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Old 31st Jul 2017, 12:31 am   #36
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Default Re: Mystery vintage electric fire/hotplate. Identified as a Magnet (GEC) D2400.

My bewilderment at seeing a 1930ish base on a much later appliance is fully accounted for now. I imagine demand for these was quite limited - after all, we've not found anyone else producing the same combination - which would have justified the unit staying in the catalogue for a good while but with minimal further attention to its design.

I still think this particular unit was made around the mid to late '50s - the plate surrounding the switch is completely unlike anything that was current in 1931 - and by then I can't imagine it would have been fitted with an Osglim lamp. So a relatively standard pigmy filament lamp would be my best guess at the original fitment.

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