washerboy
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Why did the older electric stoves have fat coils on the burners and then they changed to skinney ones?
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I only thought GM Frigidaire used the "fat burners" on there older made stoves. The "fat/wide" burners take longer to heat up and longer to cool down but give off a nice even heat. I always thought the traditional coils still made today and those of the older GE/Hotpoints did the same and were equally as good but cooled off much quicker which could primarily be a safety advantage.
I only thought GM Frigidaire used the "fat burners" on there older made stoves. The "fat/wide" burners take longer to heat up and longer to cool down but give off a nice even heat. I always thought the traditional coils still made today and those of the older GE/Hotpoints did the same and were equally as good but cooled off much quicker which could primarily be a safety advantage.
GM Frigidaire originally had skinny coils just like the Calrods when they first switched from exposed Nichrome coils. A wonderful stove company called L&G (not to be confused with today's Korean LG) out of Pennsylvania used to make interesing modular cooktops using the same thick-coil burners as the later GM Frigidaires. I've seen those burners also on some professional electric stoves. I don't know if the thickness means better quality, but NOTHING residential, gas or electric, heated up faster and blasted more heat into a huge stockpot of water than a thick GM Frigidaire 8" burner.
wannapinkset
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hmmm. So the fat ones are right on the avocodo frigidaire. My Grandma's old frigidaire must have been one of the older models with the skinny ones. Thats why they looked odd to me.
My mom's 1949 Westinghouse has all the original "Corox" coils and they are in-between sized. Not the fat flat ones on the Frigidaires but not the skinny new GE type ones either. These Corox coils have been downright impossible to find replacements for, even with the AW connection. The stove is on the verge of retirement now, as my mom recently was moved into a skilled nursing facility. I'd like to change out the old Westinghouse stove with an older fat/flat burner Frigidaire that has similar dimensions but suspect it will be tough to find one locally. The Westinghouse will get stored away until I can find someone who wants it and I can feel confident that it won't be heading to the crusher. At this point, it's already a museum piece but the Westinghouse museum didn't even reply to an email I sent them about it. Here's a picture of this faithful stove that has been in uninterrupted service since 1949. A few stickers have been placed on the control knobs to help my mom figure out the settings as she's been legally blind for about 25 years now.
Ralph
Ralph
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Philco used the larger coiled burners as well.
Philco used the larger coiled burners as well.
I had a 1958 Frigidaire CI range in charcoal gray that I used for several years and now have a 57 GE that I much prefer cooking on. The Frigidaire did hold heat very well, but that can work against you at times too. The thinner GE Calrod units are much more responsive and IMO, faster as well.
Mandy, that beautiful GE looks like it would slide right into the space where the Westinghouse has resided for the last 47 years! Hoping I can find something similar to it locally.
Mandy lol
