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Hi, My name is Todd and I have a Craigslist addiction. (This is the part where you all give me a warm welcome.....) It's been quite a week on CL, and I just had to share my latest haul. But before I get to that, I scored a $300+ "Endless Summer" patio heater for free earlier in the week. So...

It's a mystery wrapped in an inigma.... Who knows what happened to mine. I've had the upper fascia panel off, because it was loose on the brackets and the hardware was missing or wrong. The letters and GE badge appear to have been removed at one time because some of their push through tabs...

Whoa......... Hang on a minute!! You mean my door and front upper trim fascia might be their original colors? No wonder they look like they've been professionally painted. Thanks for posting that photo. It's great to get some history to put toward mine.

The latest electric bill arrived So it's confirmed; the GE will stay and live on. My latest PG&E bill is $59, so that's pretty much back to what I would expect.

What about one of those cool wall mounted electric heaters with the fancy stainless or chrome grills? They pop up on ebay.

42hrs...... 1.63kwh used so far = .039kwh/hr Time to move on to testing my big aquarium.

That's what this Servel was being used for. The people that I got it from had a very rural cabin that they go to for vacation, and so do the people who bought it from me. It's an expensive way for them to have refrigeration, but at least they have it, and in a full size fridge.

For the glass, #000 Steel Wool with Windex or even Simple Green as the lubricant......then repeat with just water and the steel wool. You can probably use #00 or even #0, or #1, as long as you're using it with water. I use this method on ours, as well as on my aquarium all the time. #000 and...

I'm not sure they're that economical due to the amount of gas they consume. The burner on this Servel I've been talking about was like a 6 star blow torch. I can't imagine how much propane it must use.......although that would dim down a bit once it got up to temperature. But still, if you...

There's a 3-way Norcold on CL locally right now for $100......they're giving it away. It's a $450 fridge.

I agree completely That's why every appliance we own and use is vintage. I've even started collecting and using pre-WWII WagnerWare cast iron skillets/griddle/etc. Not looking to own every piece WagnerWare ever made, just the essential daily drivers for us to use during our normal cooking. I...

Initial reading... .09kwh in 3hrs, so .03/hr = .72kwh/24hrs = 21.6kwh/month = $2.81/month = $33.70/year!! We'll see if this figure hold up over the next few days. If it does, I'm going to laugh.

Good to finally have more of an idea about the date. Unfortunately, the wiring diagram paper glued to the back is only partially there, so any date stamp (that I've seen in photos of similar era wall refrigerators) is long gone. I'd love to play around with the yellow paint and see if it would...

Oh, that's right, some of them have 110v heaters. Ours is just propane or 12v, but many are 3-way, and also use 110v. You guys scored big time on that fridge!!

Time to put my Kill-A-Watt meter to use testing my 1952 Philco. The meter just measured the first cycle of the compressor since plugging the meter in, and the compressor pulls 2.8amps and burns .01kwh of power in it's 4min cycle. It'll be interesting to see what it uses in 24hrs. More to...

Woohoo.....go petal pink!! Thanks for that info Pat. Would love to turn you on to one of these, trouble is, it appears they are so non-existant, I'll probably never see one again. But, you never know. I mean this appeared out of thin air, with one quick search of the local CL, and right at...

End of testing Time to end my testing. Over the past 5 or so days it's averaged .055kwh per hour......so 1.32kwh per 24hr period. Time to start a new thread and test the 1952 Philco!

So how'd you guys power the absorption fridge in the dor That's a funny story....how'd you power it? Did you just have a 20lb(5gal) propane tank in the door room with you? The little cube ones like my camp trailer uses, will run for 30 days on a 5gal tank of propane, so that's about $18/mo to...

The burners have no way of relighting by themselves, so they just dim the flame. There is a temp probe clamped to the evaporator tubing inside the refrigerator portion, so just like a "normal" fridge, when that probe reaches a tempurature the gas valve responds by lowering the amount of gas...

Oh come on!!!!!!! I just bought one a week ago! $22 plus $5 shipping.