Thread Number: 71618
/ Tag: Ranges, Stoves, Ovens
My 1936 GE Range! |
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Post# 947650 , Reply# 1   7/11/2017 at 10:08 (2,481 days old) by ken (NYS)   |   | |
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What a nice looking range. Don't think I've ever seen a GE of that vintage. It seems to have been made for the space. Could we expect any range made today still looking that nice and functioning 81 years from now? Don't think so.
Even though this site is dedicated to gas ranges maybe they could provide some info as to rebuilding services? www.antiquegasstoves.com/... Here's a site that states they rebuild electric range thermostats. www.antiquestoves.com/toac/electr... |
Post# 947651 , Reply# 2   7/11/2017 at 10:11 (2,481 days old) by spacepig (Floridas Emerald Coast)   |   | |
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Post# 947674 , Reply# 3   7/11/2017 at 12:46 (2,481 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 947676 , Reply# 4   7/11/2017 at 13:01 (2,481 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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That beautiful range and the tile were just meant for each other! |
Post# 947716 , Reply# 6   7/11/2017 at 16:45 (2,481 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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So wait -- are you saying those stove top elements are original? If so, they seem like an advanced design for 1936, but they would also serve as a testament to the low use of this range. I thought they were later retrofits. It would really be something if today's Calrod elements would snap right in or be easily adapted if you ever needed to replace one. |
Post# 947759 , Reply# 7   7/11/2017 at 23:21 (2,480 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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The thermostatic control for the oven is no problem - any universal oven thermostatic control can replace it. It's easier to replace than to try to fix those horrid plug in bellows they used in the pre-war stuff. Beautiful stove. CLICK HERE TO GO TO panthera's LINK
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Post# 947796 , Reply# 9   7/12/2017 at 07:49 (2,480 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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The elements are likely original, GE bought out Hotpoint/Edison Electric to get these Calrods in the 30's.
Not seeing the connection block on this range, I would venture to guess that they are similar to the blocks that GE used through the 50's & 60's until they changed to the plug-in socket type you're familiar with. You might be able to do a direct replacement with a GE element like (link) this one. They changed from the ceramic block to glass in later years, but the only thing you may have to do is swap the chrome ring around the edge to keep yours original looking, fit in the opening may depend on the wider ring as well. This ring replacement may be an interesting challenge depending on how your Calrods are mounted in the rings vs. the new replacements. If all of your elements are working now, you'll have some time to work this out :-) Congrats on a really stunning range. CLICK HERE TO GO TO gansky1's LINK on eBay |
Post# 947807 , Reply# 10   7/12/2017 at 09:06 (2,480 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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Oh, never fear - there will be something holding them on tight. Manufacturers delighted in hiding the dratted things. Sometimes they even put a drop of carefully matched colour over the hole in which the set screw/pin was placed and smoothed it down. Sunbeam, for example, did that on some of their wonderful 1940-50's waffle irons. It's most likely to be on the flat bottom or slightly recessed on the shaft - possibly inside of the range, even. Sometimes you can find where they are by locating a flat surface on the control shaft - the set screw will be perpendicular to that.
Somebody here is bound to know, though.
Using two elements run together, such as your range uses and playing with the voltage is a very easy way to get lots of heat settings from simple controls. Back before the infinite heat regulators, it was common. This is possible because when you halve the voltage*, you cut the heat output to one-fourth.* Let's look at what I can get out of two nominally 220/240 volt coils in such a configuration* (your range may not have done it this way, of course). Let's place one element at 1000 watts and the other at 1250. No idea what your's draw, of course. So, both together at 220V gives us a whopping 2250Watts or a really hot 'high'. Both run in serial at 220V gives us a respectable 563Watts or a pretty nice medium-low. In between, of course, we could have one element at 1000W at 220 or one at 1250W at 220. Pretty good for medium, no? Medium high could be 1250W at 220V + 250W at 110V= 1500. And so on. With just a simple switch, you could have: High..............2250 Med. High....1500 Med...............1200 Med. Low......1000 (not ideal, but not bad) Low................512 Extra low.......300 Simmer...........250
In fact, many pre-infinite units did have either 5 or 7 settings and this is how they did it. If your range only has 3 settings, I'm guessing they may have done it all on 220V.
What a neat stove! Keep posting pics, please. Love to see the innards behind the control panel!
*At this point, I'd like to speak to the ladies here who are clutching their pearls and foaming at the mouth about how AC is not DC and thus we must consider PF, etc: Darlinks, it's a purely resistance load. Seriously.
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Post# 947867 , Reply# 11   7/12/2017 at 16:47 (2,480 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Heat helps to loosen bakelite. Try putting a blow dryer to a knob and seeing if you can coax it off. My mom's stove, which was 1) A Westinghouse, and 2) Made in 1949, did not use set screws on the burner control knobs. Yours may not either.
I had a stubborn situation with an old Western Electric E-1 handset that had a transmitter cap that wouldn't unscrew. A blow dryer and a strap wrench did the trick. |
Post# 947881 , Reply# 12   7/12/2017 at 18:45 (2,479 days old) by Steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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For the price of shipping you can have this book! Nice if someone can use it! |
Post# 947920 , Reply# 13   7/12/2017 at 23:49 (2,479 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 948028 , Reply# 14   7/13/2017 at 10:00 (2,479 days old) by fridgenut (Cape Girardeau, MO)   |   | |
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I would love that manual. Contact me via email at harp.ray@gmail.com and we can sort out the details. That will be a huge help. I love how you found my exact model in the book. I also love it's name! |