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Vornado box fan!
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Rob Duffy
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 Posted: Fri Oct 30th, 2009 09:04 pm
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Yup, it still runs! :D

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 Posted: Sat Oct 31st, 2009 05:39 am
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Now available in Rustic Grey.   :P


I would have grabbed in an instant, nice find.
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 Posted: Sat Oct 31st, 2009 06:28 pm
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From the photo, the blades seem to have a super steep pitch. It looks like it really moves a lot of air, Nice find.
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 Posted: Sat Oct 31st, 2009 06:32 pm
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Ralph Bliss wrote: From the photo, the blades seem to have a super steep pitch. It looks like it really moves a lot of air, Nice find.
Yes they do have a steep pitch, most Vornado fans do.
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 Posted: Sat Oct 31st, 2009 06:38 pm
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Yes Vornado's trademark is the super steep pitch of the fan blades
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 Posted: Sat Oct 31st, 2009 07:50 pm
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I don't own a Vornado (yet) but I've seen a quite few. These blades seem steeper than others I've seen, maybe it just looks that way in the photo.
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 Posted: Sun Nov 1st, 2009 04:09 am
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Are you sure it's a box fan.The top appear to have a track for panels.
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 Posted: Sun Nov 1st, 2009 04:14 am
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Michael Mirin wrote: Are you sure it's a box fan.The top appear to have a track for panels.
Yes I am pretty sure it is a box fan, it has a grille on the back side. It may be able to be used as a window fan as well but it is a box fan.
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 Posted: Sun Nov 1st, 2009 01:57 pm
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yep that's a box fan :D

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 Posted: Sun Nov 1st, 2009 06:55 pm
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Yes it's a box fan, the 30W is the window fan equivalent of this model

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 Posted: Mon Nov 2nd, 2009 01:26 am
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Why the track on top.Did they have a window kit for it?
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 Posted: Mon Nov 2nd, 2009 02:39 am
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It probably had extensions....my Homart Room Cooler, which is a similar size to that one, has extensions as well, so it would make sense to me
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 Posted: Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 01:58 pm
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Hey Rob, you gonna restore it?
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 Posted: Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 03:13 pm
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Luke Skelnik wrote: Hey Rob, you gonna restore it?
Yes, eventually.
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 Posted: Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 07:05 pm
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Can we get a picture of the back?
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 Posted: Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 09:11 pm
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Michael Mirin wrote: Can we get a picture of the back?
Charging camera batteries but after they are done, then yes I will take one.
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 Posted: Thu Nov 5th, 2009 12:40 am
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It looks like this:

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 Posted: Thu Nov 5th, 2009 12:58 am
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Wow I have never seen one of those.

 
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 Posted: Mon Nov 9th, 2009 02:54 pm
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rob the fan you have was usable on the floor hence the arrangement on the top, but this fan was called the "casement" model window fan which is why it has tracks on the top. many apartment houses and post ww2 homes originally had swing out casement windows and vornado, hunter and others made special models just for these narrow crank out windows.... a great find. i think kim frank has restored a couple of these....
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 Posted: Mon Nov 9th, 2009 05:47 pm
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Tom Zapf wrote: rob the fan you have was usable on the floor hence the arrangement on the top, but this fan was called the "casement" model window fan which is why it has tracks on the top. many apartment houses and post ww2 homes originally had swing out casement windows and vornado, hunter and others made special models just for these narrow crank out windows.... a great find. i think kim frank has restored a couple of these....
Thanks for the info. I definitely knew it could be used as a window fan due to the features but I already have a beefy Vornado window fan for that purpose. Hopefully I can restore this one.

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