Freezer Died!!

[OldCoyote]

IT was not that big of a deal since we had a second freezer to move stuff into. (oldcoyote looking through walking pantry,,   How can we have so much food, nothing to eat?)

It is a Kenmore Elite ( Frigidaire) with electronic control.  Says power loss,  Door Ajar neither of which are wrong. Little trouble shooting appears to be a bad electronic control.

On the internet priced from $70 (refurbished to a high of $250 new.)  Remember oldcoyote is super cheap,  Really hates being ripped off,  Go to local parts house, $130, 3-4 weeks to get it in!

3-4 weeks,      Here is a little secret,  the parts house could have in tomorrow, But they accumulate the orders to the wholesalers so they can get a larger discount,  they could not care less over your trouble.

I have a super, SUPER smart friend, take the board to him,  do a little testing,  bad cap!! $1.50 cap,       He does not charge me anything!!  Wooo Hooo,   ( I always buy him a really nice Christmas present)

Freezer works great.

Also, before you buy any thing from Frigidaire- Electrolux , please check out warranty service reviews!!  

[Blonde Granny]

My Frigidaire freezer died last Thursday night. It was full of expensive meat products from The Fresh Market. Cheap or not, I don't believe in repairing appliances, so Friday morning put the new one in the SUV since Lowes couldn't deliver it for a couple of days, and I needed it now.

Thing was 11 years old, survived a couple of moves, but it's now where dead freezers go to spend eternity.

[Shooby]

I personally like have 2 refrigerators rather than just a freezer.  We keep a fridge in the garage. It's great for keeping water, extra gallons of milk and so forth. And, then you also have the extra freezer space which is nice.

[Deleted]

Nov 17, 2015 8:44:20 GMT -5 OldCoyote said:

Also, before you buy any thing from Frigidaire- Electrolux , please check out warranty service reviews!!  

When we bought our house recently, we asked the sellers to leave their pretty, stainless steel, state-of-the-art Electrolux refrigerator. A few days after we moved in (and had stocked the freezer with lots of meat from Costco), the freezer temp started to rise. (There's a digital display you see every time you open the door.) It was intermittent; mostly if you closed the door, the temp would start to go down again. We were panicked; it was a crazy time anyway.

So, I called the 800 number posted inside the refrigerator.  I waited on hold forever, then before they could start any troubleshooting they needed the serial number of the unit, then needed to re-register it in our name, with our address, etc.  She told me what date it was manufactured and what date it was purchased.  Like I give a crap, Lady.  My pork chops are thawing!  Just about the time she started the troubleshooting, we got disconnected. 

DH and I figured it out ourselves.  The ice cube tray tends to overfill and when you open the freezer drawer on the bottom of the unit, ice cubes fall out and slide behind the freezer drawer.  That means the drawer can't be pushed back in all the way, so air from the room gets into the freezer.  Sometimes only one ice cube could block it.  Now we keep the ice cube maker turned off except when we need to replenish the supply.  Really bad design flaw.  We are not impressed with Electrolux.

[wyouser]

Nov 17, 2015 9:06:52 GMT -5 Shooby said:

I personally like have 2 refrigerators rather than just a freezer.  We keep a fridge in the garage. It's great for keeping water, extra gallons of milk and so forth. And, then you also have the extra freezer space which is nice.

2 refrigerators...add multiple freezers.  You want to make sure those "stiffs" (those folks you never ever really were fond of) that you have stored in them, don't thaw out

[Shooby]

I don't like freezer burned meat. Doesn't taste the same if it is in the deep freeze too long. So, I dont' really freeze a lot of things.

[steff]

Nov 17, 2015 13:43:36 GMT -5 wyouser said:

Nov 17, 2015 9:06:52 GMT -5 Shooby said:

I personally like have 2 refrigerators rather than just a freezer.  We keep a fridge in the garage. It's great for keeping water, extra gallons of milk and so forth. And, then you also have the extra freezer space which is nice.

2 refrigerators...add multiple freezers.  You want to make sure those "stiffs" (those folks you never ever really were fond of) that you have stored in them, don't thaw out

3 refrigerators and 2 deep freezers here.  Hubby is a hunter and I need a lot of room for all the garden stuff that we grow.  In fact, I could probably use another deep freezer truth be told.  1 refrigerator is in the basement for kiddo & his friends to keep all their stuff in. 

[GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl]

OldCoyote:  friends like that are worth their weight in gold.  Be sure to hang on to that one.  

At the moment we are down to one fridge with bottom freezer and a chest freezer.

I still need to replace the "milk" fridge with freezer (top or bottom, I don't care) and the upright freezer.  I follow the "pantry principle" so I stock up when things are at loss leader pricing.  

We bought a "milk" fridge from the estate of a woman here in town who passed away recently.  I just need to round up some football players and a truck or van to bring it home.  $75.  Only a year old.  My kind of appliance shopping.     Just need to find a new upright freezer now, although, with the kids beginning to launch, I may try to squeeze by with the freezer space I have already.

[Anne_in_VA]

We have two fridges and a freezer.  When we moved into our house two years ago, the seller left an older side by side which we put out in the garage.  We already had an upright freezer which I love.  I buy bulk on sales so need the extra space (for the odd body too!).

[Deleted]

We have a refrigerator and a mini-fridge. I gave the freezer to my daughter because we didn't use it enough. DH is like Shooby.  He hates meat that has gone to the freezer.  He uses it for ice cream, frozen dinners, and that sort of stuff. I freeze meat, but I am the only person who really eats beef here.

I used to know what the mini-fridge was for. It was for his Ensure, apple juice, and wine. He now drinks none of that stuff. I need to check what's in it. Maybe it needs to go to school with me.