Galaxy Box Fan On Steroids!! High Velocity FAN NOW!

[fargeeks]

i like to see you install a 3 metal blade on it or a old 7 blade set and see how it will bring out the potental of these old designs

[SaGalv]

Comes misconception with induction motors, like the one this fan uses, is that cranking up the voltage will make it spin faster. Due too how induction motors operate, you may be able to possibly yeild more overall power and torque out of the motor with a higher voltage (while sacrificing motor life, ofcourse) however the freqency of the AC power entering the motor is the only way to change the actual shaft speed, short of rewinding the entire motor for a different speed.

[Boxfan2008]

@SaGalv What I Had Done Was Use A Fan With A More Powerful Motor, And A Blade With Less Pitch, The Result Was A Box Fan That Runs About 40% Faster

[SaGalv]

@Boxfan2008 I know thats what you did...Just posting up info about how the speed in these type of motors can actually be varied.

[Daconthocon78]

Did you switch bladesets?

[Daconthocon78]

Wow! You don't need an industrial grade fan because you put that box on steroids.

[LottieSue]

How can I duplicate what you have done? Swap Blade sets? Not sure what that means - please enlighten me.

[Thepokeguy99]

You charged that motor up

[ZappingHero]

Wow! The steriods Galaxy box fan is REALLY powerful on high!

[DarkMan352]

i bet if thats on more than 30 minutes you house will be on fire

[Markworth]

I never really thought about the impact of changing the blades. I just tried dropping in an old Lakewood blade set on my early 2000s model Lasko. I had to chop out the grill over the hub but it works. Slower, but much higher pressure airflow. A lot better, I think.

[rhblakeman]

@SaturnOwner26 Yeah you get what you pay for - you buy Chinese from Walmart and you get tops 3 years out of the $30 fan. I bought a 1980 Patton for $50 10 yrs ago and it works like it did when I got it, 4 drops of electric motor oil at the beginning of each season. Was made in the US, all steel other than the controls.

[67tr876]

no no how can you put 220 ? you need to blacks and a white. you have like a 48 volt motor on that kicking high rpm's.

[Baraquiel62]

what did you do to it?, just crap and more crap..

[P51ride]

If you want a decent newer fan look for the Patton All metal fans

[Astromchaser]

Yeah. The fans that Lasko and Galaxy makes today unlike other fans if you accedently drop em, they'll break as well. The plastuc blade is sooo thin...that it will break.

[coondogtheman1234]

That's one bad ass fan it moves a ton of air I bet. I bet this one could blow over a cheap box fan. watch those blades I heard these new junkers the blades break easily.

[Boxfan2008]

I Used A Diffrent Blade Set. No Motor Modifications.

[MTLTV1765]

Did you swap bladesets?

[Boxfan2008]

Yep!

[daewooparts]

l.o.l. i was waiting for the blades to blow apart:P

[Astromchaser]

Imagion how much air would be blown if a 1st generation Lakewood blade set spun that fast.

[CoolasIce2]

220V

[triton115]

A few times, I ended up making fans on steroids by putting blades of discarded fans on a 3 horse power gasoline snowblower engine, all cases in which the fan blade shattered and sent pieces of plastic flying everywhere.

[NYz3R0dAY]

i mean the frame from a P-25 fan for his steroids galaxy. in fact i made a video response to his video :P

[aprilwill39]

try a ge moter box fan

[aprilwill39]

that galaxy box fan you got ther is cool but ihave a new galaxy box fan and it is nice

[MSNIMSM]

Ide like to see someone put a 1/4th of a hp motor in one of these.....

[NYz3R0dAY]

try using a toastmaster blade!!

[MSNIMSM]

Can't do it. I tried and the motor could barely drive it.

[NYz3R0dAY]

i suggest you get a P-25 metal box and install the Steroid Galaxy on it. then run it with the grilles on on all 3 speeds. also works with Lakewood RainGuard fans (last ones with the full sized boxes)

[Astromchaser]

You probably used a motor from a Lakewood p-25

[Astromchaser]

No dumbass its because the blades are so THIN. And they have hardly any pitch at all. My Braced Lakewood box fan burned out in 20 muinutes, so then i destroyed it.

