April 1982 Wow!

[jaydee325]

History of the Microwave.

Been around longer than I thought. I remember the first one in town was purchased by the local bakery/coffee shop. I think they paid $1500 for it in the early 70's! They would charge you extra to warm your sweet roll if you asked!

 

[MossRoad]

History of the Microwave.

Been around longer than I thought. I remember the first one in town was purchased by the local bakery/coffee shop. I think they paid $1500 for it in the early 70's! They would charge you extra to warm your sweet roll if you asked!

Thanks!

Another rabbit hole for me to investigate.

Found this in there, already.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah

 

[ultrarunner]

Not long after color TV hit the neighborhood so did microwave a few years later all back in the 60’s

Remember it was a Radar Range and mostly chrome and heavy.

As a kid I thought it was the same as a reliable second hand car…

 

[scaredychicken]

at least you avoided a house fire, yikes
time for a new one

 

[ovrszd]

It came with the house when we bought the house in 1992.

I was just curious. For some reason I have no memory what they cost back then.

 

[bigtiller]

My parents built a new house and moved into it in the spring of '71. They bought an Amana Radar Range for $600 that set on the counter top.

$600 was a lot of money back then, the entire 3 br house & 2 car garage cost $32000 to build with a general contractor.

 

[Manhattan]

They don't make nothing like they use too. The 90's was the golden age.

 

[BravoXray]

I remember when they first came out. I wasn't impressed...I called it a "$300 weeny heater".

When we got an Amana Radar Range back in the late '60s, my dad found out it was a great egg exploder. My mother was not amused.

 

[Hay Dude]

Pretty sure my Dacor microwave was built in USA

 

[Midniteoyl]

Decided to replace the Microwave today. It is dated on the back Manufacture date April 1982. Well that is almost 40 years. That is a long time for something like this.
It still works. The mother in law took a lot of the sap out of it about 7 years ago when she run it for about an hour with no load in it. The wife said the interior cavity had a lot of lightning inside of it and it was smoking hot. It still worked after that but the cooking times had to be about double. The vacuum fluorescent display characters are getting very dim. You can still read it, but it sure isn't bright. The interior light went out about 2 weeks ago. The wife thinks the cooking power continues to fade. I do know the new one (Toshiba) sure cooks a lot faster than the old one (Montgomery Ward). But to think the thing has lasted as long as it has is kinda rare. We use the thing every day.

We will see how this Toshiba holds up. I am betting it won't be cooking 40 years later.



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Pretty sure those were made by Sharp. Sharp Carousals were the best microwaves for a long time. I love mine that is put away and still used when needed.