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One of the merchants at the Sweetwater Flea Market had a GE green box fan hanging in the area for ventilation in about 1991. I was fascinated. I like old box fans. The old box fans that do come with reverse mode, I never saw the point. The fan blades are arched so the air moves better with the blades spinning in one direction. Also, the fan can easily be turned around by hand.

Here in Kansas City we had about 10" over two weeks ago.....most that we have had in a while. Also only above freezing for 2 or 3 days since so most of it is still on the ground. I agree that it may as well snow since it will be cold anyway.

Does your windmill drive anything, like a pump or a generator?

That's way more than we got here, I only got about 50 mm. Was just enough to make a good coating over everything, looking very nice under the HPS street lights. That is a beautiful tree in the front yard, I remember admiring it at the AC meet. If you want to keep it long-term, I would consider getting it cabled up. Maple trees are not the strongest variety and can drop branches over time, especially when the branches split low to the ground like that. I have a twin trunk (which is the worst case scenario for stability) Swamp Maple in the back that hangs over my deck. It's probably just a matter of time before it falls on the deck, but I like it too much to cut it down. The shade and beauty it provides is exceptional. I had it cabled together last year and I feel a little better about it now.

I love the blade design

When you cut those registers in consider putting a ceiling fan below them and run it in reverse. Help move the heat upstairs

It's because you have R-12 Running through your veins! (or possibly 22)

This is an advantage pure water has over mixtures, like soda. Those substances will freeze, sometimes breaking or deforming the container, and causing leaks when the product thaws. Also, water is one of only a few substances that expand when going from the liquid to the solid state; most others contract.

That is a very nice example. This will date back to the late 60s. These were only sold for a few years, which makes the number of these still around quite impressive. I'm surprised it's in good balance, none of the ones I have or have worked on are. I will keep an eye out for the electrically reversible variant. If I find one, it's yours. A few things to note about these: 1) The cords tend to fray right where it goes into the fan. If it's still good all the way through, remove the strain relief, move it up an inch on the cord, and put it back. Good as new. 2) These motors are of an extremely obscure design (it's a GE, what a surprise). There is an oil well in the back of the motor that provides oil for the 1 bearing the motor has (yes, 1 bearing and 1 bearing only). After 50+ years, it's in desperate need of refilling. There was no intention of these fans ever being serviced or lubricated whatsoever, there's no oil port and the motor cannot be disassembled through any reasonable means. I am aware of procedures to crack into these motors as well as add an oil port. 3) Highly recommend re-varnishing the motor. The windings are known to come loose from the laminations over time and vibrate. The sound is annoying and the movement will eventually result in a burn out condition. 4) The motors have no protection I'm aware of. There's a chance it may be impedance protected, but certainly not thermal. These motors don't have the best reputation for longevity either. Would not recommend operation unattended. I'd be happy to give this a good servicing if you bring it along next time you're at my place. I also have an original paper copy of the instruction manual for these which is an interesting read.

50k is a lot of heat for that room! Looks like the bolt above the register isn't screwed on.. I think we need to fit some ceiling fans in that garage this summer.

Who else got hungry for a Bic Mac after watching this?

It's supercooling. The water is going below the freezing point without freezing because it's undisturbed and doesn't find a point to crystallize at. By you picking up the bottle, it's disturbing the water molecules which causes them to rapidly crystallize and freeze.

This effect is known as superchilling, because the water is pure, there are no nucleation sites for ice crystals to form, once the bottle is jostled, this causes a chain reaction where the water temperature raises to 32 degrees during the freezing process. This same effect can be seen with sodium acetate.

It happens in my work truck in the winter all the time, a brand new water bottle is liquid but it's 25° out as soon as I pop the cap it freezes, must have something to do with letting oxygen in the molecules do some weird thing and freeze. I don't know.

Love the automatic louvers and it sounds great too! I hope to find a vintage window unit in my area one day. Down in the south you’d think they’d be more common but I’ve been looking for years and haven’t found anything yet.

Interesting video! I owned the 1969 version of this fan: white with plastic blades, but plenty of air-moving power. Another great fan I had was a 1978 Hunter model. The low speed on that one was so low that you could hardly hear it. Great for sleeping!

Just want to say thank you for your videos as I have been watching for a while. I am an old man and as a kid I also always noticed air conditioners and any kind of fan. I grew up in southern Oklahoma and only the more affluent could afford to have an air conditioner in their house or car. We had a huge 48" attic fan that ran at slow speed which worked great. It was mounted into the wall of the stairwell at the top of the stairs in the 1920's house. Grade school had mostly cheap metal box fans that the PTA donated to the classrooms. In junior high one teacher had a Vornado pedestal fan and another had a Westinghouse pedestal fan. When my grandma passed away I inherited here Welch hassock fan and also a Mathis all wooden box fan. Later, when I got a paper route I bought a slightly used York window unit for my bedroom. I was actually more interested in how it worked than I was in having an air conditioned room. I used it a few times then resold it. A neighbor had a Frigidaire AC unit mounted in the wall that I noticed had two compressors and I have never seem another. My first car in 1970 was a 61 thunderbird that had factory AC. What a luxury that was. The car cost me $225. At 70 years old I am still interested in old AC units and I do have a small collection of fans, mainly GE from the 20 to the 1960s. Keep up the videos as they are all interesting to us AC-fan nerds.

