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18th Sep 2016, 7:24 pm
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Octode
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Bath, Somerset, UK.
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Very unusual Pifco heater
Picked up this outrageously good looking fan heater for £10 yesterday. In the antique shop it looked like an electric wok until the owner plugged it in to show me. Made for Pifco in Holland in I imagine the late '50s. It has a four way switch rather like a Santon switch to select off, cool fan, or two heat settings when the lamp comes on. It has those atomic ball shaped feet and handles quite unlike anything I have seen before.
Neil
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18th Sep 2016, 8:13 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Wiltshire, UK.
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Re: very unusual pifco heater
Lovely!
Must admit, looking at it I'd be half expecting it to levitate itself and hover when switched to full-power! |
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19th Sep 2016, 10:43 pm
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Dekatron
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Location: Staffordshire Moorlands, UK.
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Re: Very unusual Pifco heater
very nice and looks in great nick. An antique of the future
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20th Sep 2016, 8:33 am
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Nonode
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Re: Very unusual Pifco heater
Wonderful!
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20th Sep 2016, 11:20 pm
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Dekatron
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Location: Leominster, Herefordshire, UK.
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Re: Very unusual Pifco heater
It really should go "Weeble" or something like.
Has it asked to see your leader yet?
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21st Sep 2016, 1:07 pm
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Heptode
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, UK.
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Re: Very unusual Pifco heater
Very nice, not seen one of these before. It almost looks as if the top is made of Bakelite, but I suspect its not.
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21st Sep 2016, 8:31 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, UK.
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Re: Very unusual Pifco heater
The Hong Kong version of the Ever Ready saucepan special!
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21st Sep 2016, 8:37 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK
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Re: Very unusual Pifco heater
Very nice and unusual, well worth a tenner!
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21st Sep 2016, 10:12 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Haarlem, Netherlands
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Re: Very unusual Pifco heater
Made in Holland makes me curious. I would like to see some details if and when this is convenient. Also details from the inside, preferrably also showing any (date) codes or other clues as to which factory may have made it.
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