I'm 40 years old and have been fan collecting for five years. I started out Westinghouse and after a dozen or so I just started getting whatever as Westinghouse only was getting boring. I tried a few of these and some of those... Then I found an Emerson 79646AU. Nothing special but man was it easy to work on and "built to last". That's when I knew the fan I mainly wanted to collect. I sold back all but my favorite few of each brand and went Emerson hunting. I have about 15 Emerson fans at the moment. The 71666 is my favorite! I've been lucky enough to score two 1927 brass bladed models locally from an awesome antique store a few blocks away. The 1932 71666 took a five hour road trip to get. Never again will I drive for a fan, stressful trip. Enough pop up locally if I'm patient and I don't need many more. Anyways, it's cool to have the exact same model fan and same year. All my fans get the full tear down and maintenance for good running. I'm not into painting or other cosmetic work and don't buy rust buckets. I love that they look nearly a century old but work much better than a new fan. Yours sure runs like new!!! Did you open up the gearbox? Sometimes it's dreadful and needs some real digging. The washers are mostly different, numerous and like to hide in old grease. Sorry for the long comment. Did I see the Kill A Watt showing about .98 amps running there at the end? I see it's on 110v.
Anytime man! It was great to meet you, and it’s great to see that old fan running, and oscillating! That fan had to have been setting at the back of a shelf for at least 25 years. Excellent work!!
You’ve BLOWN my mind away 😮
Best fans ever!!
I'm 40 years old and have been fan collecting for five years. I started out Westinghouse and after a dozen or so I just started getting whatever as Westinghouse only was getting boring. I tried a few of these and some of those... Then I found an Emerson 79646AU. Nothing special but man was it easy to work on and "built to last". That's when I knew the fan I mainly wanted to collect. I sold back all but my favorite few of each brand and went Emerson hunting.
I have about 15 Emerson fans at the moment. The 71666 is my favorite! I've been lucky enough to score two 1927 brass bladed models locally from an awesome antique store a few blocks away. The 1932 71666 took a five hour road trip to get. Never again will I drive for a fan, stressful trip. Enough pop up locally if I'm patient and I don't need many more.
Anyways, it's cool to have the exact same model fan and same year. All my fans get the full tear down and maintenance for good running. I'm not into painting or other cosmetic work and don't buy rust buckets. I love that they look nearly a century old but work much better than a new fan. Yours sure runs like new!!! Did you open up the gearbox? Sometimes it's dreadful and needs some real digging. The washers are mostly different, numerous and like to hide in old grease.
Sorry for the long comment. Did I see the Kill A Watt showing about .98 amps running there at the end? I see it's on 110v.
@@ToxicityAssured Can’t go wrong with an Emerson! 79’s are awesome!! Honestly I’d have to rewatch myself to know. Thanks for watching!!
Great videoLarry! Those are great fans!
@@jdftx thank you, John. Yes, they are!!
That is in excellent condition.Nice job!
@@Oldfanaddiction Thank you!!
Anytime man! It was great to meet you, and it’s great to see that old fan running, and oscillating!
That fan had to have been setting at the back of a shelf for at least 25 years.
Excellent work!!
@@NathanSchultz-f8h Wow! That does make it special!!
Neat old fan!
@@OldCarAlley thank you, Howard!!