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Thread Number: 71698
/ Tag: Ranges, Stoves, Ovens
Moffat Range |
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Post# 948709 , Reply# 2 7/17/2017 at 23:52 (2,473 days old) by 114jwh  (Vancouver) |
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Here it is all lit up! Really like that big panel light!
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Post# 948744 , Reply# 6 7/18/2017 at 07:41 (2,472 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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 Wow James, that is the Cadillac of Moffat ranges for sure (or perhaps I should say the Meteor... LOL)
I've seen Moffats of this era with the extra wide and high lighted back panel, the 'grillevator' and the temperature probe but never with a deep-well cooker. Maybe it was a special model, just for the Ottawa market... LOL
Two things that really brought back the memories - the Con-Rad elements and the broiler heat adjustment. A friend of mine's mother still has (I think) a model similar to this, but sans the deep well cooker. If I remember that family's legends correctly, their Moffat was acquired used from a family member (along with an Inglis Centennial dishwasher!!) in the Ottawa area where they lived at the time in '67 or '68.
Congratulations and happy cooking!!
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Post# 948745 , Reply# 7 7/18/2017 at 07:45 (2,472 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 948889 , Reply# 8 7/18/2017 at 23:52 (2,472 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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 Tres deluxe and it ought to be for that price back then. Growing up we had a 50's Moffat double wide (left side warming oven only) which my mom, although not a big cook, loved. I've seen variations on it with different burner placements and I think a deep well option. They pop up occasionally on sale sites and twice now in the past 10 years at Habitat for Humanity. Built like tanks. Dad has a bit of prob getting replacement parts in the late 80's pre internet days. After dad died in 94 and she was having her kitchen redone she reluctantly got rid of it figuring since they don't make them anymore really, if she had to buy a new stove eventually she didn't want a big gap where it stood and so bought a standard size stove with the cabinets redone to fit that. | ||
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Post# 948953 , Reply# 9 7/19/2017 at 14:09 (2,471 days old) by kevin313 (Detroit, Michigan) |
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Post# 1008997 , Reply# 11 9/29/2018 at 14:53 (2,034 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Robertshaw Hydraulic Automatic Top Element control
There were a lot of these controls used in the US from 1955-around 1975.
Usually when the heat won't cut down the sensor has lost its Freon charge, it may have a broken capillary or leak in the sensor head or bellows in the control switch. I have never tried to repair one of these controls when it failed in this manor, but I guess anything is possible. If the indicator light is on all the time the control has a closed contact, nothing is open. | ||
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Post# 1010000 , Reply# 14 10/7/2018 at 08:28 (2,026 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Good News That you were able to save this control, these were well designed and built controls and I have had good luck with several of them.
I added two to the front elements of my 1974 TD five burner drop in range and within a few years had problems with both, it is on my long to do list to fix these controls. James your success with yours encourages me to try fixing mine, I also bought up about a dozen NOS controls if mine can't be fixed.
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Post# 1010011 , Reply# 16 10/7/2018 at 11:24 (2,026 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1010063 , Reply# 17 10/8/2018 at 01:09 (2,026 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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Post# 1010074 , Reply# 18 10/8/2018 at 07:28 (2,025 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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The Little Man In The Middle Of The Sensor | ||
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Post# 1010174 , Reply# 19 10/9/2018 at 00:01 (2,025 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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Post# 1010186 , Reply# 20 10/9/2018 at 07:20 (2,024 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Mr Controls | ||
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Post# 1010224 , Reply# 21 10/9/2018 at 19:27 (2,024 days old) by Moparwash (Pittsburgh,PA ) |
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I remember that building and the neon sign of Mr Controls near the New Stanton turnpike exit from many turnpike trips I remember from the 70's...the building is now occupied by Westinghouse
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Post# 1010255 , Reply# 22 10/9/2018 at 23:29 (2,024 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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Post# 1012502 , Reply# 25 10/29/2018 at 18:38 (2,004 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Oven Temperature
I would leave the calibration alone, Thermador always instructed us to set their ovens exactly the way yours is running. They said to never let the temperature go below the set point, that way the customer had an oven that cooked on the FAST side of what recipes call for the cooking times.
Likewise I am sure that you can get used to your great Moffat vintage range cooking everything on the faster side. John L. | ||
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