brad845
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Bought this nearly mint, I would say really nice GE stove for $50.
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super-sweeper
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$50!!?!?????!?!?!!!!?
STEAL of the decade (DID you steal it?
)! That's an amazing find, where on earth did you find that? Wait, that's the EXACT SAME stove I saw for sale here! It has the same cool push-buttons! The one I saw was $100! Did you drive all the way to Florida for a stove? The one I saw was beautiful, as mint as yours! But get those modern appliances off that stove and get vintage ones!
Oooo I wonder if this model has the timer hooked to the convenience outlet, you could plug in a perculator and wake to fresh coffee!
STEAL of the decade (DID you steal it?
Aren't you lucky!!
Gorgeous stove! I found what I think may have been the avocado equivalent in one of our Goodwills on the highway. It had a matching GE refrigerator with it. Neither stayed for long. I hope someone who wanted them got them, not some idiot buying them for a rental.
Gorgeous stove! I found what I think may have been the avocado equivalent in one of our Goodwills on the highway. It had a matching GE refrigerator with it. Neither stayed for long. I hope someone who wanted them got them, not some idiot buying them for a rental.
brad845
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Its Kentucky .. People don't know what they have .. It was at an estate sale in a garage ... It wasn't even for sale but I asked the owners and of course money talks .. In their case a few dollars talk! Lol .. I assume I paid $50 I also got a set of 1890's silerware with it for a total of $75.
suckolux
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We had one a bazillion years ago, it cooked well
vac-o-matic
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That looks like, or similar to the one that a member here's mother has, and she's a great country cook and LOVES that stove! God help everyone the day it goes out, which might never happen. You got a real deal at that price, enjoy!
That's just swell--congratulations! TV's Margaret Anderson, Harriet Nelson, and others would be pleased as punch!
The push button switches are still available here and there--consider being proactive and purchasing some for future replacements before they are discontinued.
If it indeed does have a convenience outlet a service tech will take it out if he or she sees it as it is against OSHA's safety regulations. I believe bathroom light fixture outlets were banned, as well, but am not positive (While Wally and the Beave had the option of using that elevated outlet their descendents' likely sole option is to use GFCI outlets).
I also wonder if one of your surface units (typically the front right one) is the original "Extra Hi-Speed" one for heating things more quickly (before microwaves were widely manufactured for domestic use). Its center medallion will state that. Correspondingly, I wonder if your other surface unit medallions have the cursive G-E logo with the knurls, or if they are the updated Calrod™ type. Btw, Calrod™ is a trademark of G-E. Regardless, you will want to degrease and polish them. Boiling in water and lemon juice is an option; baking soda is also good for gentle scouring. Would soaking in bleach work? (Idk)
And, of course, you'll want to go to your friendly Ace Hardware store and clean/polish/protect the white enamel with the classic Jubilee® Kitchen Wax first manufactured by S. C. Johnson & Son in the 1950s. If they don't have it on the shelf you can have them order it for you.
Here is a 1953 G-E range ad from a current eBay listing (can't tell if it's yours):
The push button switches are still available here and there--consider being proactive and purchasing some for future replacements before they are discontinued.
If it indeed does have a convenience outlet a service tech will take it out if he or she sees it as it is against OSHA's safety regulations. I believe bathroom light fixture outlets were banned, as well, but am not positive (While Wally and the Beave had the option of using that elevated outlet their descendents' likely sole option is to use GFCI outlets).
I also wonder if one of your surface units (typically the front right one) is the original "Extra Hi-Speed" one for heating things more quickly (before microwaves were widely manufactured for domestic use). Its center medallion will state that. Correspondingly, I wonder if your other surface unit medallions have the cursive G-E logo with the knurls, or if they are the updated Calrod™ type. Btw, Calrod™ is a trademark of G-E. Regardless, you will want to degrease and polish them. Boiling in water and lemon juice is an option; baking soda is also good for gentle scouring. Would soaking in bleach work? (Idk)
And, of course, you'll want to go to your friendly Ace Hardware store and clean/polish/protect the white enamel with the classic Jubilee® Kitchen Wax first manufactured by S. C. Johnson & Son in the 1950s. If they don't have it on the shelf you can have them order it for you.
Here is a 1953 G-E range ad from a current eBay listing (can't tell if it's yours):
super-sweeper
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His model's push-buttons are on top of the stove, not the front
, but close enough!
I have a bathroom fixture with an outlet in it, wonder why they were banned? than again, most of the electrical in the house is from 1960!
I have a bathroom fixture with an outlet in it, wonder why they were banned? than again, most of the electrical in the house is from 1960!
marks_here
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I want the one that was on betwitched
RE Why were they banned??
Outlets on stoves as well as outlets on mirrors etc, were banned because someone got a shock from a defective appliance, or dropped their electric razor in the sink etc ...the government in their infinite wisdom responded by banning something very useful, I think its MY business, not osha's how or what I use in my own house!!
Outlets on stoves as well as outlets on mirrors etc, were banned because someone got a shock from a defective appliance, or dropped their electric razor in the sink etc ...the government in their infinite wisdom responded by banning something very useful, I think its MY business, not osha's how or what I use in my own house!!
super-sweeper
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Couldn't they just invent the super-safety GFCI version of a light fixture plug? You would get a shock from any defective appliance, that's no reason to ban the convenience outlet. Unless you cram your hand into a pot of boiling water and drop the perculator in it, the design is idiot-proof. Unless you, or your foolish kitchen , place the stove right next to the sink, it's idiot-proof. However,I would hope that the connivance outlet would have a circuit breaker, for those people that defy safety!
Becuase of their age-though stove 120V convenience outlets had 15A fuse plugs on them-like in the control panel.They would use the standard med base screw in fuse plugs available back then-somewhat still now.I don't get how folks were getting shocked from these-for the most part its simply an outlet-just like in the wall!
fan-of-fans
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I always thought it was to prevent cords coming in contact with the hot stove. Recently however, I read it has to do with a defective appliance grounding through the grounded metal stove and causing a shock.
As far as bathroom fixtures with convenience outlets, are they banned? I looked online just now and see quite a few available. Most seem to be old designs, but they are still being made it seems.
As far as bathroom fixtures with convenience outlets, are they banned? I looked online just now and see quite a few available. Most seem to be old designs, but they are still being made it seems.
brad845
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I'm not really sure if it has the convenience timer or not .. It does not have the high speed coils, it has the Calrod coils. The plug does not work due to a blowed fuse. Is one of them the timers?
brad845
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Nevermind the extension cords & appliances .. I haven't finished my kitchen reno yet. And with a house being built in 1903 there is only 1 plugin in each room Bahaha!
super-sweeper
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What's that nice brown vintage cord going to?
Fix that fuse and see what timer does what, it's time to wake-up to coffee as they did in 1958!
Fix that fuse and see what timer does what, it's time to wake-up to coffee as they did in 1958!
