exhaust fans revisited

[frontaloadotmy]

More Fan Fare!!!

In no particular order.

 

[frontaloadotmy]

The most trusted name in wood case legged fans

For those sultry nights with out breeze in the breezeway

 

[frontaloadotmy]

The Nightlight will aid in locating the bathroom

after sun down, select operations as needed.

 

[frontaloadotmy]

This unit performs with ease and efficiency!

The "hallmark" of The NuTone Line

 

[petek]

My folks didn't buy a window a/c till sometime in the mid to late 60's and installed it in the dining room window. It wasn't powerful enough to do much more than the dining/livingroom area so the bedrooms were boiling hot. We'd either sleep down the basement or camp out in the backyard on weekends which was always fun because once the folks went to bed we could sneak away and go soap windows and ring doorbells. LOL I saw those little Haier 5000 window a/c the other day for something like $89, not much more than most box or tower fans.

 

[nasadowsk]

Yeah, Sears sold TONS of those Homart units and you STILL see them peeking out attic windows all over the place.

They came in a few varieties:

Fan with little on off switch.
Fan with timer
Reverseable fan
Reverseable fan with timer.

Some had buttons, some had a knob. I guess they changed 'em every few years.

Nobody has a good history online of 'em though. I'm kinda surprised - it seems like everyone had one.

 

[jasonl]

And I'm sure most people over 30 remember being at their grandparents when they were a child and were exposed to these window fans.

I remember my grandma letting me push the button to start the fan (it had buttons like a GE stove).

And then "Hummmmmmmm...whhoooooOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH!!!". You never forget that.

 

[launderess]

Think so many pepole are used to going from their air conditioned homes, to an air conditioned car, to an air conditioned place of work/whatever, then back again they know how to live without AC.

New homes today rarely have front or back porches, and there is nothing better on a hot day/night than to sit on the front porch (screened to keep the bugs out of course), sipping iced tea or lemonade and rocking in a chair.

One of the worst things for areas was the demise of front porches, so socialable!

L.

 

[veg-o-matic]

Spatsy, that Eskimo fan brings back memories!

That's the line that Woolworth's used to sell come summertime. That blue is unmistakable, as is the sound made by those three aluminum blades. For some reason, seeing those fans on display always spelled "summer vacation".

Now. Does anyone own portable "air coolers"? These are also known as swamp coolers, I think, and are merely humidifiers that look like air conditioners.

Woolworth's used to sell those too, and I wonder if anyone bought them. Given Baltimore's summers with 170% humidity and highs near 100, I wouldn't think they'd be too effective...

veg