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Andre Wehrle
United States
Приєднався 10 жов 2023
Creating a new channel under my legal name. Storm chaser, vintage electric fan enthusiast, hobbyist videographer, unapologetic Midwesterner. Here you'll find videos of my storm chasing adventures, ceiling fan test/demonstrations/(mis)adventures, and anything else that happens to catch my eye.
52" Moss WF Series Ceiling Fan
Test with @dspiffy two years ago OTD, 8/26/2022.
Antique brass, cane blades. Surprisingly (to me) powerful performer.
Dan's video:
ua-cam.com/video/8M3NUFwb2jE/v-deo.html
Antique brass, cane blades. Surprisingly (to me) powerful performer.
Dan's video:
ua-cam.com/video/8M3NUFwb2jE/v-deo.html
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Відео
SMC DJ-52 Chrome/Black/Gunmetal Ceiling Fan
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Tested with @dspiffy two years ago OTD, 8/26/2022. Other than being a pain to mount, I liked this one more than I thought I would. Has a 4-spotlight kit with black marble blades. Dan's video: ua-cam.com/video/Hz0rGeflDBs/v-deo.html
52" Classic Fan, Inc. Model ML "Not-Original" Ceiling Fan
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Tested with @dspiffy two years ago OTD, 8/26/2022. Around 1980, Hunter (then a division of Robbins & Myers, Inc.) changed to a 2.5 amp, two-speed shaded pole motor for their flagship "The Original" cast iron ceiling fans. Classic Fan Inc. of DeSoto, TX took advantage of a patent expiration on the old 1.9 amp motor to produce this cosmetically and mechanically virtually indistinguishable clone. ...
The Kings of Connaught: Live at The Bur Oak, Madison, WI 8/20/2024 - (Almost) Full Concert
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Got into listening to Irish trad, particularly mid-20th Century revival groups such as The Dubliners and Planxty about 12-13 years ago. A few years after that I came across a video of a new group performing in that style, a great version of one of my favorites, McAlpine's Fusiliers: ua-cam.com/video/AQeNtDPD98s/v-deo.html They were called The Kings of Connaught and they became one of several ar...
Mud Dauber Wasp at Olbrich Botanical Gardens 8/11/2024
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_Sceliphron caementarium_
SMC 24-karat Gold Plated Ceiling Fan Model KC52
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Or is it "24-Garratt"? With the SMC "Beehive" canopy. Dan's video: ua-cam.com/video/NJ7W7_HBq3o/v-deo.html
Encon "Monarch" Ceiling Fan w/Faux L.E.D. stained glass bulbs (8/17/2022)
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FLICKERING LIGHT WARNING @ 2:10 (when we try dimming the L.E.D.s!) Fan test with @dspiffy two years ago OTD. White/PB, cane blades, pretzel brackets, filigree sideband. Dan's video: ua-cam.com/video/JNWJnjaPdBg/v-deo.html
Blooming Butterflies at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, 8/11/2024
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Just some pretty butterflies flitting about the Bolz Conservatory.
Blue Öyster Cult - "Godzilla" Live @ WI State Fair 8/13/2009
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15 years ago OTD, got to see these veterans of the metal scene (and a thousand psychic wars) perform at the State Fair. Here they play their 1977 classic off the album _Spectres_ . Ritchie Castellano, Eric Bloom, Buck Dharma, Jules Radino (drums), Rudy Sarzo (bass).
Emerson "Roundnose" Antique Ceiling Fan with "modifications"
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With custom blade brackets that are bent to a ridiculously steep pitch; the fan still performs quite well considering.
36" Emerson "Roundnose" Antique Ceiling Fan
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FIRST FAN OF THE NIGHT! Tested with birthday boy @dspiffy, @ricksterthefanman and special guest Blake from California. @MetalPete_the_metalfan was out getting supplies for Metal Burgers.
Intense Lightning Storm at Madison, WI (TV tower struck at 15:08) 8/11/2023
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This weekend, we had quiet and very pleasant weather in southern Wisconsin. One year ago, it was a different story as a complex of thunderstorms moved through portions of southwest and south-central WI. Most of the rain/wind missed us just to the west on the far southwest side of Madison, but we saw nearly continuous "flashbulb" lightning strikes lighting up the sky. At 15:08, a bolt strikes th...
