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My refrigerator is dying....
Apr. 10th, 2013 05:58 pmAn earlier post remarked about how much quicker my leftover food is developing mold. And now I think I know why.
My refrigerator is dying.
A few weeks ago, I noticed that the half-gallon bottles of milk I kept on the top shelf were going bad before the expiration date. The water component of the milk would separate from the rest of the "white stuff", which was starting to resemble cottage cheese.
Last week, I bought a refrigerator thermometer from the local Kroger, and left it in the fridge a few hours. The result? My fridge is cooling food down to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. That's too warm; it should cool down to 40 degrees. And my freezer is cooling down to 20 degrees, when it should cool down to 0.
For at least a year, I've had "call a refrigerator repairman" on my to-do list, to address the issue I was having with my wter line. Now he'll have to take a look at the cooling system and let me know if it can be repaired, or if it needs to be replaced.
I've had this refrigerator -- a GE side-by-side unit with an ice maker and water dispenser -- for about 14 years. I remember having to put it on its
side and slide it into the kitchen, and schlep the old refrigerator to the county dump to reclaim the refrigerant. And I'm wonder if 14 years is too short a lifetime. My parents had an old Fridigaire which lasted for at least 25 years. It was there from the time they moved in (the fall of 1963) until just after I moved to Dayton (the summer of 1989).
So now I'm going to need to take measurements again, and shop for a new refrigerator. Not fun.
This why I don't bother trying to save money anymore. Something always comes along to suck it away.
My refrigerator is dying.
A few weeks ago, I noticed that the half-gallon bottles of milk I kept on the top shelf were going bad before the expiration date. The water component of the milk would separate from the rest of the "white stuff", which was starting to resemble cottage cheese.
Last week, I bought a refrigerator thermometer from the local Kroger, and left it in the fridge a few hours. The result? My fridge is cooling food down to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. That's too warm; it should cool down to 40 degrees. And my freezer is cooling down to 20 degrees, when it should cool down to 0.
For at least a year, I've had "call a refrigerator repairman" on my to-do list, to address the issue I was having with my wter line. Now he'll have to take a look at the cooling system and let me know if it can be repaired, or if it needs to be replaced.
I've had this refrigerator -- a GE side-by-side unit with an ice maker and water dispenser -- for about 14 years. I remember having to put it on its
side and slide it into the kitchen, and schlep the old refrigerator to the county dump to reclaim the refrigerant. And I'm wonder if 14 years is too short a lifetime. My parents had an old Fridigaire which lasted for at least 25 years. It was there from the time they moved in (the fall of 1963) until just after I moved to Dayton (the summer of 1989).
So now I'm going to need to take measurements again, and shop for a new refrigerator. Not fun.
This why I don't bother trying to save money anymore. Something always comes along to suck it away.
