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Thread Number: 40963
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| Post# 434981 11/13/2020 at 23:28 (1,259 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
Anyone here like exhaust fans? I've always had an interest in them since I was a kid, like any fan.
However, I was always afraid of metal exhaust fans, especially the NuTones with the open grille and metal blades. Seeing the blades in the dark opening was scary to me. Any metal fan was a bit scary as a kid. I would not go in a restroom with one. Once we went somewhere on a field trip and the restroom had one. I finally got brave enough to turn it on. Just added the modern version of those fans to me collection, the NuTone 8210. These days the original metal chrome grille is now white plastic. Another exhaust fan I'm interested in is the NuTone Heat-A-Ventlite. It's a combination with blower exhaust fan, heater fan, light and night light. I believe these came out in the 1950s, and they still make a modern version. Are these any good? I've heard good things about the Panasonic exhaust fans, high CFM but very quiet. There are some other off brand quite exhaust fans on eBay. The newest thing in exhaust fans seem to be the models with blower wheels and DC motors. These move lots of air, while turning slowly, so they are nearly silent. | ||
| Post# 434986 , Reply# 2 11/14/2020 at 02:05 (1,259 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 435001 , Reply# 3 11/14/2020 at 10:21 (1,259 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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Bathroom heaters
The house next door to me which was since demolished had a couple heaters in the bathrooms. One was a fan forced wall heater (I forget the brand). The other was the rectangular ceiling type that had two heat lamp bulbs.
We used to stay at some old motels on the beach as kid. They had round electric ceiling heaters in the bathrooms. They were a metal mesh grille with elements and a small fan behind. I was afraid of them and would be afraid to shower in there for fear the heater would turn on. The bathroom heaters still make me nervous. I don't like the idea of having something with nichrome heating elements and a metal housing in an area that gets very damp and humid. Seems like a big shock hazard to me. | ||
Post# 435036 , Reply# 4 11/15/2020 at 07:15 (1,258 days old) by vacuumlad1650  (Wauponsee, IL) |
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Post# 435090 , Reply# 5 11/16/2020 at 06:43 (1,257 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL) |
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This is the Kitchen Air King
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Post# 435094 , Reply# 6 11/16/2020 at 09:00 (1,257 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Wow! | ||
| Post# 435140 , Reply# 8 11/17/2020 at 02:09 (1,256 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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Speaking of over the stove hood vents, my grandparents house had one - original to the 1960s/70s house - was a basic burnt brown hood vent. When I tore the place apart to remodel it, I discovered that the hood vent did not exhaust anywhere. While newer ones claim they 'recirculate' - which they do, by simply venting the air back into the room - this one was NOT a recirculating model. It needed to be exhausted out the back, but it was just parked up against drywall. So running the exhaust fan would literally have done nothing at all.
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| Post# 435145 , Reply# 9 11/17/2020 at 07:53 (1,256 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 435258 , Reply# 10 11/19/2020 at 17:34 (1,254 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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Took a couple of pictures of the interesting exhaust fans down at the landlady's house. Built in 44, but a few updates. I believe the round one would be from the '80s and the chrome rectangle with built-in heat probably from late 50s or early 60s there's one in the laundry room also.
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| Post# 435259 , Reply# 11 11/19/2020 at 17:35 (1,254 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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Ops, one more
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| Post# 435263 , Reply# 12 11/19/2020 at 19:01 (1,253 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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Cool fans, the Air King looks good!
That round one with light, is a NuTone Heat-A-Ventlite. They still make those, but with a white grille, not sure if the silver is still made. It should have a heater and a night light too. The Emerson reminds me of a Fasco, they made some with lights on each side like that. They had a fan that ran two directions, blowing upward for exhaust or downward for heat, with a rod element around the fan. Some of them didn't have the heater function, some had a night light as well. | ||
| Post# 435266 , Reply# 13 11/19/2020 at 19:24 (1,253 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 435267 , Reply# 14 11/19/2020 at 19:25 (1,253 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 435329 , Reply# 16 11/22/2020 at 09:34 (1,251 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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I was the same way almost exactly! All of my drawings were some kind of fan, appliance, or wall sockets. In kindergarten the teacher would allow one person to draw on the white board each day at the end of the day. I remember drawing some building with A/C compressor units outside. I drew so much the teacher made me stop because the odor from the markers was so strong.
I'd spend hours looking over the appliances in the Sears catalog. Later I'd draw houses and one side of the paper was the exterior with the opposite side being the interior. I'd draw in all the light fixtures, exhaust fans, switches and sockets. And yes, axial exhaust fans were scary to me, but ones with blower wheels, not really. We had NuTone 696 exhaust fans in our house growing up (the most basic, cheapy kind in almost every house in America) and I remember my dad taking the grilles off and cleaning them. I wasn't afraid of those at all. When I was a kid most guys were into monster trucks and drew pictures of those, but I didn't get much into cars until much later in life. I hardly paid any attention to them until I was probably almost 12. Sports came even later, almost into the time I was in college, I didn't pay attention to them or have a favorite team. | ||
| Post# 435384 , Reply# 18 11/24/2020 at 11:37 (1,249 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 435422 , Reply# 19 11/24/2020 at 20:23 (1,248 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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It may well not have had a night light if it's from the 80s. I think I heard the night light was a more recent addition. Now these come with two Decora rocker style switches that have two switches on each, along with a two gang wall plate that has each function printed on it next to the switches. I think the older ones in 80s/90s came with Despard style or duplex toggle switches with a stainless steel cover plate.
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| Post# 435428 , Reply# 20 11/24/2020 at 22:56 (1,248 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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