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Antique Emerson Electric Fan - Wiring

garycolwill

Plastic
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Aug 1, 2019
Hello. I've had this old industrial fan sitting around long enough to have forgotten where I got it, and now have become interested in seeing if I can get it spinning. Oddly, it's marked as 115 volts AC and single phase, 2 amp and 1/20 HP, and seems to have two speeds, given that the tag says 1140/860 in the RPM field.

It has a four prong plug and four wires, one of which is a darker color that the others (not sure about original color because the wires are so old and the insulation is falling off).

Any ideas on this? I've posted a few pics.

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Used two random light colored wires and connected them to 115vac and heard a hum; helped the blade spin a tiny bit and away it went!

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