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Westinghouse in 1921 for the first time announced the use of a DULL BLACK finish on the fan and blade to make it less obtrusive. Especially when the fan is oscillating in the sunlight. Shiny brass was no longer in favor for a few fan manufacturers. The 30s Emerson AC seen below is factory finish.

OK Boys and girls, the saga continues....Replacement capacitors have arrived so here are the stats: I have disconnected the three head wires and checked resistance of the windings and isolate the speed coil. A-B = 130 ohms A-C = 37 B-C = 130 No direct short or open was evident but I expected one of the 130 ohm windings to be in the low 200's. Hmmmm Caps tried individually and current draw recorded. With original 2.7 mfd cap = 1.34 amp against a .60 amp on the data plate Tried a 2.5, 3.0, 5.0 and .15 mfd with only about a .1 variance in currrent draw. Switching wires around actually produced an acceptable current draw of .42 amp only the motor did not start and run. Even spinning the blades would not bring her to life. So the only way it would run is back to original wiring diagram, high current draw and hot motor. Recommenations? Anyone have an APG stump laying around? Terry

Elise, Not sure what you mean by "main shaft seems misaligned". Looks like the plastic blade is slightly wonky. (technical term) but if the motor shaft were bent the fan would likely be walking all over the table. Yes, could be a bit too much end play but that is not terminal or critical to operation. Congratulations on your first fan but do realize these things have a tendency to multiply.

A friend saw my 48" American Coolair fan videos and had to have one.... He found one on Marketplace several hours from me. When I went to get it, I discovered it was a massive 54" model! It is huge! The motor was bad so I found a vintage GE Triclad 2 HP motor on Marketplace as well. The video is in several parts. Hope you enjoy watching as I clean up the fan, inspect and refurbish the motor, customize the control box the new owner sent me, and finally put it all together. This is a full variable speed three-phase VFD driven fan. A serious piece of industrial machinery! As you can tell, I like the really big fans. They make me happy! Sincerely, David

But Hey! I still have a Cone Base Meston!!!!

Very fine sandpaper. We (including you) actually discussed this commutator dressing subject on a post not that long ago. 🙂

Wow. Can’t believe they say to use sandpaper on the commutator while running. Lol. You wouldn’t dare read that on instructions today.

That would take more than your over the calf Dickies and Nikes. Your Rolex and Honda ride would go part of the deal for that one.

Hahahahaha...... I sold them all to buy a Cone Base Meston!!!

Anthony, are you spending so much on fans you can't afford socks and shoes? 🙂

Good to know that's how it was originally done!

I would say definitely not original since it lists specific AC models and wouldn't include pertinent instructions for brush inspection and maintenance. But I guess Chris Campbell could weigh in

You're right! There's actually a remnant of a rubber foot in one of the base holes.

Possibly lifted and transplanted from an actual ac emmy? Was the fan unmolested when you got it?

Enjoy.

Hi all, after lubricating my (late 70s?) Superlectric I set it up for a spin down timing and realized the main shaft seems slightly misaligned. I'm comfortable doing basic cleaning and oiling, but I don't know enough about this to tell if it's perfectly normal or a cause for concern down the road. I'm thinking it's a manufacturing variance well within tolerance, and it doesn't look or sound like the rotor itself is loose in any way. I didn't notice that it was slightly off when the cover was on. This is the first fan I bought since moving out years ago, so I'm trying to keep things working until forever if possible. Thank you for reading, see video attached IMG_5006.mov

Need my sunglasses for that beauty! It might catch me staring at it! Geo...

Wow. Awesome.

Thanks for all the nice comments and likes ! Marc pointed out that the video shows 29648 and 1930.I was doing the 48 at the same time and must have got confused.It is a 29646 1928.I may correct later. I may keep this one a while or until I get another 12” Emerson of this era .Its the only one I have. I will have the 23648 video coming soon.Its 3 + hrs away in its new home.Thats just down the road in Texas.Stans one of my neighbors 3+ hrs the other direction.

They have got to be able to hold 50+ pounds and match. Hardware stores haven't had anything that I have seen. I will see if Grand brass has anything that fits the bill.

24046 bottom but the instructions are for AC Current.

Agree with Larry. On 24 series I've seen some metal plates used vs. the fiber boards but they did not cover the entire bottom. They were flat, no rolled up edge like on the later models and covered mainly the area underneath of which the fiber one covered previously. .........Dan H.

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