That has to be the funniest “bench test” setup I have seen in a while with the chairs and slab of wood, lol. Love the restorations you do, can’t wait to see this as a finished product!
It's for a pretty silly reason. I really hate to see paint chips on a newly-restored fan, and setting this fan down on the nose to run it would do just that. If this weren't a rental property, I'd have a nice big J hook in the ceiling and a little test area.
Lovely fan! I am fascinated with old DC motors like this from the War of the Currents era. I know this is a one year old video now, so I will look for a follow-up!
This comment is kinda unrelated to this fan but I was restoring a 36 inch hunter original and I made the mistake of taking the stator out of the housing to clean and reinsulate it. After I got it all put back together when I hook power up to it the motor just hums loud and the rotor locks up. (Although the rotor spins freely when the power is off) I read on an afca forum the its an alignment issue with the stator. So once the stator is removed out of the factories alignment is it impossible to get it perfectly lined up where it will work again? I have three more of these 36 inch originals, I just hate to see one ruined because of carelessness
Hey, interesting video! You said you got this fan in New Orleans, must have been used in the French Quarter. The Quarter had strange voltage back in the day and still has 208v 3 phase today, at least at Omni Royal Orleans Hotel. I also understand that the ceiling fans at Galatoire’s restaurant are all DC motors even though the lights or AC. I was told that,do you know if that’s true? They are beautiful fans to say the least!
