Yeah these fans are very plentiful in fact when I was 10 to about 16 I would grab these out of the trash and put thermal fuses in these and sell them and would sometimes make $200 during summer just selling fans at 5 to 10 a piece during the yearly neighborhood yard sale and later craigslist when I moved. The motors are often just fine if not just a bit dirty or seized I think if they stuck with the 130c fuses instead of going to the 115c they would be pretty reliable but they had the recall in 2004 and that's when they changed it so they are playing it safe I guess. I will say these laskos are far better than some other newer brands I've seen like aerospeed, coolmaster, comfort zone, climate keeper etc.

@ That’s interesting to know. I didn’t quite think that a thermal fuse could be replaced in one of those fans. In my area, I see a lot of Lasko 3733s tossed at the curbside. Maybe it’s a blown fuse. And yes, I am familiar with those beautiful blue plugs on Lasko fans, Lol. A Lasko 3733 or really any modern day box fan isn’t my fan of choice.

Nice

Yeah this is my most powerful box fan in my collection at the moment above my mid 60s 3 speed Eskimo.

I replaced the capacitor anyways bc old caps of this type are prone to fail and it's not ideal for this one to leak bc it sits over the motor and the contents could be corrosive. That being said I do see the value of using the old one since it's been there for decades and still works but it's not a risk I'm willing to take for originality sake and I also don't like the smell.

Yes it is

It is very similar to the ceiling fan motors so it might be.

I think that is the s23 model

I actually found it for 5 but talked him to $2 bc I was a broke 15 year old and I spent the rest of my money on computer parts. Tbh there are many fans I seen at that flea market that I would love to have gotten for what they were asking I just did not have the dough.

A pedestal version of this would be very nice indeed. The set screw is on tight I'll just have to open it up again and figure out the noise issue. I think since its been opened before I got it and its been a few years since I worked on it and I have gotten better at working on these since there might be a spacer missing in the gearbox causing the gears to chatter.

@@jayhubman1188 yeah if it isn’t the set screw being loose it’s likely shims in the oscillator gears.

I explained my reasoning in the video tho tbh if I find a fan that needs a set of guards those will probably go on it as I still like the older set for the look.

@jayhubman1188 oops, my volume was being stupid

I had one as a kid great fan

1975 and it was made in the USA by the Hoover company tho these were also made in the late 60s by Knapp monarch who was bought out by Hoover in 69.

Having all the things in my possession cleaning them up and displaying them in my home makes me happy but what's interesting about collecting fans is I can rotate my collection to use them as my daily fans if I want to.

I recently had someone reply to my comment who had a channel with over 7000 videos of him drinking a sip of water. Each was different and taken over many years. People are weird.

I will look into that thank you.