Panasonic Sky-Lite MW Oven
More like 500 watts it is not very powerful.
More like 500 watts it is not very powerful.
Oldie Moldie Microwaves - $20 to $400 - CL finds
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ovrphil
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Amana RR9 TA Radarange Microwave Oven - $25 (R.I.)
1980 Amana Radarange MicroWave
Purchased new and used till I remodeled my kitchen this year
Looks and works like the day I bought it
Asking $25.00 or best offer
1980 Amana Radarange MicroWave
Purchased new and used till I remodeled my kitchen this year
Looks and works like the day I bought it
Asking $25.00 or best offer
A keen eye will note...
That this has one of Amana's replacement panels. Membrane switches and a VFD display..and the silly double row of buttons instead of a keypad. Still, $25 is a good price for parts alone.
That this has one of Amana's replacement panels. Membrane switches and a VFD display..and the silly double row of buttons instead of a keypad. Still, $25 is a good price for parts alone.
RR-2!
Not a terrible price for an RR-2. It even has a 'Radarange Study' sticker on the back from '74.
Not a terrible price for an RR-2. It even has a 'Radarange Study' sticker on the back from '74.
classiccaprice
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One day an RR-1 to RR-4 will be mine.
ovrphil
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large Heavy Duty Amana Microwave Oven - $10 (Rush)
If closer, I would buy.
If closer, I would buy.
classiccaprice
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classiccaprice
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At a local thrift shop.
ovrphil
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ovrphil
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Full size Tappan Microwave. vintage - $10 (kingman)
ad: " Full size Tappan Microwave.
I bought this for my Mother, Xmas 1978. Yeah, I said 1978! I paid $348 bucks for it... that $1300 in today's dollars lol... anyway, someone bought her a new one... I told her to just open the door on this one and put that new one inside since it's so tiny, but she didn't go for it.
It's analog, not digital, so no computerized control board to go out. It still works and sounds like it did the day I took it out of the box. It weighs about as much as a full sized car. lol
It could use a better cleaning job, then what I did.
It's like the engizer bunny.. it keeps going and going.
$10 "
ad: " Full size Tappan Microwave.
I bought this for my Mother, Xmas 1978. Yeah, I said 1978! I paid $348 bucks for it... that $1300 in today's dollars lol... anyway, someone bought her a new one... I told her to just open the door on this one and put that new one inside since it's so tiny, but she didn't go for it.
It's analog, not digital, so no computerized control board to go out. It still works and sounds like it did the day I took it out of the box. It weighs about as much as a full sized car. lol
It could use a better cleaning job, then what I did.
It's like the engizer bunny.. it keeps going and going.
$10 "
classiccaprice
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#27 is a Litton... Very similar to the one I just rescued for $5.
That Litton #27's control panel is exactly what my model 580 meal-in-one looked like. Will, notice the subtle differences with the microwave "speed" control on the one like my parent's you have vs. this one. I found this one actually easier for me to read.
classiccaprice
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Indeed. Interesting small differences.
ovrphil
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Micro-wave Oven/Amana - $30 (Dallas,Georgia)
Then the seller refers to it as Frigidaire in ad:
"Selling a Frigidaire FFCM0934LW, 0.9 cu. ft. Microwave Oven with 900 Cooking Watts, 6 Quick start one touch options, auto-cook options, auto cook/reheat options and glass turntable, White. It features: effortless defrost, easy-to-use one touch buttons, ready-select controls, 10 power levels, prepare everything from frozen pizza to pot roast, clock and timer and a interior light. Measures 19" wide, 13 3/8" deep and is 11 3/8" high, looks brand new. This is a vintage unit from the past, looks really good and works excellently. If interested call Frank @ show contact info In excellent condition, selling for
$30.00 cash, please no calls after 9 pm."
Then the seller refers to it as Frigidaire in ad:
"Selling a Frigidaire FFCM0934LW, 0.9 cu. ft. Microwave Oven with 900 Cooking Watts, 6 Quick start one touch options, auto-cook options, auto cook/reheat options and glass turntable, White. It features: effortless defrost, easy-to-use one touch buttons, ready-select controls, 10 power levels, prepare everything from frozen pizza to pot roast, clock and timer and a interior light. Measures 19" wide, 13 3/8" deep and is 11 3/8" high, looks brand new. This is a vintage unit from the past, looks really good and works excellently. If interested call Frank @ show contact info In excellent condition, selling for
$30.00 cash, please no calls after 9 pm."
ovrphil
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1978 -79 Vintage Litton MW's(460&1570)- $30 (Apple Valle
Lengthy ad:
"Litton invented the microwave oven, and here in Minneapolis.
