1951 Moffat Stove Burner Replacement?

[gr8ham]

Picked up and now have installed in the kitchen a 1951 Moffat 5 burner stove with two ovens, warming drawer and storage drawer. Of the five burners, only one has the full range of 5 temperature settings. On testing the coils with a multimeter it turns out four of the burners have at least one coil that shows infinite resistance.

They are the three wire, wired-in type of elements, one (likely original) says "Con-Rad" in the middle and has fairly wide flat topped coils, the others say "Canadian Chromalox" with modern-looking thinner coils.

Anybody know where I can find replacements for these? I assume I would need new trim rings since the way the elements lock into the existing ones is different element to element!

 

[norgeway]

I would think

A Chromalox replacement would work.

 

[turquoisedude]

Graham, I have a few NOS Chromolax 6-inch 3-wire elements and possibly a couple of older original Moffat elements and I'm in Quebec...  Let me know what you might need!!

 

[tomturbomatic]

WOW! congratulations on a nice range there. Chromalox replacement elements come with a trim ring that might help. I like the old elements that were halfway between Calrods and Radiantube/TK units.

 

I have a neat MIB OLD Norge element where there is the round outer ring with a star-shaped inner ring to give better heat distribution, I guess. The rings are like old COROX units in thickness. It looks like a wild early attempt at the problem of providing 5 or 7 heats with trying to provide even heat under the pan like parallel-wound Calrods.

 

[sabine8]

Moffat Vintage Stove

Hello,

Does anyone know where I can find large surface burners for a Moffat vintage stove. There are three wire connections. Only one surface burner is working. I would appreciate any suggestions or some help.

Thank you.

Patrizia

 

[114jwh]

Hello Patrizia

Very nice range! Have you checked the connections at each of the elements to confirm the wire hasn't been disconnected, the terminal broken, break in the wire etc? This is sometimes the case when the element is no longer working. Make sure to unplug the stove before doing any investigation.

There are also methods to test the elements themselves to confirm they are in fact faulty if you happen to have a multimeter. I would also check to confirm the surface switches are not faulty.

If you do need new elements, the original Moffat elements have long been discontinued . You would need to use a universal replacement. I believe Chromalox MC45R6R (6 inch) or MC80R9R (8 inch) should work. Others may be able to confirm but we'd likely need to see a picture of the element connector itself to be sure. This is a kit that includes the drip pan and trim ring. I believe you can also just buy the element by itself under a different part number. Reliable Parts used to stock these.

 

[flippinvintage]

Stove

I have no idea how to work this forum but your posts are all so helpful. I just adopted this beauty and I’m looking for two handles to replace the ugly top ones. The temperature control lever thing and would like to find the fourth matching burner coil so they are all the same. I’m in Canada. Any help on where to look for items is appreciated.

 

[petek]

You'll probably just have to scavenge the parts from another one. The parts like the door handles, chiming t-stat and elements are probably interchangeable with the single wide stoves as well. Plenty of these moffats are still out there. We had that very one when I a kid