Dude where do you find all these great goodies?!

Awesome Fan! Didn't they also have a version of this period that had a Thermostat that would shut the fan off an on? I think it was used when you used it as a Window Fan. Thanks for the video. Brings back a lot of memories.

Super powerful fan bro love that start-up sound

WOW, great fan, great room! So much to look at in there, including that Philco-Ford Noiseless A/C! 👍🏻

Now you can’t have late night parties down there anymore. Your daughter will be peeking through the vent down there while you’re thinking she’s asleep

That’s a pretty cool fan! I have the plastic blade version of this and I would love to find the metal blade version just like this to add to my collection.

I have 5.5kW of high-end computers running in my basement for mining cryptocurrency (I believe you've seen it yourself, Russ). That room gets to about 90F and heats the floors of my first floor. I leave my central heating system fan set to "on" to distribute the heat to my whole house. And it works for me only because of my $.039/kWh electric rate. We have no gas service in my neighborhood. 2006 Trane 5-ton heatpump (410a) only runs on the coldest nights or when its really windy. Point is...don''t overlook the benefit of a warm basement. Heat rises, and heated floors are nice :) Been thinking about getting one of these Mr. Heater's for my garage..would need to buy a large propane tank to fuel it.

I would flip the downstairs vent 180 degrees so you can't see up it from the main area in the room. Crazy how perfectly you cut that right along the joist.

Nothing is nicer than a warm floor when you wake up barefoot on your way to the restroom. 🙂

Excellent information! Also, where can I find a grill for this design because I have one from 1971 and I’m looking for a front grill for it.

That’s surprising! I never expected an EQK from that time to actually have an a compressor, I would’ve thought it would’ve had an AB compressor like the older GM Frigidaires of this capacity had. Amazing unit and it runs super well. I’m also surprised that AJ is a single cylinder compressor and not a twin cylinder like some other models would have. It’s probably the largest single cylinder recip ever made.

Nice 😊

That’s a good idea and nice heater downstairs. But, can you not use central heating and ac?

Great fan!. I have a similar 9173 model, the only difference is the intake/exhaust is a rotary style speed control like the thermocontrol on yours... Otherwise, exact characteristics

Funny how I suggested this when I was over last…

if you find you need more airflow, you could use one of those fan vent cover things, although they are chinesium. I think Jordan had a few.

I'm glad to see your thoughts on this heater. I bought one and I going to install it in my basement.

Dont you find 80f (25c) too hot for the bassment? Surely a centralised gas furnace would be better or some ductless mini splits?

When did you have this installed?

Nice part about these is the heat exchanger can be inspected right there and it’s easy to replace. These units are always great

My parents have the same brand without the reverse part the same color that still works and great air flow.

Electric heat is a joke. This is a good setup, if my downstairs wasn't full of stuff I would have done something similar with a large wood stove. Cutting some holes through the floor should definitely help with heat flow to the top floor.

I’m pissed I missed this on ebay, fucker probably would fit my weather bureau that needs a new motor

I’m glad you saw the light finally

That is a neat box fan. Too bad they don’t make good box fans anymore. I bet the fan blows more air when it’s blowing from the back(the side with the blade hub visible). The blades look like they are arched as if the fan was designed to spin in that direction. Therefore, the fan probably blows more air from that side.

I love this generation of fans designed with industrial qualities, used in the window of a house as a whole House fan, I have a couple of GE f-11 W4 automatic Unibering motors, and a couple other brands all three speed reversible with thermostat they are all highly collectible now.

Excellent fan. So powerful yet so quiet. This was manufactured by Lakewood in the early 1960s, with what looks like a Redmond motor. Lakewood would transition to GE motors shortly after this one was manufactured.

Cool fan

Thats honestly really cool that 50 years later it still starts. What kind of plug is it? Is it a regular house outlet or a 6-20R?

Noiseless my ass

The exact type of video that I wanted to see

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I have a 2003 Friederich K Star 5,000 btu with r R22. I have replaced the fan motor and the motor cap. It does not have leaks and I have cleaned the indoor coil as part of regular maintenance. My problem is that it just doesn't cool as well as new. The only thing i can think of is the slinger does not throw water in the condenser anymore. I have noticed when the outdoor temp is in 80s or below, the performance is improved. I'm at my wits end with this ac. If it was any other brand, I would probably would have replaced it. Plus flame me if you will but I like R22 better, it has a different " feel" to me.