Early 50's Westinghouse stove???

[whiterabbit]

Hi all!
I'm hoping ya'll can help me date my wife's "new" stove. I bought the 1954 Westinghouse owners manual but it doesn't quite match the details of my stove. My elements are not the plug in type and the dash doesn't look like any in the manual.
I'm guessing it's called a Imperial 30. It cooks great! I do need to get the clock/timer working though.

Thanks,
Mike

 

[cuffs054]

Can't help with your problem, but what a beautiful stove!

 

[circlew]

Very nice!

Mike, yours is almost like mine, which my mom bought in '53. The only differences I see are the clock trim and knobs. Mine has the wired in elements also. I didn't think the plug-in type was available until '56, but could have been earlier.

If your book has a copyright date of 1954, it's very possible that it's for the '55 model.

 

[supersuds]

Gorgeous, and so clean! Congrats.

 

[whiterabbit]

She was a "low miles" stove I had to drive 400 miles to get it. We really needed a old stove for our 1933 home and the finish is literally perfect on it, no scratches or chips! I did spend a day cleaning it and adjusting the oven temp. The timer is the most confusing thing I've eve seen! LOL! I got the 1954 Westinghouse manual from Automatice and at least it explained the timer but I still need to get it working. Anyone know if it's a Telechron induction style motor with the sticky dried grease gearboxes??

Thanks all,
Mike

 

[rp2813]

I would have to see pictures of the clock mechanism before I could advise if it's a Telechron or not.  There's no Telechron logo on the dial?  Usually there is.

 

GE had a very cozy relationship with Telechron, but I don't know if it prevented Telechron from providing clocks and timers for other makes.

 

[panthera]

One bit of advice,

We have a '56 (Rainbow) and got to work on a '53. The L₁and L₂ are reversed on SOME but not ALL Westinghouse controls. This can lead to problems with the common rail pilot light or automatically timed functions if you put in a replacement control or timer and don't trace both <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">L</span>₁<span style="font-size: 12pt;">and L</span>₂ thoroughly.

I've never been able to get one of these motors running again, I'm curious to see what you do. Neither the '53 nor the '56 were Telechron. Had they been, I'd have been able to replace the rotor capsule.

 

 

[circlew]

The clock on mine stopped working about 45 years ago. At first it got noisy, then stopped keeping time. We disconnected the clock to stop the noise.

I'm thinking Lux Clock (Robertshaw Controls) is the supplier of these Westinghouse clock-timers.