Westinghouse Fan

I have an old Westinghouse Fan I want to get up and running again.

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• Westinghouse
• fan

[rpeek]

That's a cool fan. I had a big old stand up fan like that, but it burned out and went away long ago..

[edda520]

Mine may be dead, too, but I hate to give it up. My uncles used to do a lot of work for Westinghouse Air Brake in Pittsburgh and I'm pretty sure that's where it came from.

Not sure if it was in a scrap pile and they were allowed to take it or if it was a five-finger discount. Either way, it's a little piece of family history and I'd like to hang on to it.

[edda520]

Thanks. I'm in the middle of a move, so I won't be working on it soon.  I'd still like to know how to do it for when things settle down and I have the time.

[mylesgifford123]

well what you have there is a 20's or 30's westinghouse sadly you have the same problem i have what you gonna need to do is solder leeds on there by taking off that little cover held in with the 2 screws and there should be some "surplus cord and once you make your solder heatshrink over it or electricaltape the stator/armature is a pain to get out of these and is almost impossibel im gonna pm you a link to a site where you can learn more

[edda520]

It looked like the wire had a rubber insulator that disintegrated with age. Any thoughts on how to get it operational would be appreciate.

[doctorcatsburger]

I've had a few of these in My life

[mylesgifford123]

well since i have almost the same fan ill try to video how to fix it mine has less wire than yours ill try to make it asap so you can get yours going these westinghouse fans are extreamly quiet runners