General Information

Serial #

BY4 60276

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC CONSTRUCTION.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

52.0 cm

Width

40.0 cm

Height

33.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Food processing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Camco

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Orangeville

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

THIS OVEN USED MARCH 1984 TO MAY 1998.

Canada

MFD BY CAMCO, THE LARGEST HOME APPLIANCE MFR IN CANADA. CAMCO WAS FORMED IN 1977, AND INCLUDES GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., WESTINGHOUSE & GSW LTD.. GE, HOTPOINT, MOFFAT & MCCLARY APPLIANCES ARE MFD BY CAMCO.

Function

TO HEAT FOOD IN ORDER TO KILL GERMS, IMPROVE APPEARANCE AND/OR TASTE BEFORE CONSUMPTION.

Technical

MICROWAVE OVENS WERE DEV'D IN THE MID 1940S- 1950S, A RESULT OF TECHNOLOGY PERFECTED DURING WW11. IN 1945 RAYTHEON CORP. DEV'D A MICROWAVE COOKING UNIT FOR COMMERCIAL & INSTITUTIONAL USE. TAPPAN MARKETED AN OVEN FOR RESIDENTIAL USEIN 1955, BUT IT'S LARGE SIZE LIMITED POPULARITY. IN 1983 LITTON INTRODUCED A NEW LINE OF COMPACT MICROWAVE OVENS: IN THE USA THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE "GO ANYWHERE" OVENS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" [logo] LITTON/ MOFFAT " printed on oven front, on control panel. All controls labelled. Decal on oven back reads " MOD. NO./NO. MOD. MG0813/ TYPE LOM1/ SER. NO./ NO. SER. BY4 60276/ VOLTS 120 HZ 60 KW 1.25/ MANUFACTURED/ FABRIQUE FEBRUARY 1984/ CSA/ LR 41499/ Camco Inc./ MADE IN CANADA ORANGEVILLE ONT. L9W 1G7 FABRIQUE AU CANADA ". Paper label to left reads " MANUFACTURED BY CAMCO INC. UNDER LICENSE FROM LITTON SYSTEMS/ INC., MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, U.S.A. SUTTON IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF LITTON INDUSTRIES INC. MOFFAT IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF GSW LIMITED. CAMCO INC. IS A REGISTERED USER. ", in english & french text. Black & white decal on oven back reads " ATTENTION/ DISCONNECT POWER BEFORE/ REPLACING LAMP. REPLACE/ ONLY WITH A 25T8C LAMP./ 738AO73J01 ", in both English & French. Large caution decal reads " CAUTION- DISCONNECT THE ELECTRIC POWER BEFORE SERVICING./ CAUTION- MICROWAVES/ THIS OVEN IS DESIGNED AND/ TESTED FOR COMPLIANCE TO/ THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT/ DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL HEALTH/ AND WELFARE, RADIATION EMITTING/ DEVICES REGULATIONS FOR/ MICROWAVE OVENS./ SOR/740601,23 OCTOBER, 1974./ (REV. 1979)/ MICROWAVE POWER GENERATING/ COMPONENT. MAGNETRON,/ PLATE VOLTAGE: 2650 VOLTS DC/ FREQUENCY: 2450 MHZ/ MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT/ 525 WATTS./ TEST LOAD 275 ml OF WATER. 20 C/ WARNING- TO INSURE CONTINUED/ PROTECTION AGAINST ELECTRICAL SHOCK,/ CONNECT TO PROPERLY GROUNDED/ OUTLETS ONLY. DO NOT, UNDER ANY/ CIRCUMSTANCES, REMOVE THE GROUNDING/ (ROUND) PRONG FROM THIS PLUG. ", in both English & French.

Missing

NONE.

Finish

OFF-WHITE WRINKLE-TEXTURED FINISH ON UNIT EXTERIOR; SMOOTH INTERIOR. LIGHT BROWN DOOR PANEL; DARKER BROWN CONTROL PANEL.

Decoration

N/A