prior to the motor change to DC in July of 2018.
4 48" Modern Fan Company Velos in room 216 at a tutoring center in the west side campus of the community college. One of the earlier Velo fans to use a GE skeletal K55XL-type motor prior to the motor change to DC in July of 2018.
Revisiting 4 48" Modern Fan Company Velos with GE skeletal K55XL-type motors in room 214 in a classroom at the west side campus of the community college.
Revisiting 4 48" Modern Fan Company Velos with GE skeletal K55XL-type motors in room 212 in a classroom at the west side campus of the community college. Plus, I was able to get a peek at one of the Velo's motor to prove that it uses a K55-type motor.
Replaced the 5uf start capacitor as the old one was reading 4.75uf and had a spare 5uf capacitor that read 4.98uf.
For no good reason, they used plastic socket rings from factory that got brittle overtime. So I swapped them out with aluminum rings for better rigidity.
52" Hunter Infiniti in White from the 2nd quarter of 1993. Added a downrod by myself since I like to show downrod fans with its downrod whenever possible. Spruced it up with a Hunter cased light kit as it was missing the switch cap, but also replaced all the socket rings.
