Sunday, July 21, 2019

Who's Listening Now?



So you may recall my post a few days ago regarding our moody fridge, and its attentive pal Alexa.

          We have company coming for dinner tonight, so of course I woke up this morning to an ominous hum from the kitchen fridge not unlike the idle of a ’65 Pontiac GTO.

          And of course it’s Sunday, even if we could bring ourselves to pay for another $89 visit (and probably time and a half for a weekend).

          Could I skate by without doing anything? Or tonight would our guests be using hand signals for the rolls? I’d just bombed out yesterday with my two $1 scratch tickets from the grocery store, so the odds didn’t look to be swinging in my favor.

          Giant pot pie (made yesterday, thank GOD) to the downstairs fridge. (And yes, thank god the previous owners left us two fridges, even if one has all the quirky charm of Carrie). Ketchup and various other condiments who can get by on their own – stay in the fridge. Milk, butter, cold cuts, etc., and most importantly, the tonic for tonight’s G & T’s into the cooler. Sauvignon blanc to basement fridge.

          Naturally with our model it’s impossible to turn off the fridge with a simple button, so down to the basement again find the right circuit breaker. (No, we were not interested in wrestling 350 pounds of appliance out from its niche to unplug it. )

          Then, time for the one tool that no home should be without, a hair dryer. Five minutes of hot air blown into the area where we’d seen the repairman remove a cover and chip off ice, turn the power back on, and we are good to go. I hope.

          Bottom line, there will be no more discussions of dinner parties near the appliances.

8 comments:

  1. What a great post! Sorry about the appliance dance you had to do. A second fridge is such a bonus, isn't it? -Jenn

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  2. Hahaha! So glad to know you observed the pricey fix and duplicated it free of charge. Good luck with that dinner party. It sounds like it will be fun. :-)

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  3. Fingers and toes crossed that your fix works. We have only the one fridge, and for much of the year would be lost without it.

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  4. That is so amazing — we had the same problem/noise yesterday. Googled it and fixed it today with the same tool — my hairdryer! Here’s a high five .🖐
    PS Google research revealed it’s the most common problem there is with GE refrigerators and has been happening for years. Probably keeping repairpersons’ families in groceries forever.

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    1. Ours is a Samsung, but this looks like a problem that spans the brands.
      BTY, fixed the car years ago with a judicious application of hairdryer to the motor!

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  5. I think you'll have a good time, especially in the muffling of Alexa.

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  6. I love the alarmed look on that fridge. :) :)

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  7. Oh to have a second refridgerator. Lucky you and what a life saver. Good thinking with the hair dryer. Hope it holds.

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