Lords of the Trident - "The Ballad of Jon Milwaukee" Live @ MWP VII 8/3/2024
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Lords of the Trident - "The Ballad of Jon Milwaukee" Live @ MWP VII 8/3/2024
Lords of the Trident - "Winds of the Storm" Live @ MWP VII 8/3/2024
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Lords of the Trident - "Winds of the Storm" Live @ MWP VII 8/3/2024
House on The Rock Tour 2021 Ft. Music Machines & Ceiling Fans
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House on The Rock Tour 2021 Ft. Music Machines & Ceiling Fans
Hunter Original Ceiling Fan in Weathered Brick (Chinese Motor)
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Hunter Original Ceiling Fan in Weathered Brick (Chinese Motor)
July 12, 2023 Storm Chase: Glimpse of Plato Center/Elgin, IL Twin Tornadoes (1-yr Anniversary Reup)
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July 12, 2023 Storm Chase: Glimpse of Plato Center/Elgin, IL Twin Tornadoes (1-yr Anniversary Reup)
June 22, 2024 Storm Chase: Iowa Wall Clouds and Rainbows (Missed Wisconsin Tornadoes)
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June 22, 2024 Storm Chase: Iowa Wall Clouds and Rainbows (Missed Wisconsin Tornadoes)
Hunter "Original Outdoor" Ceiling Fan w/Blue Sailcloth Blades
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Hunter "Original Outdoor" Ceiling Fan w/Blue Sailcloth Blades
Hunter/Robbins & Myers R-52 Ceiling Fan w/Adapt-Air, 1958/'60 (Fan 2 of 2)
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Hunter/Robbins & Myers R-52 Ceiling Fan w/Adapt-Air, 1958/'60 (Fan 2 of 2)
Hunter/Robbins & Myers R-52 Ceiling Fan w/Adapt-Air, 1958/'60 (Fan 1 of 2)
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Hunter/Robbins & Myers R-52 Ceiling Fan w/Adapt-Air, 1958/'60 (Fan 1 of 2)
OTD Ten Years Ago: Lords of the Trident at the The Red Zone Madison (w/Livewire) 6/21/2014
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OTD Ten Years Ago: Lords of the Trident at the The Red Zone Madison (w/Livewire) 6/21/2014
Nebraska Supercell Timelapse, June 16, 2014
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Nebraska Supercell Timelapse, June 16, 2014
OTD Ten Years Ago: June 16, 2014 Storm Chase - Northeast Nebraska Missed Opportunity
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OTD Ten Years Ago: June 16, 2014 Storm Chase - Northeast Nebraska Missed Opportunity
1965 Hunter/Robbins & Myers R-52 Ceiling Fan
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1965 Hunter/Robbins & Myers R-52 Ceiling Fan
4:21-4:44 was my dad's house
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This is so interesting that all the 1.9A motors on your channel perform so well. My 1.9A ~1977 Hunter original performs so bad (~150rpm on high) and this is after I cleaned it thoroughly and even replaced the bearing.
What paint brand/color did you use for this finish? I’m thinking of doing the same color on one
Love these, pretty sure it’s the first SMC to use that style of blades. Then it was succeeded by the DP52, then the Elegant Series MR52V’s, as well as the Classic Series HCM52V’s, not sold in North America but common in HK and Macau
Atlantic-Aire in the K-Mart days, if I recall. My childhood neighbor had the chrome motor version with a bowl light kit from factory and reversible high-gloss rosewood/high-gloss black blades. I moved out of that childhood house and across the country and haven’t been inside that house since 2005. We are friends on Facebook and through my mother. The living room just had a to-the-studs-and-joists renovation, and they reused the same ceiling fan again! The light was removed around 2010 when a minor renovation was done. The house was gutted, room-by-room, and a massive addition added. Several other cool fans were tossed. The living room Atlantic-Aire remains with the black side of the blades showing, to this day.
Rare!
OK
It's a POWERFUL performer, Indeed!
Rare!
Cute chickens 🐓
Wow!
8/2024...Great video! Fun place,....I went there with friends to House on the Rock around 1985. I was 32. It was a life changing experience. I was already an eccentric collector of quirky junk. I built sculptures from found junk. Like old musical instruments, early prosthetic legs, mannequin limbs. I could have gotten my hands on some old pipe organs that were being dismantled, 2 years ago. Both were coming from churches in working condition, but no interested parties. One was being taken apart and sold by the piece, at a local salvage warehouse reseller. I got to handle and (blow) on an early 1800s era, 4 ft. long, dusty, handcrafted, wooden pipe. It took a full breath to produce a mellow (pipe)organ note. It was more of a flute sound. Many organ pipes were made of metal. Early pipe organs produced sound by pumping bellows of air into the pipes. As a singular antique artifact, for sale, it wasn't cheap and I didn't buy it. I was collecting weird stuff, long before seeing "the House" collection.
@@AidenCullinan-y5n I think it was more real, back in the 80s. Though even then I questioned exactly how the sounds were produced. I'd seen other self playing instruments that used small air pumps, and mechanical things. Hard to believe I was there 39 years ago. Those original machines, must have worn out dozens of times, and to extend the life of the illusion, one has to assume, they eventually upgraded them to use audio track recordings.
That was a powerful dusty wedge with horizontal vorticies
I will say it again I love ❤ all originals
Last fan of the night
I think your cell was pretty close around 3:50. You can sort of make out an RFD cut behind the rain curtains, and maybe it's just the illusion of the rain, but it looks like there was some tight rotation within those bands. At any rate, great initial positioning and perseverance to stay with this cell. You're gonna need more Rain-X after 14:03!
Thanks, Michael! Yeah, that was probably its most visually impressive phase and it occurred before the storm was warned, the first tornado warning went out shortly after I left that location. Some chasers observed an apparent funnel with it a while later, but that must have occurred during the time I was stuck in the rain. Speaking of which, I haven't really used Rain-X on chases before...perhaps I should start!
