Does anybody know this very old hot plate?

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Several years ago I bought his little hot plate thinking it was a piece of domestic kitchenware. It has no markings on it but there is a ceramic switch marked HI and LOW and it looks very much like something in a 1912 catalog I have. The plug is missing. I have not tested it.

 

I was looking at SHORPY.COM the other day and much to my surprise, it shows up in a geology lab some time mid century.

 

Does anybody know anything about this little guy? I've tried opening him up, but as soon as I start lifting the hot plate surface, I can hear the crackle of mica... so I stop. Any ideas on that one?

 

By the way, a link to the uncropped photo is at the bottom.

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I remember seeing one like that, maybe on eBay that was made by Hotpoint. I think GE/Hotpoint usually used 3 heat switches though, so that may not be one of theirs. It's a neat piece you have there. Is the surface cast iron like those solid element burner hot plates?
 
My mistake...

I just looked at the switch again. It's a rotary, three heat (HIGH MEDIUM LOW) position switch, plus an off.

 

The top plate certainly looks like solid ferrous metal.  Do you know what kind of heating elements it may have? I had assumed it was a "spring" heater.
 
Wow!! That's an oldie for sure.  They were made by a few manufacturers - Hotpoint is the first one that comes to my (feeble) mind.   The element is most likely a coil type. The metal plate was probably intended to protect the element and allow a variety of cooking pots and pans to be used on it.  I think I have seen old ads suggesting the plate could be used to fry food - I will have to hunting in my reference books now... lol

Does this still have the screw-in plug that would allow this to be connected to a lamp socket?
 
Cole: Many thanks for the link. I appreciate the leg work you did on the hot plate.

 

Paul: the original pug was gone by the time I got it.

 

This week, I think I'll do a continuity and current leak test. Let's see how that goes. I'd love to get this back in safely operating condition.

 

 

 
 

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