Please help...Panasonic Range Problem!!!

[jons1077]

Many of you may already be asking "When did Panasonic ever make a free-standing range?" Answer: Apparently sometime around 30 years ago. My grandmother-in-law has a free standing Panasonic range with the mechanical clock/timer on the backsplash. The timer has decided to buzz constantly driving her nuts. I went ahead and removed the one timer part that was buzzing so it would be quiet and at least give her a stove to use. Problem is the oven won't function without that circuit being complete.

The model # for the stove is a Panasonic NK3225-W2, Serial # 861022384.

I would think these mechanical timer modules are common but I could be wrong. I just want to find a replacement if possible or even just a way to bypass it alltogether. Any kind of help would be most appreciated!

The numbers on the module are Type: 3AST-23, Cat. 276, 229 4186. 211710-1100 CGE (I think that means GE Canada)

 

[panthera]

look like this?

GE Manufactured Stove Clock 422155

I would think you could get it pretty easily locally, if this is, indeed, the clock.
Run new about $50. I do not know this ebay store personally.

Hope this helps!

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[appnut]

Jon, looks almost just like what's on my 1984 Hotpoint. And mine started doing this about 6 or 7 years ago. I have to very patiently set the timer in the unbuzz position so it will stop for a duration.

 

[alr2903]

Jons1077, I think Panasonic, Litton both jumped on the eye level MW range, we left one behind in our last house. Was given to be my aunt in 1995, after she remodeled her kitchen, it was mfr. in 1982. The MW still worked but no turntable and all the more modern amenities of a new MW. It became a breadbox. The conventional self cleaning lower oven was the very best oven, i ever used. alr2903

 

[jamiel]

Believe these were sourced in Canada back "in the day" so that timer might be perfect. I seem to remember they had cast iron plate elements available. Panasonic cobbled together a full line of appliances (seemingly mostly from Canada, they never looked quite "right" to this US observer) and they lasted in the market for a couple years. I vaguely remember them in an independent appliance store near me closer to 25 years ago.

 

[panthera]

I don't remember Panasonic

as an appliance name at all, but that was the era when I was finishing college, working full-time, settling into San Francisco and then leaving for Europe...

You could have told me mad Maggie bought the US from Ronnie Rayguns in a leveraged buy out and I would have believed it, didn't even have time for the nightly news in those days.

Be cool if this is the timer, tho' - apparently, they were used for decades and are easily found at reasonable prices. I just pasted in the first pic I found, didn't realise it was Canadian until Jamie mentioned it. They also have pure English and Spanish versions.

 

[jons1077]

Panthera,

That is indeed the exact timer I'm dealing with. I wrote down the number you gave me up there...GE 422155. I'm going to head down to the old appliance place today and see if they have it or can find it. Thank you so very much for this info. The stove is actually a rather attractive one and I hate to see it go just yet.

I'll be sure to take a photo of it when I get it fixed. It does have the solid cast iron burners. Everything is analog, all knobs. I'd say this one is probably middle to lower on the model line-up. The top of the control panel has a hinged lid that just opens right up. According to the booklet some models had additional features such as a lighted panel and additional oven features.

Thanks again and I'll give an update as things move along!

Jon

 

[panthera]

Jon,

No problem - you can see, I wasn't the only one, probably, tho', the only one awake at that hour of the morning...

Interesting to find so much on Ebay...anybody here have any experience with them? If they're OK, it would surely be a great resource.

Keep us posted!

 

[jons1077]

More info...

So I spoke with a guy from a local appliance distribution center today. He seemed to really know his stuff. Apparently Panasonic ranges were only produced for a couple of years (1981-1982).

The other thing has to do with analog stove clocks in general. Apparently all brands did a switch across the board from analog to digital clocks 10 years ago (1999). This means that anything of that nature is going to be NLA unless there is some generic knock-off or you can find a used/reconditioned one.

As for grandma, she's gotta either pay the $50 to the guy who's got a couple of these clocks or she can pick out a new range. I'm sort of thinking it may be a new range and the old one will be scrap.

Jon