A very powerful vintage electric fan

[MrGeekGnome]

"Insert Finger Here" LOL

[matkovicha]

Since these are not the original blades, I wonder if the change in blade pitch is what is causing it to run so fast.

[Maxxarcade]

@matkovicha The RPM's are the same, it just gets up to speed faster than normal. The original blades were quieter and moved more air. Retrochad has a video of a very similar fan on a taller pedestal, that still has the original blades.

[TheOrbitfan]

u could push a boat with that

[mcdus78]

WTF! Who needs jet propulsion technology with this shit!

[STONECOLD1987]

I like the style of this old fashioned fan! Wow pretty powerful too, I've heard the old steel fans were much better than the plastic ones they make today. How much did this cost you by the way?

[Maxxarcade]

@STONECOLD1987 It's an old fan that I found at work. It's still being used here right now actually.

[STONECOLD1987]

@Maxxarcade That's great, the reason why I ask is because i'm planning on buying one soon

[tboltjohn]

Paper trail has whole new meaning.

[SeberHusky]

All the power of a 1/4 hp industrial fan.,..all at the convenience of your desktop!

[Maxxarcade]

@SeberHusky LOL, I can't imagine trying to do paperwork with this fan on my desk LOL.

I actually use it every day at work, and it blows random things off my bench from 30 feet away.

[SeberHusky]

@Maxxarcade

I'd love to have a fan like this! But I'd only pull it out on sweltering days. I think it would annoy me too much to use it daily! haha

[Dustron9000]

thats way to much power for a fan

[ravendj1]

WTF moter are you using a bloody jet engine

[BrentFan1981]

Woah! That thing goes from Zero-to-Oh Shit in about one second flat! The blade on there looks like it came off a Patton U2-20, so it's a 20-inch diameter blade. I have no doubt that it moves an insane amount of air. Thanks for posting!

[67tr876]

So update ? how is it today ? did you find the blade ?

[Maxxarcade]

@67tr876 Still using it at work. Haven't found the original blade yet.

Also saw a picture of the same model fan somewhere. It was originally black with a brass blade from what I can tell.

[67tr876]

@Maxxarcade Nice nice well am sure you will find a good blade soon but its fine just the why it is. you Know i kind of have the same thing going on with a exhuast fan i have it has a 12 inch blade with a 1/4hp motor on it and that thing is nuts ! I have yet to built a frame but i might sell it do to i now have a dayton and its to dam load !

[RavishingRedheadd]

be careful.dont want a fire lol.is that the orginal cord? or was it re -wired?

[Maxxarcade]

@RavishingRedheadd Not sure, but it's been running like that for decades. Some day I hope to replace the cord, but I'd rather find the proper blade for it first.

[GMTecano]

what

the

fuck



[Maxxarcade]

@MrCryptica82 Did you see the close-up video of it? It's right next to me at work right now. Keeps the whole shop cool :-)

I really wish I could find the original blade. It would move even more air.

[XANDERXXZ]

Put a suasage in it.

[METALLICA1024]

dude that sounds like a fuckin industrial fan!!!

[gatrwrks]

I think it is a Patton.

[KiingOfSwag]

I Want One

[haz939]

I would pay you to stick your hand thourgh the grill haha!!

[MSNIMSM]

That makes my whole collection put together look like shit,

I had seen people bolt bigger motors simular to that one on old box fans, ususally increacing the power by a 1000%.

[Maxxarcade]

Back when I first found this fan, I actually put a box fan blade on it to test the motor.  It was ridiculous...

[MSNIMSM]

Lol I would loved to see that.

[DJKhaosTheory]

Look at those wires, doubt it ever got UL approval. ;) 1/6 HP is your speed.

[loismustdietonight]

LOL @ "Off & Hurricane"

It scared me, even!

[AcaAllertor127]

this could be a Dayton circulator but i think its homemade

[MrMoterKid]

WOW! does it have variable speeds or just one speed?

