Near new looking Kenmore stove at our restore for $150 Canadian.
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A lighted backdrop AND an outlet! Canadian stoves rock!
Sadly the outlets have disappeared here as well. They were so convenient for plugging in your small appliances. Cost savings I guess.
Do any of you know who the manufacturer of this was? It looks slightly like the one my friend Richard has, which I think is Whirlpool.
It had more to do with ungrounded small appliances being used on a grounded appliance and the resulting shock hazard. This was from about the same time as Underwriters Laboratories mandating push to turn surface unit controls.
Nice looking Kenmore electric range
Looks to be somewhere in the 80s, probably made by Westinghouse
The outlets disappeared because of the danger of chords, touching hot heating elements and causing shorts and shocks, it was a very easy standard to get manufacturers to agree to because it saved them money so they lobbied UL in the United States to get rid of outlets.
There were definitely times when an outlet on an electric range was a wonderful thing because a lot of older kitchens did not have enough outlets and heavy enough circuits for things like portable dishwashers and the outlet on the electric range was great because you had a full 15 or 20 amp circuit available for additional appliances, etc.
I even had a customer that had a window air conditioner in the kitchen plugged into the range.
John L
Looks to be somewhere in the 80s, probably made by Westinghouse
The outlets disappeared because of the danger of chords, touching hot heating elements and causing shorts and shocks, it was a very easy standard to get manufacturers to agree to because it saved them money so they lobbied UL in the United States to get rid of outlets.
There were definitely times when an outlet on an electric range was a wonderful thing because a lot of older kitchens did not have enough outlets and heavy enough circuits for things like portable dishwashers and the outlet on the electric range was great because you had a full 15 or 20 amp circuit available for additional appliances, etc.
I even had a customer that had a window air conditioner in the kitchen plugged into the range.
John L
Receptacles on a range made more sense on the 39-40" models, where there was more space, and cords could be kept away from the elements. Our 30" Westinghouse had a receptacle near the right edge of the backsplash. I never saw my mom use an appliance on the range top. Most of the time a radio on the countertop was plugged in there. Once we ran an extension cord from the refrigerator, and plugged it in there. That was due to a problem with the fuse box causing no power except to the range and dryer.
The outlets on Canadian stoves had fuses which apparently American ones did not. If you did happen to have an unfused US made stove and it was the cause of a fire etc then you insurance company would deny any claims.
Did this perhaps come out of the Quebec Electrolux plant near Montreal (which closed in the last 10 years)?
On my 1953 Westinghouse, there is a fuse for the receptacle, backsplash and oven lights, and the clock. It is located beneath the left rear surface unit. Any GE - Hotpoint ranges I've ever seen also had a fuse or circuit breaker for those items. I'm pretty certain Frigidaire did too. What we usually didn't have was fuses for individual elements, though a friend of the family had one from around 1950 that had several fuses located at the top of one of the storage drawers.
American electric ranges with outlets on them
All American electric ranges that had outlets had a fuse or a circuit breaker protecting the outlet. Otherwise the outlet would be fused to 30 to 50 A this was required by UL.
There were a few gas ranges in the United States that were plugged into ordinary 120 V outlets. They did not have an additional fuse for the outlet that was on the control panel of the range as they were counting on the fusing or circuit breaker of the house to handle that outlet as well.
John L
All American electric ranges that had outlets had a fuse or a circuit breaker protecting the outlet. Otherwise the outlet would be fused to 30 to 50 A this was required by UL.
There were a few gas ranges in the United States that were plugged into ordinary 120 V outlets. They did not have an additional fuse for the outlet that was on the control panel of the range as they were counting on the fusing or circuit breaker of the house to handle that outlet as well.
John L
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