Antique Westinghouse Electric Fan Unusual Porcelain Switches On Back Of Motor
Be sure to check everything out! I think this is the most unusual find of my trip. This is a Westinghouse electric fan missing the blades and cage. I have never seen a fan with the switches and plugs on the back of the motor rather than on / in the base. There are two set screws in the neck to lock the fan motor into place once it is aimed in the right direction, but they have nothing to do with anything else other than locking the rotating motor on top. The left porcelain switch is marked ON & OFF. The right porcelain switch is a very unusual plug. The electrical cord simply clicks on and off (slides but with a catch so it doesn’t fall off). There is a small dent in the metal piece surrounding the on / off switch, but both switches otherwise look to be in great working condition with no chips or cracks. The handle on top is centered front to back rather than side to side. The tag on top reads THE WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MFG CO. / PITTSBURGH, PA U. / ALTERNATING CURRENT MOTOR / 100 120 VOLTS 60 CYCLES / ST YLE 122631 SERIAL NO. (blank) / PATENTED DEC. You can see the front shaft has a flat spot to attach a fan blade. The front of the motor has one empty hole at top and two rivets? THE MOTOR DOES WORK! The dual wire cord I had a friend hook up to some sort of meter and he could determine that the cord is no good at all. A current can no longer travel through it. The cord that hooks onto the unusual four “prong” cap also has one broken wire (and a good wire as well). The current would go through two points but not the other two points. He then took an electrical plug with clip and attached it to the inside of the motor where the cap would normally go. It hummed and then with a little twisting of the fan blade shaft… He then oiled it a little and it immediately started working considerable better, though it is still probably bone dry inside. The “four prong” cord that plugs into the back of the fan motor has a light socket attached to the end. This socket has a piece that screws in that is a converter to the double ended two wire cord. This is quite the unusual piece! Have you ever seen an electric fan with all the mechanism on the back and nothing in or on the base??? The inside center of the underside of the base does no even allow for any wires or mechanism… This is absolutely the correct base for this fan motor! Follow the link to a YouTube video of the fan motor running. Thanks and good luck!! The item “ANTIQUE WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC FAN UNUSUAL PORCELAIN SWITCHES ON BACK OF MOTOR” is in sale since Monday, May 23, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Kitchen & Home\Electric Fans”. The seller is “hat-trick” and is located in Harlan, Iowa. This item can be shipped to United States.