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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ธ.ค. 2024
- The initial checkout of a vintage Westinghouse 3-speed electrically reversible box fan, likely from the 1970s. It features a 3-amp shaded pole motor. This is a true American box fan, all metal construction with performance and reliability at the center of the design theory. An excellent quality piece that will run for decades to come.
I found one of these too. I got mine for free, the guy was cleaning out a garage and piled junk for the trash man, asked a guy if I could take it, he was glad to get rid of it, anyway, nothing is made this good nowadays, its a great fan, blows a large amount of air, much more air than the Walmart cheapies. It weighs at least 30 lbs. Very well built. All I had to do was clean it up and lube the motor
Excellent find!
Those vintage Robbins & Myers manufactured box fans (both the 3 and 7-bladed versions) are hard to beat.
Quality stuff.
This fan was made by Robbins & Myers in the late 60s-early 70s after Westinghouse ceased in-house production of small appliances. By this time, the writing was on the wall for Westinghouse; the company was hemorrhaging money, and so to save money, they farmed out manufacturing to outside companies. Portable fans were outsourced to R&M, window air conditioners were outsourced to China Cold Storage (DBA Weatherite) of Hong Kong, and they also imported a container of metal blade industrial ceiling fans from the same factory. Westinghouse declared bankruptcy in 1974 and the branding rights were bought and are currently owned by Toshiba
The Lively Air, Debonaire and Riviera went to Knapp Monarch also to make
As far as I know, before China Cold Storage, Westinghouse's window air conditioners had manufactured by White Consolidated Industries.
Thanks for the information.
Thanks for explaining to me, how I was able to buy a "so called" Westinghouse 20" PC flat panel monitor about 20 yrs. And setting me straight on thinking that I bought an American company electronic. What a laugh now.
Great find Jordan, it's sad that the world stopped making durable things like that in the mid to late '70's. BTW I am starting the 2nd summer with my 12 y/o Power max fan since your video told me how to revive it by taking the motor apart & oiling it. I will always be grateful to you for saving me $50.00 of having to buy another one.
Thanks
now thats a real box fffffean! my grandma had this fean in the 70s! love the avocado green.
I've always liked the avocado appliances from the 70s.
Nope
The real box fan is the 1950s LAU ULTRA TWENTY
The cabinet is thin in length and wide in width and the 3 blades have some picth to them however on low quiet speed it blows a long range of wind and it has a thermostat and it's reversable and has great weight on itself to where it will NOT tip over for any reason, and its thin design fits well on one of those wide window sills which even a box fan from the 70s wouldn't even fit
Also. Stop mocking Jordan on the way he talks
Good initial checkout video of this vintage reversible box fan I absolutely love the start-up sound I can't wait to see the servicing on this motor coming soon
Thanks
I like the color on the fan.
Me too.
@@JordanUsurely can run this fan instead of my Walmart Galaxy box fan when I go to bed at night I like vintage box fans better than the the box fans today the fans today are Chinese and Japanese all that foolishness.
Awesome find! That's a really nice unit there!
Thanks!
One of the nicest I've ever seen, good find
Thanks
cool startup sounds on the box fan bro glad you got this one i enjoyed the video
Thanks bro I knew you'd like the startup sounds.
@@JordanU your welcome bro and exactly it’s my favorite
Thats one serious switch.
As a serious fan should have.
You are correct about the fan blade design. It can only be effective and quiet in one direction.. I have a GE Vortex from the 1940s what was likely the pinnacle of design for fan blades.
The Vortalex blade was quite an engineering feat, especially for the time.
Yes, you are right about being well-made. Hunter box fan box all you need is the seven plastic blade set.
I prefer the metal models, much quieter usually.
havent seen many westinghouse box fans before. were they not popular back then?
I've seen plenty, I don't think they're any less common than others.
Awesome Find Jordan. That Startup sound is just music to my ears. It reminds me of my Church's P-23, but this is even rarer. How much do these go for if i were to look? I was thinking about buying one of these Old reliable Westies.
I think I paid 8 dollars for this one.
@@JordanU Not bad! I will definetly get this design then.
As for the way, the blades are scooped or pitched i’ve seen fans with the blades completely flat with all of the pitch set into the hub spider. A couple of signal reversible box fans that I have are like this.
So those fans that you described that you seen are better?
Thanks for letting me know.
Nice video and fan..My dad has a blue reversible Westinghouse with a big dial on the side and it works great..The box says convertible model and the metal blade goes the opposite way when blowing out the front? Haven't quite figured that out yet? lol Regards..
Many of the Westinghouse box fans had the motor in the front, certainly an out of the ordinary design.
Where do you find all this ventage fans and air conditioning I need to find one before a heatwave kicks.
A lot of them come from New York. This particular unit came from New Jersey.
That’s interesting, I’ve never seen one of those with metal blades but a plastic front grille. Usually they were metal blade/metal grille and then plastic blade/metal grille and finally plastic blade/both plastic grilles.
I too thought this was an odd combination. Perhaps it's some kind of transitional model.
NEVER get rid of this fan! well, unless you want to sell it to me…haha
It won't be going anywhere.
it's all fun and games until it gets attacked by the lamp dimmer. I tried one on a cheapy modern fan and the moment you turn it down, the motor wants to blow a big hole through the casing. it may just be the type of motor as the one I tried was made cheaply be Walmart under the mainstays brand name
Why on earth would you connect a box fan to a lamp dimmer?
@@JordanU to regulate it's speed/make it quieter
@@logankaempf8443 That's what capacitors are for.
I like it
OK
"If we can make this 70 years ago, why can't we make it today? What happened?" ~ Jordan U
It's a very good question.
@@JordanU Indeed
I'll tell you
If they sold fans to last a lifetime to millions of people, just imagine how many people WONT BE LEFT to buy anymore fans from them
As in the store may face out of business
@@fargeeks If that person sold millions of products, there should have been plenty of profit made and he or she could retire comfortably.
I really enjoyed the video I also have a new video uploaded on TH-cam I mentioned you in my videos
Glad you enjoyed it.
I’m just getting into vintage fans love this one
Thanks for letting me know.