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Jun. 18th, 2025 10:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrAfter a relaxing day of catching up with office work, bike ride to the bank to deposit some cash purchases and a couple of hours making paper in the back yard, I went inside to start supper. Pulled out some spinach, mushrooms, the last flour tortilla, eggs and half-and-half for an improvised use-up-the-leftovers mini-quiche. I was pulling a slice of onion out of the fridge freezer to dice and sweat, and for some reasons, it was thawed and floppy. So were the packages of lunchmeat. Chicken parts and fish filets were still frozen, but starting to thaw, as were the ice cube trays.
Yup, my freezer's dead. So's the fridge. Light still works, but nothing else. Fiddling with the thermostat had no effect.
Phuk.
We still have an upright freezer, so I transfered the frozen goods. We have a bunch of freezer packs, from when Denise used to get arthritis injections by mail, so I loaded up the veggies in our larger cooler with several cold packs. Our other two coolers are six-pack sized, totally inadequate, so I borrowed a ginormous camping cooler from neighbor Bob for the rest of the perishables, topped with all the remaining cold packs.
When I pulled the fridge out from the wall, I found water and rust underneath, and one of the sides is rusting through. I figure the compressor or motor is dead, which is well beyond my capacity to fix.
So tomorrow morning, I'm off to buy a new fridge. Praying they can do a same-day delivery. And haul away the old one.
ETA: Did a thorough cleaning of the fridge exterior last night, preparatory to having it hauled away in the morning, including wiping off all the dust and fuzzies from the radiator coils in back. Left it plugged in overnight, and this morning, the compressor was running and the insides were cold again, so I guess that was the problem? Took advantage of the empty state to do a complete inside clean as well, and put everything--thankfully still cool in the ice chests overnight--back in.
Fingers crossed.
Yup, my freezer's dead. So's the fridge. Light still works, but nothing else. Fiddling with the thermostat had no effect.
Phuk.
We still have an upright freezer, so I transfered the frozen goods. We have a bunch of freezer packs, from when Denise used to get arthritis injections by mail, so I loaded up the veggies in our larger cooler with several cold packs. Our other two coolers are six-pack sized, totally inadequate, so I borrowed a ginormous camping cooler from neighbor Bob for the rest of the perishables, topped with all the remaining cold packs.
When I pulled the fridge out from the wall, I found water and rust underneath, and one of the sides is rusting through. I figure the compressor or motor is dead, which is well beyond my capacity to fix.
So tomorrow morning, I'm off to buy a new fridge. Praying they can do a same-day delivery. And haul away the old one.
ETA: Did a thorough cleaning of the fridge exterior last night, preparatory to having it hauled away in the morning, including wiping off all the dust and fuzzies from the radiator coils in back. Left it plugged in overnight, and this morning, the compressor was running and the insides were cold again, so I guess that was the problem? Took advantage of the empty state to do a complete inside clean as well, and put everything--thankfully still cool in the ice chests overnight--back in.
Fingers crossed.
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Date: 2025-06-19 06:56 am (UTC)