Bill Dunlap Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Thanks to Louis and his generosity, I now have a big Verity's. I have a couple of the little guys, but this is my first large orbit fan. I ended up restoring it because it appeared to me to have been restored at some point. It was in pretty good condition aside from the paint and covered in a thick layer of deposits of some kind. Under the crust, the chrome looks nearly new, so nothing has bee rechromed, included the screws. The rubber feet and grommets were nice enough to re-use after soaking in AFT overnight to soften them. A note of caution for anyone going to restore one of these. The paint is near indestructible and withstood soaking in paint remover and my torch. Only soaking in lacquer thinner got it soft enough to remove with a wire wheel. That was a whole day stripping paint. I manage to nail the color with powder coat from Prismatic Powders, also. The speed label I made on my computer. It runs rather slow, I think, even though there is no drag on the parts, it ohms out OK and draws about 10% over the rated wattage. I think it's down to 50 vs 60 cycles. No worries, though, as 16 inch fans typically run too fast to use in my place. So after it warmed up to a crisp 63 degrees this morning, I made a short video of it. Cheers, Bill 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Valencheck Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Beautifull work Bill and a great job on the video!👍👍 I have the same fan as you do but there are slight differences . Mine is in brass as yours is in nickel. Mine is 60 cycles, 220vac, yours is 50 cycles , 230/250vac. Mine is stamped V1, yours V12. Mine is supposed to run at 1300rpm, yours 1200rpm. Both were made at the same plant. Louis also helped me out with parts and you had made a brass strut for it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Lindsey Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 My 16" also runs slow or at least slower than other fans. 20220827_192455.mp4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Kelly Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 A bucket list fan for me for sure. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kilnapp Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 For me also, Steve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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