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Thread Number: 68175
/ Tag: Classified Ad Finds
kerosene vintage servel |
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| Post# 908964 11/29/2016 at 07:18 (2,703 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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| Post# 908965 , Reply# 1 11/29/2016 at 07:19 (2,703 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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| Post# 908967 , Reply# 2 11/29/2016 at 07:21 (2,703 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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| Post# 908968 , Reply# 3 11/29/2016 at 07:23 (2,703 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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| Post# 908971 , Reply# 4 11/29/2016 at 07:36 (2,703 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Belongs in the Smithsonian. Beautifull relic of American history. I'd be afraid to use kerosene indoors. | ||
Post# 908980 , Reply# 5 11/29/2016 at 08:25 (2,703 days old) by Tomturbomatic  (Beltsville, MD) |
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Mary Martin had one in Brazil and wrote that it would develop an air bubble which stopped the cooling. It had to be emptied, turned upside down and pounded on to get it to burp the air bubble to restore it to operation. | ||
| Post# 908981 , Reply# 6 11/29/2016 at 08:35 (2,703 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Re Be afraid to use kerosine LOL...If you wanted light in the old days you used it!!!My Mother did her homework by kerosene lamp light until they got electricity when she was 9 in 1938, Many people in the South cooked on a kerosene range.Anything that uses oil like this does take maintenance to keep it burning clean. | ||
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Post# 908988 , Reply# 7 11/29/2016 at 09:49 (2,703 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 908989 , Reply# 8 11/29/2016 at 10:57 (2,703 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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That is a beautiful Servel! We had a gas Servel when I was very little and my Mom used to speak of how much she missed that fridge for many years after we got rid of it for a larger electric one. My dad replaced it with a huge Manitowoc double door bottom freezer fridge. I have never heard of this brand again, and it was obscure even in 1955. It was another one of his many barters for legal services. We used that fridge until 1963 when we moved to the country.
BTW, when we moved to the country I attended the the 8th grade in a little red, three room school house, I kid you not. Its now a historical monument. In each classroom we had a big kerosene heater that was vented to the outside, but in the winter when they were going full blast we could sure smell the kerosene but we were toasty warm. Great memories. Eddie This post was last edited 11/29/2016 at 13:07 | ||
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Post# 909025 , Reply# 9 11/29/2016 at 17:21 (2,703 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 909116 , Reply# 10 11/30/2016 at 12:30 (2,702 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
Now I remember... There were several Servel gas refrigerators that came in as trade-ins. They were never put on the resale floor like regular refrigerators but were very much in demand with all my dad's friends who had remote hunting cabins with no electricity. I distinctly remember many of them being turned upside down to get them working again. I don't recall if I ever asked why. | ||
| Post# 909211 , Reply# 12 12/1/2016 at 08:22 (2,701 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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One of the full time RV people mentioned the importance of having the camper level for the LP gas refrigerator to function properly. | ||
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Post# 909611 , Reply# 14 12/4/2016 at 15:35 (2,698 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 909860 , Reply# 15 12/6/2016 at 08:28 (2,696 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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