"dsi1" > wrote in message
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On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 7:19:53 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> The new fridge arrived yesterday. To my wife's delight, this one has
> the bottom mount freezer. I ordered it on Monday and was told it would
> likely be 2-3 weeks before delivery, depending on the manufacturer's
> warehouse stock. I was surprised to get a call on Thursday saying it was
> scheduled for delivery on Saturday.
>
> I had asked about changing the door to open from the right because it
> sits in the corner with the wall to the left. I was told there is a $20
> charge for that. I thought it was a little much but agreed.
>
> When the fridge came I checked about the door and was by the lead guy
> told it was the standard open to the right and I would have to contact
> the service department. I called up and was on hold waiting to talk to
> them about having paid for the left mount and it not being done.
> Meanwhile, the guys had removed the door to get it into the kitchen. I
> told them I was still on hold. The guy said he could mount it on the
> other side for me but that I would have to move the handle. Then the
> third guy said he would do the handle. The job that I was being charged
> for was about 2 minutes more work than just remounted it to the factory
> spec. They had a socket on a drill. The hinge bracket was already off.
> All he had to do was to pop out three plugs, turn the bracket upside
> down, screw the bolts in on the other side and then plug the holes from
> the original spot. The handle came off with an Allen key and two bolts.
> Meanwhile, my wife dug out the bill and it turned out the reason it had
> not been reversed at the warehouse was that the saleswoman had forgotten
> to put it on the bill and I had nor paid for it after all, so I ended up
> getting that little extra for free.
>
>
> I had to let it sit level for an hour before we started it up. Glad to
> say it came on with no problem. When we loaded the food into it I stuck
> in some freshly filled ice cube trays. They were frozen solid within two
> hours.
>
> I have to agree with my wife about the convenience of the bottom mounted
> freezer. It may be a bit of an issue to have to crouch to get stuff
> out of the freezer, but everything in the fridge is much more accessible.

Congrats on your new fridge. Hopefully, it will prove to be relatively
trouble free.

My wife and I were working on our fridge yesterday. The nylon bushing on the
hinge pin on one side had crapped out causing a bunch of problems: the
center door seal wouldn't engage, the ice maker to ice dispenser seal
wouldn't seal, the freezer gasket wouldn't wouldn't seal because rust from
the hinge pin grinding itself to death would clump on the magnetic gasket.
This machine has been just a bunch of trouble for us. It's one unlucky
machine!

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I've never had one with an ice maker. As a kid, my friend had one. It made
somewhat largish half circles that tended to melt slightly and stick
together. One day we went to her house after school. When she opened the
freezer door, all these cubes tumbled out. It was chock full and still
producing. My friend was a math whiz but apparently not too bright in other
departments. She climbed up to the top shelf of the cupboard and got down
her dad's favorite bar type glasses. I remember my dad having some that we
weren't allowed to touch. All dads seemed to in those days.

She tried filling the glasses repeatedly then dumping them down the sink. Of
course this was taking forever. I knew nothing about ice makers but assumed
that it could be shut off and mentioned it. She said it could but she needed
to get the cubes out first. I told her to get a bucket. She said she
couldn't because it was in the other room. So I said to use the dishpan. She
said she couldn't because it had some dishes in it. I then told her to use a
mixing bowl or something but she was hell bent on using those glasses. I
didn't know where stuff was kept in the kitchen but I did find a big bowl.
And just as I was taking it out of the cupboard, her dad came home from
work. He saw her with the glasses, ice all over the floor.Yelled at her for
touching the glasses. This startled her and she dropped them. They broke,
adding to the mess.

Meanwhile, her dad grabbed the bowl from me and managed to get enough ice
out fairly quickly using the bowl, then shut off the ice maker.

I think I was 7 or 8 at the time. Put me right off of that type of ice
maker.