[locohog91]

he jack ass i was makin fun of john brown . K? I HATE THE BRACE BLADED FANS SO FUCK YOU!

[locohog91]

The best kind of fan to buy is the braced bladed lakewood box fan. The brace on the blades helps them keep the blade pitch at high speeds. Therefore, they move more air than any other fan. My braced bladed Lakewood fan can cool my attic down 20 degrees in just 2 minutes

[Astromchaser]

No Dumbass its because the blades are so THIN. And they have hardly any pitch at all. My Braced Lakewood box fan burned out in 20 minutes, so then i destroyed it.

[naterade21]

is it the blades

[NYz3R0dAY]

you probably used a motor from a larger fan..

i did that once and i got my 1997 5 blade breezen fan on steroids!!!!!!!! it blew mad air and it sounded excatly like yours did!!!!!!

i replaced the original motor that was used in 16" fans and used a fan motor used in 20" fans and it ran on steroids!!!!

alternative: you might have switched the magnet/coils to the fan

[NYz3R0dAY]

i'm gonna attempt to do this to my eagle aire fan...once i find out what you did to it!!

[Jean2291]

Yeah that's what I toughed too. That you took an older motor/better quality/more torque and you put a cheap recent petal light weight blade on it. But I toughed that the motor was even older than 2003. Imagine somone puts one of those cheap blades on an old 1980s Lakweood motor.

[dburrigh]

Well, we'll see how well it lasts. I think the difference in motors is that your 03 model has a shaded pole motor while the newer fan has a weaker PSC motor. It would be interesting to see the motor coils in those as well, since your "super fan" seems to have a 4 pole motor (most boxfans have 6 pole motors for slower quieter running).

Keep in mind I'm not saying that PSC motors are weak in general, I tend to like them in fans because of their cool running efficiency.

Good luck w/it.

[vanni9283]

Low sounds like how high would normally sound like....lol!!!!

[JBlair1982]

I believe you're overloading the motor with electricity, and it will burn it out soon. If it doesn't burn the motor out soon, then the blades will break off due to the extreme air pressure and flexing. My main guess is that you are pushing more amps into the motor, but then you might has well replaced the bearings in the motor, and you oiled it with some type of oil.

[Boxfan2008]

To JBlair1982: What I Did Was Put On A Blade Set That Had Less Blade Pitch So It Cranked Out Like Crazy. Now I Got Myself A High Power Fan! I Just Hope The Righer RPM's Wown't Hurt The Motor.

[JBlair1982]

I don't believe the higher RPMs will hurt the motor because the 2003 Lasko box fans don't have the thick plastic shell that surrounds the motor. I believe the shell was supposed to hide the fact that the motor was way smaller than the blade set which was knowned to catch fire. The motor in your '03 Lasko fan can breathe because the hub has I think 18 fins inside that moves the air to cool the motor. But just to be safe, I wouldn't run the fan for a long period of time; the new blades break easy.

[hdyudu]

well then thare some wrong with lakewoods newer blades

[EmersonCollie]

You put a diffetent motor on it that turns more rpms. Also, I notice the motors shaft is sticking out through the hub a little. Or you took some of the pitch out of the blades. My only guess at it.

[EmersonCollie]

*different* I ment.

[Boxfan2008]

I Took The Blade Set From A 2008 Lasko Box Fan, And Stuck It On A 2004-2003 Galaxy Box Fan Which Is More Powerful. Wierd Thing Is, The Two Motors Are The Same! The Older One Has More Torque.

[EmersonCollie]

You wouldn't be "FanManLover" by any chance, would you? That person types every word starting out with a capital letter and it drives me nuts.

[NYz3R0dAY]

Lol I See Man. Altho I Will Downrate You For This, You Do Have A Good Point At The Same Time!

[EmersonCollie]

"I Will Downrate You For This"

Right back at ya. >:)

[NYz3R0dAY]

lolz just trying to keep it neutral!!!

[NYz3R0dAY]

now you got owned emerson