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Maxwell

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Jensen 50 Parts
« on: March 22, 2020, 10:10:12 pm »
Hi mates, I am looking for a Jensen 50 stack and a power cable. Please contact me if you have any or know of a source. Thanks

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Re: Jensen 50 Parts
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2020, 10:17:57 pm »
Sorry I can't help Mike, but this is from Rog. By the way, new purchase or fixing up one you already had?

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Simplest job of all Marc and the first thing I did, the chimney is nothing other than a 1.25 inch nickel plated brass drain tube for under a sink, found at my local ACE hardware.  It had a curved part (trap) on one end and I just cut it to the proper length removing the trap part, then flared the top end of the cut pipe using the head of a large ball peen hammer tapping the flat part of the hammer with a piece of two x four lumber. 

In less than 15 minutes I had a regulation size Jensen 50 chimney  :lol:
I wish all repairs or replacements could be so easy!

Rog
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Re: Jensen 50 Parts
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2020, 05:35:45 am »
A power cord is well.....a power cord , they weren't special made for Jensen.
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Re: Jensen 50 Parts
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2020, 06:58:06 am »
Power cord depends on age to a degree.
Cloth or rubber?


Pigtails for heaters or the long cord?




If this is for the #50 from Nick and Ellen Low you need a black rubber power cord.


Here is a similar #50 from 1979:



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Re: Jensen 50 Parts
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2020, 09:29:39 am »
Nick, Bruce, & Gil, thank you all for the reply. Yes it’s for the 50 that returned home to the US. I thought that  these parts could be obtained from Jensen since they are no different than the newly offered ones. I contacted Jensen a month ago; they mentioned that they have it, and asked to wait for a phone call which never came. Now I see their announcement and I understand the situation. I was trying to outsource from Jensen to get original parts. Yes Gil, it’s the long rubber cord.

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Re: Jensen 50 Parts
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2020, 01:20:06 pm »
I e been waiting almost 3 years for a part for my Jensen 50. I’m starting to think it may never happen.
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Re: Jensen 50 Parts
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2020, 04:52:19 pm »
Mike, Jensen no longer sells the correct cord and plug for your late 70's #50.
The cords with plugs they now provide are 3 wire with a ground post.


This is what the cord should look like:


(without the cracks, of course)


I replaced it with a cord purchased from a hardware store and a plug from a place that has lamp restoration parts and supplies.


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Re: Jensen 50 Parts
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2020, 10:12:24 am »
Mike, Jensen no longer sells the correct cord and plug for your late 70's #50.
The cords with plugs they now provide are 3 wire with a ground post.


This is what the cord should look like:


(without the cracks, of course)


I replaced it with a cord purchased from a hardware store and a plug from a place that has lamp restoration parts and supplies.


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Thanks Gil for the photo. I guess that I will be making one too