Help finding burner socket for old stove.

Posted by ferguson on December 11, 2008, 3:06 am

Stove is very old (at least 30 years) and made by
Westinghouse. Name says "Westinghouse Continental".
It has an oven under the range part and again overhead.
I find the label but can not read
the model number :-( . The label says 20.04 Kw.

The socket is made of a
heavy ceramic block. A picture is here:
http://math.ucr.edu/ferguson/sock.jpg
If someone could tell me where to find one of
these things I would be very grateful. The usual
parts suppliers seem to be unable to proceed without
a model number.

Thanks in advance.

Barry

Posted by Sharp Dressed Man on December 11, 2008, 8:24 am

> Stove is very old (at least 30 years) and made by
> Westinghouse. Name says "Westinghouse Continental".
> It has an oven under the range part and again overhead.
> I find the label but can not read
> the model number :-( . The label says 20.04 Kw.
> The socket is made of a
> heavy ceramic block. A picture is here:
> http://math.ucr.edu/ferguson/sock.jpg
> If someone could tell me where to find one of
> these things I would be very grateful. The usual
> parts suppliers seem to be unable to proceed without
> a model number.
> Thanks in advance.
> Barry

Go find a better parts store where the guy behind the counter is a real
appliance part guy. First clues are he is at least 55-60, smokes a cigar,
growls at customers and has a pot belly.

The twerp kid at the place where you went was probably a 19 year old HS
dropout with an earring who wouldn't know a heating element from a hole in
the wall.

Posted by hallerb@aol.com on December 11, 2008, 8:29 am

> > Stove is very old (at least 30 years) and made by
> > Westinghouse. Name says "Westinghouse Continental".
> > It has an oven under the range part and again overhead.
> > I find the label but can not read
> > the model number :-( . The label says 20.04 Kw.
> > The socket is made of a
> > heavy ceramic block. A picture is here:
> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDhttp://math.ucr.edu/ferguson/sock.jpg
> > If someone could tell me where to find one of
> > these things I would be very grateful. The usual
> > parts suppliers seem to be unable to proceed without
> > a model number.
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Barry

> Go find a better parts store where the guy behind the counter is a real
> appliance part guy. First clues are he is at least 55-60, smokes a cigar,
> growls at customers and has a pot belly.
> The twerp kid at the place where you went was probably a 19 year old HS
> dropout with an earring who wouldn't know a heating element from a hole i=

> the wall.- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -

exactly around pittsburgh all appliance parts is the only place to get
super old parts.

I got burner controls for a 40 year old two oven range evewryone else
said wasnt avalible at all appliance, made my old friend very happy
she loves that range

Posted by mm on December 11, 2008, 7:35 pm

wrote:

>> Stove is very old (at least 30 years) and made by
>> Westinghouse. Name says "Westinghouse Continental".
>> It has an oven under the range part and again overhead.
>> I find the label but can not read
>> the model number :-( . The label says 20.04 Kw.
>> The socket is made of a
>> heavy ceramic block. A picture is here:
>> http://math.ucr.edu/ferguson/sock.jpg
>> If someone could tell me where to find one of
>> these things I would be very grateful. The usual
>> parts suppliers seem to be unable to proceed without
>> a model number.
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Barry

>Go find a better parts store where the guy behind the counter is a real
>appliance part guy. First clues are he is at least 55-60, smokes a cigar,
>growls at customers and has a pot belly.
>The twerp kid at the place where you went was probably a 19 year old HS
>dropout with an earring who wouldn't know a heating element from a hole in
>the wall.

I agree with you.

Barry, what city are you in. Maybe someone knows a store.

Any chance you can just clean that one up?

Posted by ferguson on December 12, 2008, 2:34 am

Dear mm,
Thanks for the response. No, the one in the pix is a
good one. The bad one actually is filthy but I could
get by with just one of the vertical springy metal
terminals, because the
bad connector has one burned through.

I am in Riverside, CA.

Thanks again,
Barry

mm wrote:

> wrote:
>

>>> Stove is very old (at least 30 years) and made by
>>> Westinghouse. Name says "Westinghouse Continental".
>>> It has an oven under the range part and again overhead.
>>> I find the label but can not read
>>> the model number :-( . The label says 20.04 Kw.
>>> The socket is made of a
>>> heavy ceramic block. A picture is here:
>>> http://math.ucr.edu/ferguson/sock.jpg
>>> If someone could tell me where to find one of
>>> these things I would be very grateful. The usual
>>> parts suppliers seem to be unable to proceed without
>>> a model number.
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> Barry

>> Go find a better parts store where the guy behind the counter is a real
>> appliance part guy. First clues are he is at least 55-60, smokes a cigar,
>> growls at customers and has a pot belly.
>> The twerp kid at the place where you went was probably a 19 year old HS
>> dropout with an earring who wouldn't know a heating element from a hole in
>> the wall.

> I agree with you.
>
> Barry, what city are you in. Maybe someone knows a store.
>
> Any chance you can just clean that one up?

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