Zero electric 1265R desk fan

[Daniel Herczeg]

I was visiting some family in Pennsylvania this weekend, and a neighbor gave me this fan. He said that he got it for “next to nothing” from “a guy”, but it’s in near perfect condition, the only issues it has being a dented grille, a small chip in the paint, and very little oil.

[Steve Butler]

Nothing beats getting a clean little fan for the price marked on the badge!  

[Daniel Herczeg]

I’m not sure what you count as “little”, but that’s actually a 10 inch fan.

[Russ Huber]

54 minutes ago, Daniel Herczeg said:

I’m not sure what you count as “little”, but that’s actually a 10 inch fan.

WoW, 10"! There isn't a wrinkle in any of the wings. The fan would clean up very nice. wrap two/three fingers around the inside of the wire bend and carefully pull it out back into shape.

[James Lawson]

Looks like a very low mileage fan. Although I've never particularly cared for the Zero fans, I wouldn't turn one this nice down, especially for free.

[Daniel Herczeg]

I think I’ve learned that lesson too. Both this desk fan and my Zero box fan have this odd motor noise that sounds almost like a low-pitch steel drum.

[Daniel Herczeg]

Here is some footage of it running. Lighting is thanks to a manual-start fluorescent car light I got.

[Daniel Herczeg]

I opened the fan to try to investigate why the motor got extremely hot with only a few minutes of operation. I didn’t find anything, but that’s a pretty good looking motor!

[Daniel Herczeg]

It just occurred to me how nice the inside of my fan is. I don't think paper tape holds up that well, and the twine isn't frayed or weak at all. The wire caps, which I believe to be original, aren't cracked or worn, and the inside of the fan isn't very greasy or even very dusty.

[Christian Kasprzyk]

I just brought a ZERO home for my friend’s mom who wanted an old fan. Said I would get it since I know values and I could get it for basically nothing. Anyways, I discovered the same thing with it, it runs pretty hot after a short time. I think it just has to do with these being pretty cheap fans. These were in literally no means the best at all.