My fridge broke
Wed 20 Feb 2008Filed Under: *Hayabusa BLOG, Wisdom
Yesterday was not a good day. My fridge broke. We where only together for 3 years. I bought it new because the old fridge was a bit too small and besides the alcove in the kitchen made it look even smaller. So the new one was larger and filled out the space. It wasn’t too expensive but it wasn’t exactly cheap either – just right. I was also tired of the comments that I needed a bigger fridge!
A service call to the manufacturer wasn’t too painfully and the today the fridge man came and to fix it. About $200 later and it seems to be working perfectly again. Apparently it was the CPU of the fridge that had lost it’s mind. Yes my fridge has a computer.
The problem with the fridge was bascially the freezer had all iced up and hence the fridge part wasn’t getting any cool air. Being a auto defrost fridge clearly there was something wrong. Now – after all that everyone tells me that auto-defrost fridges always play up eventually. Whether this is true or not maybe someone can tell me?
The event also confirmed my and most people’s view that things always break just when the warranty expires!
I recall shopping for a new fridge is not something I or anyone else does too often. I went to at least a dozen stores to find the right size and the right features. Yes these days you can get fridges that do all sorts of things, I recall an internet fridge released a few years ago that you could program or dail up, ones which count the number of times you open the door and so forth. Mine is clearly a mid-range model with only various temperature controls and holiday mode.
Anyway I chose mine for the ever trendy stainless steel finish, blue lights and LCD display. Afterall its not often you need a new fridge.
The motorcycle link you might ask? Well, newer doesn’t always mean better or reliable and most things can be fixed by playing around or replacing the computer and finally just because it looks nice doesn’t mean it works any better!