Restored Emerson 77648 AO Oscillating Fan

Re-uploaded in HD, this is the same video as before.

This is the long-awaited payoff video of my Ivory Emerson 77648 fan, the restoration was performed by Bert Boudreaux (Under Services / Complete Restoration at http://www.fancollectors.org/info/restore.htm).

This fan's paint was updated from the original Ivory wrinkle finish (on the base and motor) to a full high gloss base / clear coat finish. The results are stunning, a friend of mine said it looks like white chocolate and I must agree. This fan runs as good as it looks, it's very smooth and quiet with just a faint hum emanating from the autotransformer on low speed. The wiring follows the original scheme of a cloth headwire and heavy rubber line cord w/vintage plug. The motor is a high-slip 4 pole PSC type which gives 1050 RPM's on high, while low is a quiet but very powerful 770 revs.

This fan was made in 1949 and has a very classic look with the distinctive geometric cross guard and overlapping blades. These features look really stunning in the Ivory finish. These fans were very expensive back in the day, but are incredibly well built and engineered.

Zach, a fan like this would go well in one of those uber-homes you like to design.

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• Motor

[AcaAllertor127]

i have an emerson similar to this but its brown. it was sitting on a porch outside for awile at Renningers antiques so its not great lookingc but has alot of torque

[dburrigh]

@AcaAllertor127 - I'd be willing to bet yours is a 77648 AS. Those were typically metallic brown.

These are great fans though, lots of power and very quiet when running.

[AcaAllertor127]

@dburrigh sorry 4 late reply...77648-TE is the model.Never heard of it before.Could it prehaps be super rare?

[dburrigh]

@AcaAllertor127 - No worries on that. I've seen your model on eBay from time to time, I think you have a mid-1950's fan. Does yours have a rotary switch instead of the sliding switch like mine?

Also, look on the motor tag where the model number is. In the lower right-hand corner you will see a small two-digit number - add 20 to that and you'll have the year the fan was manufactured.

[NathanH5]

SWEET!!!!!

[dburrigh]

@Tabby266 - Thanks! I like it a lot.

[TheCoolmaster100]

Vey nice!. I like it!.

[wiskeylizard1957]

Great Video and a beautiful fan.Nice job.

[jefferyb304]

That looks great !!! I hope to track down a vintage desk fan soon.