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How long should I wait before plugging in a new refrigerator?
Today I received my new refrigerator, and I've been told not to plug it in until a couple of hours have gone by. Some people told me a couple of hours was enough, but others have told me up to 12 ...
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What are the rules for unplugging a refrigerator?
I'd like to unplug my fridge for a few hours each evening to have silence in my small studio while I fall asleep. It is on a timer, so it happens at random times through the cooling cycle. I was ...
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Can I use a UPS as a Voltage Stabilizer?
I need a voltage stabilizer for my refrigerator. Can I use a UPS for this?
I own an APC Back-UPS marked "Output: 230V~, 2.6A, 50/60Hz...". The label on the fridge says "220V/50Hz". Can I use this UPS ...
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How do I clean a very dirty refrigerator?
I just got a new house and inherited a very moldy and mildewy refrigerator. My first though it to get some cleaning spray with bleach and just go to town, but I'm worried the bleach might damage the ...
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Do refrigerators struggle with too warm a temperature setting?
My apartment's fridge just stopped working (the light didn't even come on), after showing some signs of struggling in the last day or two (vibrating in sync with light flickering). The landlady asked ...
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Any ideas on how to keep a refrigerator from moving without wheel locks?
I've got a frig on a tile floor without any wheel locks, and it likes to slide forward every time I open a refrigerator door quickly. So far I have tried:
toilet shims shoved under the wheels. ...
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Restoring an old fridge; should I add a ground wire?
I'm rewiring an old monitor-top fridge. The original wiring was only 2-wire and it has completely disintegrated.
I was thinking about replacing the power cord with a grounded plug and wiring the ...
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Why is the fridge water line popping out of the connection when under pressure?
I am trying to run a water line for my fridge. I put the saddle valve into the sink cold water copper pipe. That seemed to work fine - no link from the valve. But, when I screw the plastic tubing ...
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Should I be concerned about fridge/freezer airflow?
We just recently had the following counter/cabinet system put into our basement family room. After everything was done, I started to get concerned about airflow. The enclosure was built in such a ...
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How strong are copper refrigerator ice maker water lines?
How strong are the standard copper refrigerator water lines? I have a decent size coil of copper line behind my refrigerator and I am afraid to re-position/re-coil it because I have no idea of it's ...
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Why is my refrigerator so loud? Can I fix this?
I live in a small NYC apartment and my refrigerator is close to the bedroom. When it kicks on, it's makes a loud thunk/click, and can be enough to wake me up. (While running it's pretty quiet.)
I ...
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Why is my refrigerator leaking?
The make of the unit is GE and below is a link to a picture of the label on the back. There aren't any other markings anywhere. I'm guessing this is an older model.
Here's a close-up of the ceiling ...
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How do I discharge the capacitor of my refrigerator?
In order to avoid electric shock, I need to discharge the capacitor of my refrigerator before working on it. How do I do it, and where can I buy an appropriate power resistor?
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How to diagnose an electrified refrigerator frame?
Recently (or, perhaps, I recently noticed) my garage fridge started shocking me if I touch it in the wrong place. (A sampling of "wrong" places: the door hinge, a spot on the other corner where the ...
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What does it mean when my fridge sounds like a machine gun?
I have a fridge that I believe to be 20 to 25 years old. (It came with the house.) Not always, but sometimes when it finishes its cooling cycle, it makes a loud rattle-like sound, almost like three ...
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GFI reset is behind refrigerator, need to remove refrigerator from circuit and relocate GFI
I am looking at purchasing a home in Florida, built in 2005.
Our home inspector was not the smartest cookie in the jar, but accidently discovered some strange things. So far, this is what I have ...
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Island under-the-counter refrigerator
We recently bought a house that has a free-standing wine fridge placed in a space in the kitchen island (I hesitate to say installed). We also bought this place knowing full well that unit did not ...
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How to stop fridge water line without stopping everything else?
So. My old fridge finally went and I will be getting a new one delivered. The company that I am buying the new fridge from is going to haul away my old one. I noticed that I don't have any type of ...
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Water from refrigerator tastes bad after 5 day power outage
The water from refrigerator tastes very bad after 5 day power outage. Everything rotted in the fridge and we had to clean it out after the power came back on. The fridge is fine now, but the water ...
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Can I plug an air conditioner and a chest freezer into the same outlet?
I have a Gibson/Frigidaire through the wall AC unit plugged into a dedicated 3-prong outlet in my a room of my apartment. I'd like to put a chest freezer in my office for homebrewed beer. Is it safe ...
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What do I need to connect a refrigerator water line?
I currently have a water valve behind my refrigerator, but it's not hooked up to our current refrigerator. I have no tubing coming out of the valve. We purchased a new refrigerator and want to hook ...
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What can I do to fix the dispenser in the front of my fridge?
My ice maker works (so the fridge is connected to water) but when I try to get water or ice from the door on the fridge nothing happens. Is there a fuse or something that could be blown? I know there ...
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How do I cap off an unused refrigerator water line?
I am installing a new refrigerator. The new one doesn't have an ice maker in it and the old one did. I need to turn off the water, and when I do it will shut off all of my water. This is a rental ...
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What's the normal duty cycle of a refrigerator compressor?
I recently bought a house and it came with a fridge. It's a GE model GSH25JSXSS side by side. I think it's fairly new because the seller's agent told the seller to replace her appliances with ...
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How do I modify a refrigerator water line to add a shut off valve and flexible pipe?
I recently bought a house and bought a new fridge to go with it. The copper pipe that connects to the fridge water has a shut off valve underneath the house and is extremely inconvenient to access. ...
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Why is the small white box near my fridge's compressor making an incessant clicking sound?
