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Thread Number: 2826
location of stoves' LARGE front surface-element |
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Post# 75828 7/31/2005 at 06:31 (6,841 days old) by toggleswitch  (New York City, NY) |
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OK Cory's beautiful vintage Hotpoint range has me pondering.. and I KNOW this it the right crowd to ask. On which side is the large FRONT surface-element located by brand? GE and Hotpoint have the large FRONT surface-element on the right.. WP has the large FRONT element on the left... Help me out here, boys and girls (and undecided..) | ||
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Post# 76073 , Reply# 1 8/1/2005 at 22:02 (6,840 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 76076 , Reply# 2 8/1/2005 at 22:13 (6,840 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 79235 , Reply# 6 8/19/2005 at 12:35 (6,822 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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....and the funny thing is until lately I had never seen electric cooking in Manhattan which is where the show, in theory, takes place. Then again I had never seen a back porch or exterior accessway either (as you would see in Florida), as shown here in other posts when they fought over a washer and it falls to the street. Unrealistic? That would also be the gravity hot-air furnace shown on the show to heat a buildng in Manhattan. "Medusa" simply did not ever exist in Manhattan IIRC. Heating systms here are 90% steam in larger buidlngs, with some hot water in smaller ones. | ||
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Post# 79345 , Reply# 8 8/20/2005 at 06:43 (6,821 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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IMHO these are great for blackouts in that many models are non-electric. Although most heating systems are gas or oil-fired the controls are electic and heat stops dead during blackouts. These gravity wall furnaces, gas-fired storage-type domestic hot-water heaters and gas fireplases are the exception. Some gas-fired steam central heating systems use a milli-volt electrical generating thermocouple where the pilot light generates a tiny current/voltage that opens the gas solenoid. These also work when no power. he below link shows a 3/4 volt thermocouple ("generator") works with a companion 3/4 volt gas solenoid. (...and for our young friends a solenoid is a big fancy word for an electically controlled vavle. Mostly on/off no regulation.) CLICK HERE TO GO TO toggleswitch's LINK | ||
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Post# 79346 , Reply# 9 8/20/2005 at 06:49 (6,821 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 79347 , Reply# 10 8/20/2005 at 06:54 (6,821 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Personally I am working on a natural gas fired generator for blackouts and to be able to switch to time-of-day metering for electricity to take advantage of the off-peak rate and generate my own power (for the central A/C at least) during peak hours. I that is not viable, I have a gas stove, will be getting a gas-fireplace, and can get a gas water heater. LET IT SNOW ...let it snow let snow. Then there can be 100 blackouts a week, I won't care. | ||
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