Bejon A. Boranian Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 ...it sparkles, hologram like! š¤ Short video shows the effect. I've seen variants of the hologram "UL" sticker, each may show a differentĀ hidden pattern... Ā Ā VID_20240209_152355.3gp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejon A. Boranian Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 Fans, as found: Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejon A. Boranian Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 ...Closer look, wires damaged, paper used as insulator: Still works, but cord probably needs replaced for safety... Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejon A. Boranian Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 This Sanyo is Japan made for USA market. (A very similar model is made in Mexico, also for USA market). ...Although, most of those have the gold cage with transparent badge. Mine has silver cage with chrome badge... Runs the very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejon A. Boranian Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 Lastly, a quite odd one: PATTON, 12" oscillator. Made by TATUNG/Standard of Taiwan. Mostly metal. Heavy and is my most powerful 12" vintage fan. Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejon A. Boranian Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 More... Note: Speeds are as follows: 1= High Speed, 2= Med, 3= Low... Most fans have it the other way around... "Patton Electric..... Fort Wayne Indiana..." It should also be noted: I've seen PATTON as: A Sanyo, A KDK, And now most recently, a TATUNG/Standard.... š¤š¤ Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Kasprzyk Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I have both the large and small Kool Operator from Lakewood. For what you would expect to be an all plastic piece of garbage, they blow you out of the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Zapf Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I HAVE 2 OF THE LARGE KOOL OPERATORS AND WE USED THEM FOR OUTDOOR SERVICES AT CHURCH , SAFETY FROM SHOCKS, BUT ALSO GOOD BREEZE MOVERS WHICH IS A SURPRISE FROM PLASTIC AND YOU DONT KILL YOURSELF HAULING THEM IN AND OUT ...BEJON WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED?Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejon A. Boranian Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 On 2/10/2024 at 3:15 PM, Christian Kasprzyk said: I have both the large and small Kool Operator from Lakewood. For what you would expect to be an all plastic piece of garbage, they blow you out of the water. ...They are great summer time air movers, however they're kinda loud when running... šµ Makes me wonder if Lakewood needed a better more aerodynamic blade...š¤ ... 10 hours ago, Tom Zapf said: I HAVE 2 OF THE LARGE KOOL OPERATORS AND WE USED THEM FOR OUTDOOR SERVICES AT CHURCH , SAFETY FROM SHOCKS, BUT ALSO GOOD BREEZE MOVERS WHICH IS A SURPRISE FROM PLASTIC AND YOU DONT KILL YOURSELF HAULING THEM IN AND OUT ...BEJON WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED?Ā ...I'm located in Arizona (near Mesa/Tempe border). Brought this one home today: It says it's a "Kool Operator" but looks way newer. Perhaps a last run? š¤ PICS: Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejon A. Boranian Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 ...oh dear...Ā I do believe I'm missing something... ...still works!Ā š Ā TRIM_20240215_185635.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Kasprzyk Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 That is indeed the last run of Kool Operator from the early to mid 2000s, they are still reasonable fans but nothing like the older ones. What is interesting is that for some of the time that this was made, they also made this(See fan on left), the WC2000. Which is exactly like a Kool Operator, I have a final year Kool Operator, and a first year WC2000 and they have the same performance. However, earlier Kool Operators will still beat them as in 1997 they switched to brace blades and smaller motors. They should have called the WC2000 the Kool Operator and called the 5 blade the WC2000. Why they didn't, I have no idea. The Kool operator you have shows up rather frequently but the WC2000 is rather uncommon it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Zapf Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 OKĀ THANK YOU, MY TWO KOOL OPERATORSĀ ARE THE BLACK 7 BLADERS ON THE RIGHT ... GOOD DEALĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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