old Elcon exhaust fan

[DJelectfire]

Beautiful fan.... are the blades solid brass? Also am I the only one thinking that is would be at home in a steampunk/ industrial decorated house?

[zapper067]

That sounds like a train in openbve

[Squarerig]

This is the prototype of the new electrically-powered aircraft!

[ryanfish91]

that is one great fan. where did u get it?

[V8Jagnut]

@ryanfish91 side of the road.

[teflondon91]

@V8Jagnut why would someone leave for dead, a perfectly good fan like that

[jaquan123ism]

Instant hair cutter

[ImUrtastyflava]

can a find a 20 inch fan that produces 15 mph of wind speed?

[BrentAudi]

What a beauty! Was this for a kitchen?

[cidoXL]

Its so cute :)

[TheCoolmaster100]

Brad, what did you do to remove the paint from the blades?.

[V8Jagnut]

@TheCoolmaster100 i think steel wool and brasso. man that was a long time ago.lol

[roybo1930]

I have a friend who has one of these! his was made in 1916. I`m guessing this one was made the same year or a little later. These fans were made up until 1928 with brass blades, By the 30s & 40s this type of fan was made a lot lighter in construction.

[V8Jagnut]

@roybo1930 cool. thanks for the info.

[uxwbill]

Wow...it also looks to be very well balanced! Not bad for something found on the side of the road.

[V8Jagnut]

@uxwbill yer it was a nice find but it take a lot of work to get the blades that nice.

[isethaitchison]

what year??

[V8Jagnut]

@isethaitchison i think around the 30's-40's.

[isethaitchison]

pretty fast...barely any pitch on the blades.

[V8Jagnut]

@isethaitchison yer thats the way they were back then.

[triton115]

The blades look like brass. Are they brass?

[V8Jagnut]

yer id say so

[BeedieMobility]

nice balance on that fan !

[V8Jagnut]

yep. i should get it out and give it a run.. its been 9 months according to this.lol

[VintageSkiDooRacer1]

thats a nice one

[V8Jagnut]

thanks. good to see your back.

[Davidsfarm]

because it has aluminum end caps, could be made in the 30's or 40's, older ones were cast iron.

[V8Jagnut]

thanks for watching. wow you are good at this. that's still a old fan. i have a lot of fans.lol

[TheCoolmaster100]

I like that Elcon fan are you going to get a box made for it and make into a box fan? you could with it and it would be powerful. I would like to find that model fan. because its a really old fan compared to my fans.

[V8Jagnut]

this fan is nice. i was thinking of making a stand for it. or i could sell it. what do you think its worth?

[TheCoolmaster100]

It could be worth between $30 or $50. but I would keep it because they arnt a common fan and just paint the motor cover & support bars and the ring it is in a nice cobalt blue.But if you wanted to sell it thats your desision.

[TheCoolmaster100]

It could be worth past $60 to

[V8Jagnut]

i will keep it and do it up. i like old things. if i gave you the modal No could you find out how old it is? some one say it could be 1920. could it be that old?

[TheCoolmaster100]

Yes I will post the model number and I will see what I can decifer from it.

[V8Jagnut]

cool. its 16 inch wide. Elcon.

Type. HPAK3/2

Volts. 230 50Hz 60watt 1260RPM

No. BE.

Made in. Melburn Australia.

thats all it has on it. and its about 25Kg

[TheCoolmaster100]

I couldnt decifer it but I guess it could be made between 1900 /1929 or 1930 any of the early nineteens

[V8Jagnut]

so it could be 80 -110 years old. wow thats old. i would think it was from 20's or 30's.

[TheCoolmaster100]

I think it could be made between 1918 or 1930 now I think about it more

[V8Jagnut]

yer. it could not be older than that.

[GtotheC88]

good thing you found that. that fans is really cool

[tmnt220]

You should call it the finger eater lol!!! Better watch the fingers around the blades yikes! haha.

[V8Jagnut]

lol

[alan4391]

so what age is she then any idears !

[V8Jagnut]

i would think 30's or 40'.

[1944johndeerel]

id say teens or 20's! it is definatly not 40's

[V8Jagnut]

yer i have no idea

[1944johndeerel]

ive been collecting fans for years now and that definently looks like teens or

20's to me. i say the older the better so thats a good find!

[V8Jagnut]

it is nice. old fans are the best.

[coolbluelights]

Nice job polishing the blades!

[V8Jagnut]

thanks. some dick Had painted them red.