1st gen Overseas Hunter Original ceiling fan Model: 23856A 1.0 amp motor Made in Taiwan on the 46th week of 2002 Sorry if I said this fan was manufactured in December, the 46 week of 2002 falls between Nov 18 - Nov 25
okay this confirmed my suspicions.. i had a feeling the pole with the grooves was a lot more shortened in this, i was oiling my overseas earlier and noticed the pole under the oil hole had a wire going through it, rather than being able to see the oil drip onto the top bearing like typical. nowww it all makes sense. it’s a shortened pole but STILL has the grooves. very interesting
I am very interested to see this. My Original is one of these but a later 2017 model. Because I live in the UK getting an original Original is impossible - they don’t exist. We lived in the States when I was a kid and my fan obsession started then. I have a huge collection of desk fans including imported Laskos, Galaxy, Sears, Lakewoods, etc. My Original was actually destined for sale in Spain (a 240v model) and while it isn’t as powerful as an American fan, it’s well built - body wise anyway. The blades that came with it are MDF but I managed to get a set of five genuine Walnut blades from Florida on eBay so they’re decent at least.
Honestly the oil return line is not that small, the hole is about 3/16th of an inch. But I’d still check the oil annually and probably change it every 2-3 years
First remove the rotor. On 2002-2015 Original it’s nearly impossible to remove the stator. On post-2015 Original you can just unscrew the screws on the stator.
