You really have to just know your stuff to know what motor a fan has, that's the best advice I can give. You can always tear a fan apart and there will sometimes be a sticker on the motor, but really once you learn about fans you will just know the motor when a fan is presented to you, like most Emersons will have a K-55, and older Casablancas will usually have Emerson K-55s as well. Key Largo had Emerson K-55s and older ones had Westinghouse stack motors. I'd go on but I'm out of characters lol
Wow, it's amazing how many different brands use one type of motor. Are K-55s really that common, or are there other motors that are used as widely as the K-55
The spinner or direct drive motor is by far the most common, and can vary in size and quality for example: Current Walmart spinner motors are extremely low quality and small, but Homestead motors of the same type are far more powerful and high quality. K-55 is the most common stack motor, still used with Emerson. Casablanca now uses their own XLP-2000 motor. The K-63 motor was used by Emerson and Casablanca, but it ran very hot and was not used much after the early to mid 80s. Will continue...
Continued... The Emerson K-63 is insanely powerful though, and was great on the Heat Fans. There are also skeletal motors, like on many Lasko models. These are a bit like stack motors, but they are ventilated much more and a bit smaller. These aren't as common, but show up often enough. The highest quality are cast iron oil bath fans like the Original. There was an oil bath version of the Banana Fan, as well as other companies like Classic Fan (basically an Original), and antique fans.
No problem. Yes, Arkless is a really cool high end pullchain. IDK really why they're special, but I know they're really fun to pull because they don't click very much. :-)
I have a Similar TOC, a la Emerson 1895.
RockinReed97 11 months ago
1 out of 5 stars
1outof5starer 1 year ago
Oh, sh*t. The camera can't even pick up how fast this fan is going! What kind of motor does it have? A stack or friction-drive motor, perhaps?
BlueStreak440 2 years ago
It's got the Emerson K-55 stack motor. Even when wobbling it goes extremely fast.
mpsslovak 2 years ago
Oh yeah! I got it right for once! By the way, how can you tell what kind of motor a fan has?
BlueStreak440 2 years ago
You really have to just know your stuff to know what motor a fan has, that's the best advice I can give. You can always tear a fan apart and there will sometimes be a sticker on the motor, but really once you learn about fans you will just know the motor when a fan is presented to you, like most Emersons will have a K-55, and older Casablancas will usually have Emerson K-55s as well. Key Largo had Emerson K-55s and older ones had Westinghouse stack motors. I'd go on but I'm out of characters lol
mpsslovak 2 years ago
Wow, it's amazing how many different brands use one type of motor. Are K-55s really that common, or are there other motors that are used as widely as the K-55
BlueStreak440 2 years ago
The spinner or direct drive motor is by far the most common, and can vary in size and quality for example: Current Walmart spinner motors are extremely low quality and small, but Homestead motors of the same type are far more powerful and high quality. K-55 is the most common stack motor, still used with Emerson. Casablanca now uses their own XLP-2000 motor. The K-63 motor was used by Emerson and Casablanca, but it ran very hot and was not used much after the early to mid 80s. Will continue...
mpsslovak 2 years ago
Continued... The Emerson K-63 is insanely powerful though, and was great on the Heat Fans. There are also skeletal motors, like on many Lasko models. These are a bit like stack motors, but they are ventilated much more and a bit smaller. These aren't as common, but show up often enough. The highest quality are cast iron oil bath fans like the Original. There was an oil bath version of the Banana Fan, as well as other companies like Classic Fan (basically an Original), and antique fans.
mpsslovak 2 years ago
Thank you for the swimming pool of information. =)
One more question; what is an arkless pullchain? Is it some sort of brandname?
BlueStreak440 2 years ago
No problem. Yes, Arkless is a really cool high end pullchain. IDK really why they're special, but I know they're really fun to pull because they don't click very much. :-)
mpsslovak 2 years ago
how old is this fan
genmac1 2 years ago
I don't know the exact date of this one, but the 80's.
mpsslovak 2 years ago