On 9/21/2011 2:25 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 9/21/2011 5:26 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:25:10 -0500, Janet Wilder
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> The best dishwasher I've owned was a GE Potscrubber. The worst crap
>>> appliances are Frigidaire (made by Electrolux) I have them now. The
>>> stove and dishwasher don't give me trouble, but I absolutely hate my
>>> refrigerator and I pray that it dies so I can get a new one. It's built
>>> out garbage.
>>
>> What on earth does a refrigerator do to make you hate it so much?
>>
> The freezer and door shelves break. The ice maker switch freezes in the
> "crushed" position even though we never use crushed ice. It's a
> side-by-side (I didn't want it) and it's too deep for me to ever find
> anything. The freezer side is totally useless for anything other than
> the faulty ice maker. It holds less than the tiny freezer on my RV.
>
> I want it to die. I want a new one. DH won't buy one unless this one
> breaks.
>

You might be able to encase the freezer coils in a thick coating of ice
by leaving the freezer ajar overnight. Once that happens, the unit won't
be able to cool unless you unplug it for 12 hours or so to defrost the
coils. All you have to do is say "Honey, the refrigerator doesn't seem
to be working, can you check it out for me? It's been acting funny for
the last several months and now it's starting to smell awful."

I've got a Samsung unit and highly recommend you check one of those out.
Good luck!