Frigidaire Wonder Oven

[rivieraretro]

I just acquired this turquoise blue Frigidaire Wonder Oven. I can’t find anything about it online so I’m looking for any information you can give me. The man we got it from says it’s only partially working. There’s two plug in areas at the base but I don’t know what plugs into each. A part may be missing. Any information, manual, instructions, tips are greatly appreciated!

 

[tomturbomatic]

If you are using the whole oven, the tray with the upper bake element inside it sits below the lower bake element and is plugged into the dummy terminal block holes below the lower bake element. When you want to use the oven as two ovens, the tray that sits on the floor of the oven beneath the bottom bake element sits on the rack guide below the terminal block holes in the middle of the oven and the extra bake element plugs into the terminal block holes in the middle of the oven. I don't know why the tray is so warped; maybe because someone tried to use the oven with the tray above the upper bake element.

 

[sarahperdue]

Now that’s cool!

Do you know what year it is? I have some Frigidaire tech talk manuals that might cover it. I think the tech talk manuals may be in the ephemera library as well.

Sarah

 

[pulltostart]

Sarah,

I think this wall oven was introduced in 1957, maybe 1956.  But I don't know for how long this style was offered.

 

lawrence

 

[tomturbomatic]

This oven was also offered in the next to the TOL 40" ranges for a while, possibly from 1954 thru 1957, which is the last year it appears in the Appliance Blue Book.

 

[sarahperdue]

Tech-Talk Digest

I have the Frigidaire service Tech-Talk Digest for ranges from 1952-59 if you're interested.

Sarah

 

[rivieraretro]

Sorry for the delayed response all. Thank you SO much! Sarah I’d love to get what manuals you have. Do you want to email them to me?

 

[sarahperdue]

hard copies

Mine are hard copies, but I think Robert has all of the ones I have in Automatic Ephemera. If you haven't purchased anything from there, the quality is amazing. Robert spends a lot of time getting the scans just right which sometimes means more like they looked when new than the source.

Sarah