[Maxxarcade]

Just one speed.  If it had a switch, it would probably say "Off" and "Hurricane" :-)

[timothy1573]

@Maxxarcade Can you convert the plug to a us 3.0 5 volts?

[blacksnowkat]

0:34 = torque power

[kasp9451]

hmm wonder what is going to happen if you put your fingers in there hehehe

[uxwbill]

That fan can really get things moving. I'd be somewhat afraid of it too. My guess is that's been someone's homemade creation.

The motor on that thing actually has a start winding, and it's a centrifugal switch that you hear clicking as the run windings come on.

Typically that's only found on motors designed for heavier work--so no wonder it's a heck of a fan! Don't stick it to your house, you might find yourself flying!

[del20nd]

You could cut your grass with that thing! Or maybe your firewood even.

[steviebboy69]

i have a large pedestal fan with a large motor of similar size. i think you have a similar fan in another video. its powerfull and the airflow is amazing.

would be scary to use this fan as a bedside fan in the summer.

[locohog91]

holy hell thats powerfull

[guitargamery]

perfect for the computer i have one in the side much more powerful of any pc fan.trying to find guys here in youtube that use one in the pc and i just cant find no one and my god is the smartest ideia ever i have quadrocore-3,4ghz-4gbram-1tbhd­-mb p5kc-geforce2gb and god my cpu or the grafic card are always below40degres if i am playing games like call of duty4and5 crysis left4dead etc etc, and if i am not playing just using normal software,the temp is about 15-20 degrees.noise?not to much really

[thekindoneofpersia]

to be honest i dont think that a risk of death by fan is worth some cool air.

[Maxxarcade]

Safety standards were not very high back then, but people were smarter too. In fact, the earliest fans did not have any grilles at all. People knew not to stay too close when they were running.

[1944johndeerel]

were'nt grills on eary fans more to protect the fragile blades from damage more than to stop fingers????

[Maxxarcade]

I don't think I've ever seen fragile blades on an older fan unless they were very poorly maintained. In fact, the very first ones had no grilles at all.

[NathanH5]

You are correct! The early guards were meant to protect the fan blades. Todaze restrictive OSHA guards cut way down on air blown and increase the blade noise immensely. I cut down an OSHA guard for a friend, removing about four fifths of the little grill-bars in a decorative fashion. The fan put out tons more air and was very quiet!

[1944johndeerel]

i knew it! why else would they hav had guards, obviosly not to protect fingers!

[Ritchiemomitchie]

I like it, I want one, know a guy who should walk into one.

[moonraiser63]

I agree with everything you are saying.

[mboltonjr]

Blade looks more 18" than 16.

[lpattiann]

powerful hahahahahah i have a dayton wall mount exhaust fan that is 36 inch and 1 hp motor if you put your fan in front of mine it would either ripe the grill off or tip your fan over in 2 seconds or put your hair in a weird shape because it is 5200 cfm

[Maxxarcade]

I want one of those :-) I'm thinking of getting a 48 inch belt drive fan and putting a 1HP pool pump motor on it that runs at 3600RPM.

[mboltonjr]

LOLOL! You'd burn the belt off that thing.

[mboltonjr]

We took down a couple of ceiling mounted restaurant furnaces, from the 1970s, a couple of years ago. The blowers each had 1 HP split phase motors on them. The belts looked paper thin. Hard to believe they lasted so long.

[Maxxarcade]

Stuff was built to last back then. I actually prefer to maintain and use the older stuff instead of replacing it when possible.

[NYz3R0dAY]

lol u'll send it flying...i had enough modifying my 1997 Breezen Desk fan with a 20' pedestal fan motor and a 16' 5 bladed propeller and the fan blew out a lot of air...sadly, it fell off and the motor screwed up, so i threw it out months later after giving up hope to finding another powerful motor

[mboltonjr]

Good exaggeration there but not quite.

