Russ Huber Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, Sean Campbell said: Guess we may never know what it is for certain, but it really makes me wonder about that 1905 ish AC Lundell... Sprague announces in 05 in American Electrician no changes from what was announced in 04 electrical trade. Edited March 22, 2022 by Russ Huber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 My bet is this rebadged GE was Sprague's early AC offering in swivel-trunnion. Rare Circa 1901 Sprague Electric Company AC Pancake Fan in Working Condition (antiques1000.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) This may explain the removal of the brushed Lundell AC fan motor for the 1903 fan motor season. My bet is the newly absorbed Sprague Electric Co. in 02 removed the AC Lundell for the 03 season and eventually replaced it with the GE cake shortly after. Edited March 22, 2022 by Russ Huber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Trier Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Just replying to the cage being steel. It's a dead match to the same in brass. The little wrap around wires on the front ring are kind of unique to Sprague/Lundell. Here's a fan you'd never expect to see with a steel blade and a steel cage, but that's what it has. Steel and steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 6 hours ago, Russ Huber said: My bet is this rebadged GE was Sprague's early AC offering in swivel-trunnion. The coolest Spraguelogo badge for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Campbell Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 15 hours ago, Jeff Whitfield said: Did you get that out of Pennsylvania? Jeff, I did not. Sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Sean, what is the story behind the fan? You bought it from someone, what did that someone have to say about the history of your fan in question? Is there holes in the base column where a tag would have been? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Campbell Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 23 hours ago, Russ Huber said: Sean, what is the story behind the fan? You bought it from someone, what did that someone have to say about the history of your fan in question? Is there holes in the base column where a tag would have been? I know very little about it other than the original seller said it had been restored by a club member in the past. I could enquire more on it. I will also check the base this weekend for holes from the inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Though I've found no sign of it having been so... have to wonder if legal threat made the beauteous first Sprague badge disappear... Reminiscent of G.E. dingbats at the ends of the Sprague banner... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Steve Rockwell said: Reminiscent of G.E. dingbats at the ends of the Sprague banner... Dingbats?I've always called 'emperipheral swooshes. Link to old forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.