"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
...
> On 05 Nov 2004 19:11:23 GMT, (PENMART01) wrote:
>
> >>"Tom Royer" writes:
> >>
> >>"CJRA" wrote:
> >>>
> >>> We're completely renovating.
> >>>
> >>> My question involves recommendations for appliances.
> >>>
> >>> Refrigerators- we want bottom freezer, and only 18-20 cu ft. Been
> >>> looking at the Amana ones.
> >>
> >>We have the Amana bottom freezer and wouldn't buy another one.
> >>I don't think it's insulated well between the freezer and the main
> >>compartment. While nothing thaws in the freezer, items in the crisper
> >>(which is directly above the freezer) frequently freeze. We've
> >>lost a lot of lettuce in celery over the six years +- that we've had it.
> >
> >Bottom freezer units scream in the face of basic physics... the unit
needs to
> >work so much harder to pump cold air *up* to the fridge compartment.
>
> Sorry, bub. You're wrong. Top & bottom freezer models are comparable
> in efficiency, all else being equal. Side by sides, or any models with
> ice cube makers or water dispensers are the least efficient of all,
> so if you want to parade around in a green yarmulke, get your facts
> straight.
>
> What refrigerators have pumps in them? Here...find out how they work:
> http://home.howstuffworks.com/refrigerator2.htm
>
> Most of the rest of the post is BS, too, and too bothersome to deal
> with.
>

I agree - bottom freezer units work perfectly well and do not "fly in the
face of physics" any more than the basic idea of refrigerators does. We have
had an Amana bottom freezer unit for 5 years and are very happy with it. We
had some minor problems with items in the veg drawers freezing but some
simple adjustments took care of it.


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