I have a small Frigidaire (model FRT045GB) ~9 months old (but shockingly outside of warranty) which recently started clicking. Actually it almost sounds like a small water pump?
I have been able to ...
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Humming refrigerator
My refrigerator just today started periodically humming for about 10-15 seconds every 20 minutes or so (something low, 1kHz or lower, I'd wager, though I don't have an amazing ear), followed by a ...
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Why does my ice maker make a knocking sound and not produce ice?
My ice maker is making knocking noises every few hours and rarely produces ice. Every now and then (once a month or so) it actually starts making ice and the noises stop for a day.
It's a GE french ...
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Is checking the oil in a fridge as straight forward as a car?
I see in another question that the compressor in a fridge has oil in it, and that it has the ability to get dirty over time. Based on the knocking sounds of my fridge, I wonder if it's due for an oil ...
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Does it make sense for a freezer to work , but the refrigerator to not work?
We have a relatively new fridge (~2 years). Its got the double door over/under freezer, but the door has a weird way that it closes in that it can get stuck open very easily. The fridge was left ...
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My mini fridge is not working. Should I repair it or simply toss it out?
I came to work on Monday to find that my mini fridge (Frigidaire FRC25B2GB, purchased < 2yrs ago) isn't working. It had completely defrosted, so had been off a while. It was on a power strip that ...
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Can I remove one side frame of the cabinets above the refrigerator?
The space for the refrigerator is more narrow than I'd like. Both sides have a wall/panel extending from the cabinets above. The space is 33"w x 72"h. The new fridge would likely by 36"w x 70"h ...
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Why does my Whirlpool refrigerator ice maker not make ice exactly one day a week every week?
My Whirlpool Gold refrigerator's ice maker does not make ice one day a week. After that day it begins to make ice again as normal. I think I read in the manual about a setting for Jewish households ...
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What could cause the freezer to work but not the fridge?
My fridge (10 year old Elextrolux model PLHT219TCK0) is not cooling (60 degrees) while the freezer works fine. I thawed the freezer for 12 hours and when I turned it back on everything worked fine ...
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How do I fix slow water flow in my refrigerator door dispenser?
It's an 11 year old Frigidaire FRS26ZPH side-by-side, and this year the water flow started slowing down. It has gotten slower and slower over time, to the point where it's taking over a minute to fill ...
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What is the name of this connector for my fridge's wooden panel?
I recently snapped off the wooden panel on my fridge/freezer. It is a tall fridge freezer with a separate door for each component. The doors are wooden panels that are attached to the metal doors ...
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How does my refrigerator water line connect to the valve?
I was shipped a new Whirlpool refrigerator today. I had an existing 1/4 " copper tube that I used as a water supply line.
I cut the copper tube with a pipe cutter, and I slipped a compression nut and ...
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How, and how often should I clean a freezer?
My fridge/freezer has been turned on and running since I last moved house several years ago. I clean the shelves/bins in the fridge every couple of months, or when something is spilled, but the ...
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My fridge runs way too much - is this because it doesn't seem to be level?
My refrigerator runs way too much - is this because it doesn't seem to be level? It doesn't seem to be any other reason.
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How to reduce noise from my refrigerator?
I live in a studio appartment and there is a fridge in my room which makes sleeping difficult. Is there a way to reduce the noise it makes? Is it maybe possible to cover it with noise insulant without ...
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What would cause my filtered water to have a thin transparent film suspended in it?
I have a filtered water dispenser in my Whirlpool refrigerator door. Lately I've noticed when dispensing water into a clean glass, that there are patches of a thin transparent film suspended in the ...
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How can I stop the icemaker on a GE fridge from overflowing water?
I have a French door stainless steel GE fridge made by Samsung. The water overflows or splashes out of the icemaker andd then freezes in the ice compartment under the bucket, making it impossible to ...
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How do I stop a leak in a refrigerator water line connection?
I have a copper water line going into my refrigerator. It's leaking at the connector line in the attached picture. It looks like the leak is not from the fridge, but from the connection line, right ...
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How do I remove the front panel of my refrigerator to replace the water line?
I have a Whirlpool Gold Conquest side by side refrigerator, Model #GS2SHEXNB00. Here's the tag:
It has a line that runs through the freezer door to the water dispenser in the front. Water has ...
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What is needed to fix or replace a cracked old seal on a refrigerator door?
I'd like to replace or maybe just gum up the seal of my 1990's Maytag refrigerator. It's really quite a beast and the last time a repair man came (to extract a receipt which made its way into the ...
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How to Repair my Dropped Refrigerator
I ordered a new hinge and brake for the fridge/freezer a friend dropped. The problem is the door hangs too low on the left side.
My thinking was that the bottom of the door got pushed out to the ...
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Which type of seal on a French door refrigerator is more reliable?
I'm going to buy a French door refrigerator and have seen 2 types of seals for the seam between the two doors. One is the usual rubber+magnetic seal, but of course each door has the magnetic rubber ...
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Can I increase the efficiency of a refrigerator by replacing the door insulation?
I am in the process repainting the refrigerator doors, and cleaning up the rust on the inside of the doors. The question is, would I increase the efficiency of operation by replacing the original ...
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How do I fix the drain in our refrigerator
It's a GE TBX25PASJRAA. Water collects in the refrigerator compartment, a tray placed at the back of the top shelf catches most of it.
I assume it's defrost water that's not going where it's ...
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My refrigerator is freezing vegetables in the crisper [closed]
Lately I've noticed that my refrigerator (Whirlpool side-by-side fridge/freezer, about 5 years old) is freezing vegetables located in the two crisper drawers in the bottom. Liquids, including plain ...
