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Thread Number: 85781
/ Tag: Ranges, Stoves, Ovens
I lucked out and got this stove, but I have questions |
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Post# 1103291 , Reply# 1 1/5/2021 at 18:20 (1,199 days old) by luxflairguy  (Wilmington NC) |
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Stove is from 1972. And it's not a self-cleaning oven, sorry! Stove looks pretty clean, but you need help with getting the burners sitting level again. Hope this helps! Greg | ||
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Post# 1103292 , Reply# 2 1/5/2021 at 18:27 (1,199 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Welcome Katie!
I’m pretty sure that this would be a ‘72 model based on the appearance of the knobs for the oven. Also, this doesn’t appear to be a self cleaning oven. Johnson’s Jubilee Cleaner/Polish would be a good product to clean and polish the outside of the stove. Look on either ebay or Amazon for this product. I’ve also used spray on auto detailer like Maguires or Turtle Wax to polish appliances and it works well too. As far as the rust in the drawer you may never be able to get rid of all it. Try SOS or Brillo to remove as much as possible. Then maybe coat it with some Rustoleum paint to seal it and spruce it up. Good luck, its a very nice electric stove. Eddie | ||
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Post# 1103295 , Reply# 4 1/5/2021 at 18:43 (1,199 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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Welcome to AW! Nice-looking stove there. Even better that everything functions. That rusty drawer won't be a problem - it's just a paint project.
I'm usually one of the first to point the the GE website to identify appliance years, but what I've seen is a lot of unreliable information related to 1960's appliances. GE has had a great system for identifying their major appliances for a long time, but for some crazy reason they threw it all out the window during the 1960's. They seemed to just pull letters out of the air, not from their own chart.
I realize that the letter that you found says 1972 according to the chart, but I think that's wrong. I think this range is more likely from 1966. Can't offer any absolute proof, but the white glass and the lettering on the oven controls are very typical of that year.
lawrence | ||
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Post# 1103317 , Reply# 7 1/5/2021 at 22:00 (1,199 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI) |
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Nice range. Historically most ovens used the standard appliance bulb that has been around forever. If the socket has standard threads any appliance bulb will work.
More recent models use various sorts of bulbs and are a bit more difficult to replace easily. | ||
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Post# 1103318 , Reply# 8 1/5/2021 at 22:03 (1,199 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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 Stoves with just one oven and a storage area instead of a second oven were very common, as they were more affordable than dual oven models.
I would think that any standard type light bulb would work in your oven. The only thing you might have to accommodate is its size, in case a smaller appliance or ceiling fan size bulb would be more appropriate. | ||
| Post# 1103359 , Reply# 9 1/6/2021 at 05:46 (1,199 days old) by Katie (Macon, GA) | ||
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To MattL and RP2813: thanks for the very good info about the light bulb and the other info about this stove. I'll see if Home Depot has appliance bulbs when I'm there for paint today. Katie | ||
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Post# 1103596 , Reply# 10 1/7/2021 at 18:50 (1,197 days old) by Dermacie (my forever home (Glenshaw, PA)) |
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| Post# 1103770 , Reply# 11 1/8/2021 at 22:29 (1,196 days old) by fan-of-fans (Florida) | ||
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Definitely newer than 1956 because of the grounded convenience outlet, in 56 that would've been two prong only. | ||
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