April 1982 Wow!

[scaredychicken]

Boys I got my butt beat good one time. Caught me with a bottle of gear oil in the micro. Makes it pour easier in that old Willys pickup truck. They didn't care...

wheels in the dishwasher ?

are you that guy ? LOL

 

[ultrarunner]

The microwaves come out of a waveguide on the side (square/rectangle nonmetallic cover plate). What you are seeing in the top is a rotating blade, called a 'stirring blade', used to vary the refraction (distribution) of the microwaves. Used a lot before rotating plates became popular. Some units used both methods.

Makes sense... thank you!

 

[ultrarunner]

Sharp Carousels are great. I retired one from home out here to the ranch, after the screen went weird. It cooks fine but you don't see a countdown, just random segments of the digits. Researching online I found this is repairable, the display is laminated and it needs to be pressed back together with a little heat ... or something like that. A simple repair. Not critical so I've never bothered.

The other Sharp Carousel at home is the same model and flawless. A $20 Goodwill find.

But for old appliances, the two gas floor heaters at home in town are original from 1941. And the gas water heater has a date code so old that the first time I saw it, 44 years ago when we bought the house, I thought it would need replacement soon. It still works fine. Now I can't find the date code listed anywhere. It doesn't have a pressure relief valve on top. Anyone know when those were first added?

Both late 50 homes had original hot water heaters with out pressure relief valves... the reason I know is PGE rolled out a free water heater blanket program and Dad signed up and grandma.

PGE declined both due to lack of PTRV.

Another home circa 1960 had one that was all plumbed 3/8 coil copper to daylight... but it did have the safety feature

My first home had a ancient HOYT copper tank gas heater with lifetime leak warranty and Hoyt Heater was on High Street in Oakland so many Hoyts around...

Humphrey was a coil copper continuous hot water heater some of the really old Berkeley houses had...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

We use plastic plate cover, but I still put a paper towel over anything that will splash, then put the cover on. Any mess is on the towel.

 

[k0ua]

We use plastic plate cover, but I still put a paper towel over anything that will splash, then put the cover on. Any mess is on the towel.

That sounds like a great idea! Tnx.

 

[Torvy]

I teach my history class about trends every decade. We are just hitting WWII and the 40s. Commercial microwaves came out in the middle of the decade. Huge and heavy.

We didn't even hear about them growing up until the late 70s.

Tappan used to have a facility in Sioux Falls, not far from my work.

My current one is built in. I don't like them eating my counter space.