Jordan U I’m planning to install one in my current home soon. Great for ventilation and exhaust from cooking and smoke odors too. Wish I could find a nice vintage one!
My great grandpa who's turning 92 and still drives has an old Sears whole house fan, during the day when it's warm before he got central AC he'd fire up a single window air conditioner and have fans blowing the cool air throughout the house, it's a small cottage home with an addition and the air conditioner was an old Kelvinator 12,800btu unit which he gave me, he never had AC before that unit and replaced it with central air, and to this day every night during spring, summer, and early fall he would open all the windows at sundown and run the whole house fan all night, then he'd get up right at sunrise, turn the fan off, and wait for the house to warm up before he turns the AC back on, his electric bill is very low because of this trick, I'm hoping to get a belt drive Wind-O-Cool whole house window fan tomorrow to put in our big pantry window so it can draw cooler air through the house at night so our Goodman system will last long enough for me to move out
My grandfather has an older Sears whole house fan as well. It used to see a lot of use but has fallen out of favor for the vintage Carrier International Series air conditioner installed upstairs a number of years back. He too puts the fan in the hallway to push the cooler air into the bedrooms.
@@JordanU Nothing beats the sound of a Tecumseh recip though, I've got a few shitty videos of it up, I'll have to lug it out of storage to better capture the sound, when I move to my own place I'm taking all but my 2015 Frigidaire with me, as houses around here can be had for less than $50K if they don't have central air, and considering I'll be taking my 1982 Kelvinator 12800btu, 1987 Wards 7000btu, 1996 Sharp 6500btu, 1999 Whirlpool 500btu, and 2001 Kenmore 5600btu window air conditioners with me I'll have more than enough cooling to ensure each unit isn't overloaded, when we moved to our current house the 1975 Moncrief condenser and 1992 Miller LP furnace were busted and it was the middle of summer, we started with the Kelvinator and it cooled the whole house, though I ended up using the Sharp, Kenmore, and Whirlpool to even out the load, all are kickass units that handily outperform modern units 2x their size
Got the old one in my attic running over this fall, now I’m kind of fascinated by them. Wish I could get my louvers to open all the way without assistance though.
Yeah...that’s what I was gonna say or so, or unless it’s like my homart with the new belt that’s not attached, but more rather attached with hose clamps attached to a blue carabiner with a silver moving stick to hook and unhook stuff, and a couple of screw drivers or so, then back to just the carabiner because it wouldn’t spin as fast or so...and now it’s just the 1/one or so and a couple of drivers, to hold it in place
You should tie it on and blow all of the com/maybe spider🕸s (webs) out it there or so if it’s even possible or so/something that. But what kind is it???🤔🤔🤔
Awesome video of the vintage belt-drive whole house fan, Jordan! I believe it is working really well when the fan starts.
Thanks! I believe it is working well while it's running too..
@@JordanU it looks like its a sears
Definitely a Sears fan
I love those old whole house fans. We have one at our shore house that cools it down to the point of rarely needing the central air.
These were great, as long as the temperature drops at night they are an excellent air conditioning alternative..
Jordan U I’m planning to install one in my current home soon. Great for ventilation and exhaust from cooking and smoke odors too. Wish I could find a nice vintage one!
I've seen them show up at my local Habitat Restore before.. You may also find one on Craiglist or any of those other flaky websites of that nature..
Jordan U I’ll stick to Habit lol Craigslist is flaky/scary.
My great grandpa who's turning 92 and still drives has an old Sears whole house fan, during the day when it's warm before he got central AC he'd fire up a single window air conditioner and have fans blowing the cool air throughout the house, it's a small cottage home with an addition and the air conditioner was an old Kelvinator 12,800btu unit which he gave me, he never had AC before that unit and replaced it with central air, and to this day every night during spring, summer, and early fall he would open all the windows at sundown and run the whole house fan all night, then he'd get up right at sunrise, turn the fan off, and wait for the house to warm up before he turns the AC back on, his electric bill is very low because of this trick, I'm hoping to get a belt drive Wind-O-Cool whole house window fan tomorrow to put in our big pantry window so it can draw cooler air through the house at night so our Goodman system will last long enough for me to move out
My grandfather has an older Sears whole house fan as well. It used to see a lot of use but has fallen out of favor for the vintage Carrier International Series air conditioner installed upstairs a number of years back. He too puts the fan in the hallway to push the cooler air into the bedrooms.
@@JordanU Nothing beats the sound of a Tecumseh recip though, I've got a few shitty videos of it up, I'll have to lug it out of storage to better capture the sound, when I move to my own place I'm taking all but my 2015 Frigidaire with me, as houses around here can be had for less than $50K if they don't have central air, and considering I'll be taking my 1982 Kelvinator 12800btu, 1987 Wards 7000btu, 1996 Sharp 6500btu, 1999 Whirlpool 500btu, and 2001 Kenmore 5600btu window air conditioners with me I'll have more than enough cooling to ensure each unit isn't overloaded, when we moved to our current house the 1975 Moncrief condenser and 1992 Miller LP furnace were busted and it was the middle of summer, we started with the Kelvinator and it cooled the whole house, though I ended up using the Sharp, Kenmore, and Whirlpool to even out the load, all are kickass units that handily outperform modern units 2x their size
great video. cool that you can see up thru the running fan.
Thanks!
Got the old one in my attic running over this fall, now I’m kind of fascinated by them. Wish I could get my louvers to open all the way without assistance though.
Some oil on the moving parts may get them working properly again.
Wow goes to shoe you USA last forever that fan really gets the air flow moving enjoy the video bro
True this one is made so much better than the ones now.. Glad you enjoyed the video..
Some whole house fans can be mounted on an end wall/gable, with the shutters in the ceiling.
That's how I would install, to reduce noise.
I used to be afraid of my aunt and uncle's whole house fan when I was a kid.
OK
I have a whole House fan with a really cool startup sound but it's so powerful it tries to pull the windows off the walls!!!!!!
Thanks for letting me know.
Yeah...that’s what I was gonna say or so, or unless it’s like my homart with the new belt that’s not attached, but more rather attached with hose clamps attached to a blue carabiner with a silver moving stick to hook and unhook stuff, and a couple of screw drivers or so, then back to just the carabiner because it wouldn’t spin as fast or so...and now it’s just the 1/one or so and a couple of drivers, to hold it in place
That doesn’t make sense.
We’re there any bathroom exhaust fans in the bathrooms of this house?
Yes
So it just pulls warm/hot air and just blows it outside? Thats neat! Id replace the belt and survive it.
I could probably survive replacing the belt as well, but I see no reason to at this time..
@@JordanU I only said that because i didnt know if it being loose like that could harm it.
@@maddmaxx636 It didn't seem loose to me..
@@JordanU It just seemed jumpy
That's normal
I like it
OK
Do you think you could make videos of them?
Of what?
Jordan U those bathroom fans in that house I had mentioned
I don't know what you're referring to.
You should tie it on and blow all of the com/maybe spider🕸s (webs) out it there or so if it’s even possible or so/something that. But what kind is it???🤔🤔🤔
com/maybe?
The Shutters look more like a Warehouse Shutter Exhaust Fan, because they’re not smooth like a Traditional Whole House Fan Shutter.
Thanks for letting me know.
You’re welcome!
Sounds a little loud, maybe needs a good going over.
The bearings probably need to be replaced.
And I meant turn not tie🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
OK
So replacing the word tie with turn cleared it up for you where you said ok?
@@ron78tht74 Not really, I haven't understood much of anything he's posted into my comments box.