On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 11:55:18 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
> On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 7:19:53 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > The new fridge arrived yesterday. To my wife's delight, this one has
> > the bottom mount freezer. I ordered it on Monday and was told it would
> > likely be 2-3 weeks before delivery, depending on the manufacturer's
> > warehouse stock. I was surprised to get a call on Thursday saying it was
> > scheduled for delivery on Saturday.
> >
> > I had asked about changing the door to open from the right because it
> > sits in the corner with the wall to the left. I was told there is a $20
> > charge for that. I thought it was a little much but agreed.
> >
> > When the fridge came I checked about the door and was by the lead guy
> > told it was the standard open to the right and I would have to contact
> > the service department. I called up and was on hold waiting to talk to
> > them about having paid for the left mount and it not being done.
> > Meanwhile, the guys had removed the door to get it into the kitchen. I
> > told them I was still on hold. The guy said he could mount it on the
> > other side for me but that I would have to move the handle. Then the
> > third guy said he would do the handle. The job that I was being charged
> > for was about 2 minutes more work than just remounted it to the factory
> > spec. They had a socket on a drill. The hinge bracket was already off.
> > All he had to do was to pop out three plugs, turn the bracket upside
> > down, screw the bolts in on the other side and then plug the holes from
> > the original spot. The handle came off with an Allen key and two bolts.
> > Meanwhile, my wife dug out the bill and it turned out the reason it had
> > not been reversed at the warehouse was that the saleswoman had forgotten
> > to put it on the bill and I had nor paid for it after all, so I ended up
> > getting that little extra for free.
> >
> >
> > I had to let it sit level for an hour before we started it up. Glad to
> > say it came on with no problem. When we loaded the food into it I stuck
> > in some freshly filled ice cube trays. They were frozen solid within two
> > hours.
> >
> > I have to agree with my wife about the convenience of the bottom mounted
> > freezer. It may be a bit of an issue to have to crouch to get stuff
> > out of the freezer, but everything in the fridge is much more accessible.
>
> Congrats on your new fridge. Hopefully, it will prove to be relatively
> trouble free.
>
> My wife and I were working on our fridge yesterday. The nylon bushing on the
> hinge pin on one side had crapped out causing a bunch of problems: the
> center door seal wouldn't engage, the ice maker to ice dispenser seal
> wouldn't seal, the freezer gasket wouldn't wouldn't seal because rust from
> the hinge pin grinding itself to death would clump on the magnetic gasket.
> This machine has been just a bunch of trouble for us. It's one unlucky
> machine!
>
> ---
>
> I've never had one with an ice maker. As a kid, my friend had one. It made
> somewhat largish half circles that tended to melt slightly and stick
> together. One day we went to her house after school. When she opened the
> freezer door, all these cubes tumbled out. It was chock full and still
> producing. My friend was a math whiz but apparently not too bright in other
> departments. She climbed up to the top shelf of the cupboard and got down
> her dad's favorite bar type glasses. I remember my dad having some that we
> weren't allowed to touch. All dads seemed to in those days.
>
> She tried filling the glasses repeatedly then dumping them down the sink. Of
> course this was taking forever. I knew nothing about ice makers but assumed
> that it could be shut off and mentioned it. She said it could but she needed
> to get the cubes out first. I told her to get a bucket. She said she
> couldn't because it was in the other room. So I said to use the dishpan. She
> said she couldn't because it had some dishes in it. I then told her to use a
> mixing bowl or something but she was hell bent on using those glasses. I
> didn't know where stuff was kept in the kitchen but I did find a big bowl.
> And just as I was taking it out of the cupboard, her dad came home from
> work. He saw her with the glasses, ice all over the floor.Yelled at her for
> touching the glasses. This startled her and she dropped them. They broke,
> adding to the mess.
>
> Meanwhile, her dad grabbed the bowl from me and managed to get enough ice
> out fairly quickly using the bowl, then shut off the ice maker.
>
> I think I was 7 or 8 at the time. Put me right off of that type of ice
> maker.

I can see how that would be a traumatizing experience.

Cindy Hamilton