1999 Craftmade CXL

[@noahc9952]

Nice color! Same boat as you here; I like those obscure color fans but have nowhere I'd personally use them atm...already have a Rustic Iron Delta III installed to that's probably enough BROWN for me lol. About the capacitor values: these use 188x15mm motors mated to a 4.5uF main run capacitor; your fan is running between 170 and 180 RPM depending on blade configuration in stock form, so performance is similar to a K55 Emerson. If you swap it for a 5uF, performance will be about the same as an XLP Casablanca. Highest I would go would be 6uF; that'll get the fan to around 200-210 RPM. Performance will be similar to a GE stack motor fan, like your Calcutta. Note that the 6uF capacitor will increase the current required for each speed, so low and medium will get slower, unless you put bigger speed capacitors in the fan.

[@ceilingfansclocksminecraft1226]

There’s one of these in my friend’s house in the master bedroom but in copper and different blades, light kit, and glass.

[@tomaserincasablancalarocqu5086]

Love it!

[@ALT-9167]

Yay! at least you have a fluorescent light behind the fan too! lovely fan color too!

[@vintagefancollector1436]

I’m a lighting collector too, so I’ve got lots of goodies. I just switched that T8 shop light to a T12 shop light, by swapping the ballast of course.

[@ALT-9167]

@@vintagefancollector1436 Cool! that is nice to know

[@vintagefancollector1436]

@@ALT-9167 my lighting channel is TheLightingCollector, if you’d like to subscribe. I will be uploading a lot to it this year.

[@thegingerfanman92]

Brownstone is a cool finish I like the CXL as it’s an overall good fan I like the basic design but has a powerful 188 in it plus the finish options were numerous too

[@joshgalka9414]

Nice Commentary! XD

[@vintagefancollector1436]

Thanks, I guess

[@IceTheFanDude]

“craftmade sucks”. “craftmade is cheap glorified builder crap”. “Hunter original is the best fan ever made and will beat every residential fan ever made”. “Hunter originals last forever so high quality”. These are all lies and are stupid opinions. Like come on. People bash and bash on craftmade yet praise and treat Hunter originals like it’s their god… Charles S and a few others are a good example of this.

[@vintagefancollector1436]

Yep, reality is there’s quite a large amount of good fans around, but none will last forever. Electric motors will eventually fail, or need maintenance.

[@IceTheFanDude]

@@vintagefancollector1436 I’m sick and tired of people crapping on craftmade it’s freaking dumb

[@vintagefancollector1436]

@@IceTheFanDude sadly you can’t really control folks, just gotta show what they’re really like, offer the counter opinions

[@IceTheFanDude]

@@vintagefancollector1436 yeah unfortunately. They just don’t understand how good craftmade really is.