Custom Imperial Cooktop - Where are the fuses located?

[Maggie]

Hey y'all, My name is Maggie and I am new to the group. Here is what
I am working on at home. I currently have in somewhat working order
- a Custom Imperial Cooktop and Flair Single 30 inch Wall oven -
with the Holy Grail Rotisserie.

I am also restoring a 1964 RCIB-645 with base cabinet, that I just
purchased from the original owners (with the original Frigidaire ad
and receipt from the bank for financing!). For under $75, this was a
steal, with a little more than a 2 hour drive to have it in my
possession. It is in Great condition, with minor work to get it back
into working condition, such as the clock and the Heat Minder Fuse.

On the Cooktop that is installed in my home that I am using right now-
The Speed Heat Burner gets really, really hot when I turn it to high
and when I turn the temperature down to medium-hi / -low, it gets
super low in temperaure. I am not sure if this is working correctly
and your expertise will be appreciated.

As for the HeatMinder, I am unsure what the problem is - the light
comes on when I turn on the burner, but it never gets hot. The back
right burner also is out at this time. So basically the Right Rear
(Infinite Heat) and Right Front (HeatMinder) Could this problem be the
fuses since it technically only the right side of the cooktop is out
of commission?

I am also having trouble locating the fuses for the Cooktop Only. Are
they in the same place as the RCIB-645? I am afraid to remove the
burners without knowing which one has the fuse located under it, as I
do not want to damage anything, as these are hard to come by these
days.

I look forward to chatting with the Flair Enthusiasts about my
projects, as this has to be the best oven I have ever encountered. As
a foodie and Culinarian who teaches people and kids how to cook -
there are no more forgotten and burned baked goods - as you can always
see what's going on in the oven!

Thanks and I look forward to listening to your thoughts!

Maggie

[Angie's Cell]

Yay!  ANOTHER TRUE FLAIR FANATIC!  Tom!  You wanted some more like me!!!  

Welcome, Maggie!  

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[phil racicot]

On my RCIB-645C, the fuses are in a small fuse panel in the base cabinet, I know there are some differences between the Canadian RCIB-645C and US RCIB-645 so they might be somewhere else in yours!

 

Phil

[Mark Day]

Phil Your's is  a Canadian Unit ?

There are no fuses is the base cabinet on either RCIB-645J or RCIB-645N

Mark Day

>>> phil racicot <phil.r...@gmail.com> 12/2/2010 12:53 PM >>>

[Whatt...@aol.com]

I think that's kinda kewl to have all the fuses

in one place in the base cabinet! LOL :)

thank you for sharing!

Carol :)

[phil racicot]

I never had to replace one but it was a problem when I wanted to move the stove. All wires need to be disconnected from the fuse panel to remove the stove from the base cabinet...

 

I'll take a picture of the fuse panel and I'll send it to the group! Are there any other canadian Flair owners in this group?

 

So far, the differences I noticed were the different manufacturing plant (Scarborough Ontario), the model number with a "C" at the end (RCIB-645C), the lack of a speed heat burner on Custom Imperial models like mine and the location of the fuse panel (which I wasn't aware of until this week). And my range was made very late in 1961 or early in 1962 and it was sold new in April of 1962. The dates on the oven elements are November and December 1961 if I remember well. It still has the first design control panel like the 1960 model and (later) black Flair emblem on the door (like the 1961 and newer models I think), the door opening mechanism is the newer one without cables (I parted another canadian Flair with cables).

 

If I remember well, there was a ballast for the fluorescent tube on the older Flair I parted out while mine uses a starter. I was surprised to see it wasn't the opposite!

 

Does someone know exactly when the door emblems went from blue to black, when the door mechanism went from cable and spring actuated to just springs and when the control panel design changed from RCIB- 645 to RCIB-645-2?

 

Phil

[Mark Day]

That doesn't meet UL and the UL rating is a big reason the Flair didn't continue.

>>> <Whatt...@aol.com> 12/4/2010 1:14 PM >>>

[phil racicot]

Here are the pictures of the fuse panel in the base cabinet of my RCIB 645C.

 

Phil

[Mark Day]

I will check withe the sources that I know at Electrolux and see if that was made that way or if this is some kind of Retrofit or Prototype unit.

I can find any reference to that fuse panel.

Mark Day

>>> phil racicot <phil.r...@gmail.com> 12/6/2010 4:30 PM >>>