Piece of plug stuck in Wonder Oven outlet

[chaik76]

Hey there, I haven’t been on in quite a while (probably 2015) and some of you were so helpful I was hoping you could help me again. I have a Frigidaire RS-50 1953 Wonder Oven that is working beautifully. Unfortunately, today I plugged a vintage Hankscraft egg cooker into the range top outletwithout first checking it in another outlet. It sparked and burned off part of the egg cooker plug in the oven outlet. I would love to keep the outlet on the range working and would like to know if anyone has advice on how to remove the burned plug and keep the outlet working at the same time. The photo of the outlet is in shadow because it was the only way I could get it to show the inside of the top hole. Any help is much appreciated.

 

[countryguy]

First I would shut off the electricity to the stove and then maybe try using tweezers to pull out the broken off piece?

Gary

 

[turquoisedude]

Definitely cut the power before you try anything! Perhaps a small screwdriver might be needed to dislodge the bit of the old plug. Those Hankscraft egg cookers can be pretty spark-tacular when they fail!!

 

[iej]

Cut the power and remove it with insulated needle nose pliers with a narrow tip.
You don't want to use something that damages the outlet. I wouldn't suggest trying any other tool.

 

[chaik76]

Thank you, all! I’ll try shutting off the power and trying needle nose pliers. I’ll update with my success (or failure!). And the egg cooker was definitely spark-tacular, that’s for sure. And here I’d thought I’d finally found a way to convince my eleven-year old that vintage is awesome!

 

[turbokinetic]

Wow, looking at the pictures of the damaged egg cooker plug, it seems there was a very severe short circuit and it has welded the missing tip of that one pin, into the outlet. At first I thought it was just a case of a broken-off but otherwise whole pin stuck in there.

 

In this case, I expect there is similar damage to the contacts inside the outlet.

 

Most likely, you will need to remove the outlet from the stovetop, and take it apart. Then, you can see the extent of the damage and determine the best course of action. It may be as simple as filing down an area on the damaged contact. I just don't see it happening without taking the outlet apart. I think anything you might do from the front of the stove could result in visible damage to the face of the outlet.

Another thought; what sort of circuit breaker is feeding this outlet?

 

Sincerely,

David

 

[iej]

Didn't see the pin photo until now.
That socket outlet is very likely unusable. It looks more like the pin was subjected to severe arcing.

The outlet may also be over fused - not protected by a 15amp breaker, but just included in the stove's direct connection to its supply circuit.

I wouldn't continue to use that outlet, even if it's repaired.