My new toy!

[philr]

Tom, 

 

It seems Frigidaire did use the electric sensors for the Heat Minder on some ranges from the sixties but they kept the mechanical sensors on some models and eventually went back to this style on all ranges with this feature. 

 

Some Canadian ranges had the electric sensor for the Heat-Minder too. My Canadian-made, early-1962 (1960 model) and 1963 (1962 model) Custom Imperial Flairs both have the electric sensor. I guess the design of the Flairs made it necessary to use electric sensors because of the extra-long wiring from the switches to the burners and the fact that the wiring to the burners moved each time the drawer was pulled... Maybe the lower end Flair models with the burner switches mounted in the drawer could have worked with a mechanical sensor as the switches moved at the same time as the burners but these didn't have a Heat Minder...

 

My 1963 Canadian cooktop has the mechanical sensor and so does my 1968 Self-Cleaning Compact 30 (a US model made in 1969). Even in the late seventies, Heat Minders were still using mechanical sensors. 

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[tomturbomatic]

Phil, That is very interesting. Thanks. John has a Custom Imperial Filtrator and found that in one model year, they used three different electronic dryness controls.

 

[perc-o-prince]

Totally jealous here. Awesome find!!!

Chuck

 

[kevin313]

A real beauty! Congrats on the stove - these cook wonderfully!

 

[swestoyz]

Years ago, I was at an OLD Frigidaire dealer that had shelves of NOS Broiler pans and rotisseries, still in the boxes.  To this day, I'm still pissed that the owner never got back in touch with me before his store was flooded!!

 

Beautiful range Phil!  I hope you get a lot of use from it.

 

Ben

 

[philr]

Today, I found something interesting for my range!

The box...


Inside:


The instructions:

 

[philr]

Part 2 of the instructions:

 

[philr]

And for the very few who understand French better than English (That's me I guess!).

 

[philr]

Et la suite!

 

[turquoisedude]

Wow, Phil! Where on earth did you find this?? Was it at a local sale??

Congratulations - I know this was something you really wanted!!

 

[philr]

Now, I just have to use it! I have one in my Flair that I've never used...

 

[philr]

I tried the rotisserie and didn't have to use the new motor. The old one works fine.
And so does the timer!

 

[combo52]

Rotisserie Test

Wheres the meat, LOL, we want to see this oven roasting at least a chicken, pork roasts also work beautifully on the rotisserie.

 

[philr]

That's the next step! LOL

 

[turquoisedude]

Cool - I'll bring the potato salad... LOL

Congratulations again!

 

[philr]

Today, I just got the instruction manual for that range. Someone from Nova Scotia has the exact same range and she sent me the instruction manual for it. 

 

After reading it, I think I learned why the oven thermostat acted strangely, it has a Meal Minder! I thought Canadian ranges didn't have that! Documents about Canadian ranges are not giving too much information. I did see a mention of a Meal Minder in the parts manuals for Canadian Flair ranges but I thought it was an error (there are quite a few errors and mix-ups with US parts in Canadian parts manuals, and for service, Canadians had to rely mostly on the information from US Tech Talk manuals which didn't even cover the same models!). 

 

But I know I'm going to try the Meal Minder to see if it still works! The timer does so maybe it still works!

 

I've scanned the English part of the instruction manual.

 



 



 



 



 

 

 



 



 

 

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[philr]

And I also discovered in the French section that the controls were available in French too! I've never seen French-only controls on any appliance here! 

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

[philr]

The oven thermostat is spring-loaded and when the oven timer is set, it locks in place with a kind of ratcheting mechanism. When the timer ends the cooking, the thermostat automatically sets back to a lower temperature.

The thermostat knob turns free when the timer is on "manual" but when the oven is set to automatic, the timer knob becomes spring-loaded and it's held in place with some kind of ratcheting mechanism. When the timer ends the cooking cycle, instead of turning the oven off, it releases the ratcheting mechanism and the spring sets back the temperature at about 175°F.

See the video I made of it in the link below. Is this how the US ranges with the Meal Minder work? It seems to be a simpler system than I thought!
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