A 36" fan wouldn't have anywhere near the blade RPM for that to happen.  You also have to consider the weight factor.

[gaznlukeybmfl]

i know its powerfull cause i can hear the wind but can it moveheavy objects

[Nasty0suicide]

Lfmao that must be loud.

[Maxxarcade]

See the video of it close up :-)

[hurleyboi8787]

I have no idea what this could be, perhaps a FASCO motor? I wouldnt know, but it does move a lot of air.

[Vladpryde]

Jesus Almighty dude! I'd love to see additional videos of this fan. I think, one of the main reasons that it moves so much air, is not just the power of the motor, but perhaps the fact that you put a High Velocity blade on. Definitely a good move, lol!

[vanni9283]

It like turns on instantaneously!

[Maxxarcade]

Ya, it almost tips over sideways when it starts up to :-)

I'm thinking of making a better video of this fan soon.

[humantestdummy]

strap that too your car it mught lift off the ground

[Trance88]

Man! That sucker has a lot of torque!

[hboyce4]

these fans were very safe for childs

[Maxxarcade]

Probably why this was a commercial/industrial fan. Then again, a lot of appliances from the past were not child safe.

[popmomcorn]

i smell westinghouse

[hurleyboi8787]

Holy crap that would be a finger chopper

[thecity552]

where did you get that fan

[Maxxarcade]

Found it in a junk pile at work a few years ago. I wish I had the original blade for it.

[brad135642]

I would shit if I was anywhere near that thing.

[Stereoflip63]

oh yeah the blades look like the blades my middle school has on there new Dayton fans in the lunch room

[Stereoflip63]

i agree with EmersonCollie its a Dayton fan but i also see Whirl Winds and Berns Air Kings like this

[EmersonCollie]

I forgot to say. That is an old Dayton fan. Nice find. :)

[hdyudu]

inore the 0 i pit at the end my last comment

i did not mean to do that.

[EmersonCollie]

That blade on the fan looks like a Patton fan blade. The original blades for that fan are three round shaped blades. Think of a three leave clover. I remember those fans well.

[Maxxarcade]

I think you're right, I did see it with the original blade years ago. It was rusted and cracked in several places, so we didn't dare use it like that. The blade got removed for repair and never got put back on.  It likely got thrown away.

[hdyudu]

what brand name is the blade set is it revcor

or fasco?

[mboltonjr]

You're right... it's a Patton fan blade. I used a blade from a 20" Patton fan (burnt motor) on a 1/4th HP window fan (a converted Sears & Robuck Hobart belt drive) when the hub became lose. Eventually came across a Morrison blade on eBay and it's so much quieter...less motor noise through the blades.

Patton blade was nice though.

[hdyudu]

patton fans use revcor or fasco branded blade

sets.0

[mboltonjr]

No they don't... Patton manufactures their own blades.

And I know Revcor doesn't because they stamp their name on each blade. I have installed many Revcor fan blades on condenser units over many years.

And I thought Fasco made motors...never knew they made blades.

[mboltonjr]

It isn't Patton anymore though... It's Holmes Air.

[uxwbill]

(Yeah, I know it is a year later...)

Fasco used to sell some complete fans...they used to have bathroom exhaust fans and box fans. I've got a video of my fan collection where a Fasco box fan shows up if you are interested in seeing it.

[speedyc395]

Damn!! And how fast that thing started up... wow. That is awesome.

At my old job, which was at a power substation transformer factory, there were a bunch of 60s vintage fans that were used on radiators for cooling the transformers. There was this one that was only about 18", ran about the same speed as yours, and mounted on a cart with wheels. If you didn't put something there to stop the cart from moving, it would literally take off!! It would move backwards at a pretty fast pace.

[hdyudu]

it sounds like my table saw starting up by the

way i saw those substaion transformer cooling fans

[Vladpryde]

They sell them on Ebay if you look around. I would love to have one someday.

[hdyudu]

good for those summers.