Plant was at at 1405 Xenium Lane, Minneapolis 55441
These are very good working models as well as collector items.
1.2 cu ft interior
Selling two large models. Have service info. $50 for BOTH.
Litton model 460, mfg January 1978
This one works fine and has critical parts that can be used to fix the other one
Litton model 1570, mfg October 1979 Not fixed: blows fuses.
Has very complete programmable cooking options.
Problem believed to be power supply only, and likely an easy fix.
Litton invented the microwave oven and solved the hot-spot problem without a turntable.
Litton patent prevented competitors from the hidden "stirrer" that breaks up "standing waves" which are the cause of hotspots. Thus the crummy models that have hotspots use the turntable as a solution technically ignorant customers can believe, but it's not as good and certainly not better than eliminating the hot spots as the Litton patented approach does!
Both of these have the feature to remove hotspots so have a simple interior bottom surface and more usable cooking space.
(if your microwave has a turntable, it is an inferior design that has hotspots.)
Both of these also accept the thermometer option so they can cook to temperature instead of just time. Do not have the temperature probes, but these can often be found in thrift stores or bought online.
Model 460 works fine. Uses the same tube and supply as the one with fancier controls that needs TLC.
Lengthy ad:
"Litton invented the microwave oven, and here in Minneapolis.
Plant was at at 1405 Xenium Lane, Minneapolis 55441
These are very good working models as well as collector items.
1.2 cu ft interior
Selling two large models. Have service info. $50 for BOTH.
Litton model 460, mfg January 1978
This one works fine and has critical parts that can be used to fix the other one
Litton model 1570, mfg October 1979 Not fixed: blows fuses.
Has very complete programmable cooking options.
Problem believed to be power supply only, and likely an easy fix.
Litton invented the microwave oven and solved the hot-spot problem without a turntable.
Litton patent prevented competitors from the hidden "stirrer" that breaks up "standing waves" which are the cause of hotspots. Thus the crummy models that have hotspots use the turntable as a solution technically ignorant customers can believe, but it's not as good and certainly not better than eliminating the hot spots as the Litton patented approach does!
Both of these have the feature to remove hotspots so have a simple interior bottom surface and more usable cooking space.
(if your microwave has a turntable, it is an inferior design that has hotspots.)
Both of these also accept the thermometer option so they can cook to temperature instead of just time. Do not have the temperature probes, but these can often be found in thrift stores or bought online.
Model 460 works fine. Uses the same tube and supply as the one with fancier controls that needs TLC.
ovrphil
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Litttons in #33
The model 1570 is the 1.5 cu. ft. meal-in-one series. Mine looked just like that, but with the mechanical controls found in reply #27.
The model 1570 is the 1.5 cu. ft. meal-in-one series. Mine looked just like that, but with the mechanical controls found in reply #27.
"Litton invented the microwave oven, and here in Minneapolis."
Umm, yeah. That guy might want to check the history books!
Umm, yeah. That guy might want to check the history books!
ovrphil
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Cory - like telling people Lincoln chopped down the cherry tree. 
philr
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[COLOR=rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Bitstream Vera Serif', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal]"Litton invented the microwave oven and solved the hot-spot problem without a turntable.[/COLOR]<br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Bitstream Vera Serif', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;" />[COLOR=rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Bitstream Vera Serif', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal]Litton patent prevented competitors from the hidden "stirrer" that breaks up "standing waves" which are the cause of hotspots. Thus the crummy models that have hotspots use the turntable as a solution technically ignorant customers can believe, but it's not as good and certainly not better than eliminating the hot spots as the Litton patented approach does!"[/COLOR]
Were there american-made countertop microwave ovens that neither had a turntable or some kind of stirrer?
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[COLOR=rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Bitstream Vera Serif', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal]"Litton invented the microwave oven and solved the hot-spot problem without a turntable.[/COLOR]<br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Bitstream Vera Serif', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;" />[COLOR=rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Bitstream Vera Serif', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal]Litton patent prevented competitors from the hidden "stirrer" that breaks up "standing waves" which are the cause of hotspots. Thus the crummy models that have hotspots use the turntable as a solution technically ignorant customers can believe, but it's not as good and certainly not better than eliminating the hot spots as the Litton patented approach does!"[/COLOR]
Were there american-made countertop microwave ovens that neither had a turntable or some kind of stirrer?
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