Bring them back
Hot brown
Fourth fan of the night in Brown Brown in brown Hunter the original Hunter Robbins, and Meyers
Yeah, I wonder where they are today such nice fans
Let’s see who wins let’s do it do a comparison
But the American made in the China made motor looked alike
@@steveperelli3602 Externally, yes. Internally, the American made permanent split capacitor motor had the stator around the rim with a large rotor rotating inside of it, a similar configuration to the old-school shaded pole motors. The Chinese ones have the rotor turn around the outside of the stator, more like a standard modern "spinner" motor except larger, better ventilated and still retaining the oil bath shaft and bearing.
Third fan of the night it’s a hunter hunter hunter original
It looks like it’s on medium instead of slow speed
Metal Jonas
@@steveperelli3602 Metal Jonas vs. Actual Jonas for ALL THE HOMESTEAD CATALOGS.
Brown brown During Jonas week house on the rock
Second fan of the night what do we have here?
That was PERFECTLY timed with the intro music on that broadcasting system 😅
Beautiful
They definitely fixed the motor issues in the newer Chinese made ones. I have a 2017 I bought new on my open front porch. Top-fill design, never added a drop since install in 2017. Still full as can be. (That’s what she said). The shitty blades even have almost no warpage, Hotel light kit looks great. It’s had the hell beat out of it from use and storms. Great fan. My gripe is that it is starting to rust. It’s Chestnut Brown, and when I do its yearly cleaning, you can see rust forming in the motor housing and blistering the paint. Don’t love that. My back porch I installed another brown Original, a 1985 with pecan blades. I put it up around spring 2020, and it was indoor from new prior to me buying it locally. Last year a notable blade split occurred, so I bought a set of NIB cane/pecan for it. Not period-correct, but pretty. Not sure how long they will last. Back porch is more open to weather on three sides, but screened. The brown paint on it is 100% rust/tarnish free, despite being soaked by storms several times. Definitely better paint jobs on the oldies. Sorry for the TL-DR, I just love my porch Originals lol.
No apologies necessary; I like to hear people's Hunter Original stories, lol. They are good outdoor fans, even the ones not technically marketed for outdoor use (such as the one with the sailcloth blades I uploaded previously).
Tornadoes are happening everywhere these days
These were from a year ago yesterday at Elgin, IL.
Very beautiful
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Never saw one in the wild. When I was single-digit age, these were for sale at Hechinger’s, off the shelf with blue blades. I remember Hunter catalogs with many colors. So rare and so cool! I think the cloths on the blades were even machine washable?
The Hunter catalogs say "washable," doesn't specify if that means machine washable. This fan appears as early as 1991, when the motor was offered in a "sand" finish as well as white, with beige blade cloth.
That would be cool if it came in red all different colors
Rare!
What year is it from? Very nice. I wish they came in fire blades and three speed. And reverse.
What year is it from?
I have been there California
I never been to Disneyland at California I love to go though
The one I saw was a brown, I believe so I have seen those at Disney World
Remember that fan I was talking about that was the one but in brown
Nice fan what year is that from? The painted ones are so beautiful.
This one is from either 1958 or '60, not sure which.
Where is this fan made?
Also, that high speed is about as fast as my SMC HUB42 (Hampton Bay Littleton) made in May 2000
And also about as fast as my 1992 Encon Casanova
This is my JAM 😃
Great aggregation of all these clips, and especially with the contrast editing. These storms were very difficult to see. Also, and I really mean this: you were freaking insanely unlucky this day. You were in all of the right places at the wrong times, by only about 15 minutes, in multiple instances. Maybe SW Iowa really is cursed for you? Your funnel was very much a tornado. Even if the NWS says the Afton East track stops at 7:46pm, I'm pretty confident there was ground circulation for a few minutes more. And it was definitely the same funnel I was driving alongside up the road on 169. So put it on the board! Also, we must have passed each other since I decided to bail south on 169 shortly after 8pm. Perhaps I'm the car you passed at 16:43 ? The headlights are kind of ovular like a 2009 Santa Fe's. Can't believe I missed this upload. I must have been stewing from my May 7th Michigan bust and went offline.
Thanks, Michael! Yeah, SW to south-central Iowa is a tough area to chase, although it certainly seemed to be the active spot this year. So, you weren't chasing in your Camaro this time? Ironically I was also in a Santa Fe, the 2021 that my brother-in-law "sold" to my wife and I in Dec. 2022 (the one that appears in your Keota video). We ended up giving the car back to him shortly after this (long story) but we found a low-mileage 2023 Toyota Highlander which should be my main chase vehicle going forward if all goes to plan.
@@AndreWehrle The Camaro's great for chases on solid paved road networks, but I can't really justify it on dirt roads, or if I'm going to be driving into hail. The Hyundai is cheap, high mileage and already depreciated to zero - nothing much to lose. That Highlander should last you and your wife for life!
Nothing to cringe about. Beautiful supercell in LP mode, great timelapse footage, and you caught the best lightning bolt of the day. Pilger Shmilger.
Thanks, Michael but it still stings.