Somehow the electric connection had fallen out of the bracket. Had to disassemble and reassemble some bits but really, maybe 3 months of mild irritation and in the end it took maybe 20 minutes to fix. There’s a lesson I don’t want to learn somewhere in there…
My kitchen was originally built in the 70s. Some of the furniture is still original too. I think my stove + oven combo is original as well. Definitely looks very 70s to me. It’s an electric device, so the dials and electrons are the only moving parts. Not that many things can break in a setup like this.
I love devices like that. Shame the energy efficiency will probably be poor by modern standards.
It uses electricity to make heat. That’s the one conversion where you can expect approximately 100% efficiency.
Modern stoves have fancy safety features and a flat glass top to make it look nicer. I don’t think the efficiency has gone up in the past 50 years.