1919 GE AOU Fan, post-restoration!

Here is the video of the fan after restoration. Enjoy!

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Science & Technology

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• 1919
• GE
• aou
• fan
• form
• V5
• vintage
• antique
• appliance
• restoratin
• restored
• green
• dangerous
• brass
• electric
• bbishoppcm
• retro

[kagome122885]

How did you get that screw out at around 3:12? I'm working on a Vortalex that has that and I am afraid i will strip it if I try to force it out. I'm soaking it in WD-40 but it still won't turn all the way.

[bbishoppcm]

@kagome122885 If I recall, there was actually a setscrew holding it in place under the gearbox cover.

[1944johndeerel]

well i just got my AOU ge like yours mine is an early form V5 with the cage wires that wrap around the ring instead of being welded. but my fan is its original gloss black with lots of brass. mine has the Brass bell oscillator it seems to work but is alittle sluggish on med and low. does any one know if the brass bell oscillators are rare and how do you date aou/auu ge fans i would like to know more about the ones i have

[bbishoppcm]

Are you sure it's gloss black? these fans were only sold in a dark hunter green. The brass bell is common, as mine theoretically should have one. Nobody can seem to figure out why mine is not brass... Good find, the V5 fans are slightly more valuable than the later models. Does yours have brass blades, or are they painted steel? the painted steel blades were made for the WWI effort. How's the wiring on yours? mine was totally disintegrated.

[TheMarkanthony5]

what a fabulous restoration , i would love to have that in my home must be worth a few hundread i would of thought , , i must say there are some real dick heads making the most childish ignorant comments on here, this is not only useful but is also a great investment .

[bilvis48]

i found a 1960's general electric oscillating fan...the model is f13pg12. It also has 2 words on the plug...one of the words is 'wall' and the other word begins with an 'h' but that is all i can read cause' the plug is scratched up...would anyone know what the other word is?

[ct1660]

i LOVE these fans! hopefully i will get to own one of these someday

[ct1660]

@Ijunkantiquefans lmao what a dickface you really are. >.<

[bbishoppcm]

@Ijunkantiquefans Good one!

[1944johndeerel]

@crown9798 my aou has pretty worn bearings and the motor seems pretty weak. i think the windings are beggining to fail so it probably could use a rewind, but since the bearings are also bad, i just keep it as a stationary display because it doesnt have to run to look nice at least and i would rather not part one out that looks so nice.

[1944johndeerel]

@crown9798 yeah this ones about had it so i dont run this one. the bearings are noisey and worn and the windings are pretty weak.

[crown9798]

@1944johndeerel I had one fan that ran so slow on low speed it would sometimes stop and humm. I ended up having to have the motor re-wound for $250.00. After that I never had a problen with it.