Was that at the house of a friend of ours?

Powerful fan

I wouldn’t go anywhere near that thing

Job well done another one rescued there is nothing like a genuine general electric box fan of any era 50s 60s into the mid 70s. I have brought money back from the dead.

That's the ugliest fan I ever did see!

what air conditioner is running in the background?

I have one if you need parts

Get some coil cleaner in a can and clean the coils in this unit. You will be surprised at how much dirt will com off it. Then spray it with a hose to rinse it off. You will be doing yourself and the ac a big favor in cleaning it out.

Nice and very unique fan! Capacitive fan controls have been around for a long time though.

Indestructible.

That’s a really nice looking fan blade! Is this the predecessor of those Swan fans?

Wow! I didn’t know that Gilbert anything of that caliber presuming this is the AC Gilbert company. Very reminiscent Boyd profile as my Sampson safe-flex. It’s a shame that the hub on that thing looks like it’s been tweaked. I also really dig that three wing aircraft prop style fan in the background.

When one finds an ILG fan, hang on to it. They are worth their weight in gold, literally.

Early 60s

I would kill for a vintage window ac

@7:13 I Love The Slow Start-up Sound.

Fan!

Such a fan!

HELLO, NICE TO SEE YOU BACK. I HOPE WITH MORE VIDEOS OF REAL OLD CEILING FANS. YOU COULD MAKE A KIND OF DOCUMENTARY WITH EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, SHOWING MATERIAL AND DATA THAT NOBODY KNOWS.

Nice one, it would look good in Ivory.

that’s because things back then were made to last! now days they make them weak so it can break so we can purchase another. it’s all about money now vs quality

Very nice fan!

ITS NAKED!!!!!!!!!!!

3:07 Old video but apparently Marelli was the first to create these curved blades that several industrials now use, like Envirofan/Bavils, and SMCs in Hong Kong. Apparently they help spread the air out

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That has to be one of the best sounding compressors I’ve ever heard. That by the way is a Tecumseh S series compressor. 1 hp is the rating.

TRY IT FULL SPEED ☠️

With it being a vintage fan, I could tell by the guard design for its lack of disregard for safety that the fan was meant for an industrial setting

Those are the kind of fans nightmares are made of. Those Q blades are scary and mean looking, but do an awesome job of circulating air.

I personally worked on about 3,000 room air conditioners from 1979 to 1990 and I never saw one like that one. I worked on some Westinghouse air conditioners that would have dated from the early 1960's. That is a true tank of an air conditioner a real strongly made unit.

I’d get rid of and replace the insulation.

I am enjoying watching this antique Westinghouse get rescued

Wonderful you are saving it

This very cool.

My grandpa had one of these and it's in horrible cosmetic shape, but still puts out ice cold air! they REALLY don't make them like they used to, that's not just an old saying. it is truth

That's probably a Tecumseh s reciprocating compressor!

they don't make them like they used to and nice old ac

good to see...amazing stuff back then i feel window ac back then were long lasting pieces of equipment not like these days where people used t say in inverter ac if PCB goes or brakes down your ac is useless......👍

You can be sure if it's Westinghouse

I think the reason why the motor smells is because it needs to get rewinded

The reason why you don’t see much difference in the speeds is because your using it on 120 volts so if it was running on 100-110 volts you would see a big difference

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Those AJ recips are clearly the Energizer Bunnies of the 60s and 70s high capacity units. Treat them well and they will never quit on you. My current restoration project has one (in a Welbilt mid-60s) in need of rust treatment on the bottom of the AJ, as well as on the base pan, steel sides of the condenser and evap, and some corroded aluminum fins to be cleared from the bottom of the condenser (decades of sitting in an inch and a half of Ohio water will do that), but it still blows an unsurprisingly icy wind within 10 seconds. No automatic feature on mine and only 2 fan speeds, but anything more was quite rare for the 60s.

get a new capacitor because that isn't running at the right speed.

Is the Diehl oxidized copper or oxidized brass?

I have a 16 inch model that the cap blew up in and it also had bad speed variation. The speeds only seemed to get slightly better after replacing it so I think thats just how they are. Be sure to check regularly to make sure the capacitor goop does not spill out as mine did and potentially not have hazardous material on your floor.

Impressive how 70 year old units that haven't been ran in decades still work great but new modern units break within a year. What happened to quality?

The greatest generation built things to last a lifetime, before the planned obsolescence rubbish became a thing.

The scary thing is that it could explode at the high pressure side because its so old. and it contains CFCs for sure.

Ah the big round compressor. Must be F12 system judging from tubing size. Never to be made again like it.