How does my freezer work?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26167

Thanks for all the help, folks.

I have successfully ordered a new freezer. I got the Beko one. Specifically one with an alarm that lets you know if you’ve left the door ajar which has sort of cushioned my fears a little.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Sep 05, 2024 9:54

Cool.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12341

Zardoz wrote:

Cool.

Hopefully soon

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Sep 05, 2024 10:05

The alarm is just a clip of Larry Grayson, right?

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6620

My mother has an *ancient* Electrolux upright full-height freezer sat in her utility room. Must be 30 years old. It still works pretty well, except for the fact that if the door slams ( and it's a pretty heavy door ) the door seal sort-of squeezes the air out, and it forms a vacuum inside. If that happens, it's essentially impossible to open. I can't brute force it open, and my mum certainly can't. You have to force a fingernail between the body and the seal at one of the corners and listen to it hiss as the pressure equalises.

Sir Taxalot · **Joined:** 5th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 4856

Squirt wrote:

My mother has an *ancient* Electrolux upright full-height freezer sat in her utility room.

Hmm yes, one of those big heavy ones just like that one in the Indiana Jones film (that everyone complained about, right)

Squirt wrote:

Must be 30 years old.

Wait, what :'(

Sir Taxalot · **Joined:** 5th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 4856

Kern wrote:

The alarm is just a clip of Larry Grayson, right?

Our fridge has a secondary alarm (triggered some time after the initial beeps and bongs) that does indeed sound a bit like that clip, but louder and angrier and with a few choice expletives chucked in there >:(

It also has a button that the kids love pressing, because it makes a beep-beep noise, but holy shit is it annoying when they keep switching it from cubed-ice dispensing to crushed-ice dispensing. Yes I know it's very much a first-world problem but it really makes me rage. I feel like I've been conditioned to respond to those particular tones with a furious rage. Even just imagining it now has me on edge.

In fact, this entire post seems to indicate a lot of rage.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10184

If this had happened months ago you could have had the one we decided to get rid of during the kitchen redux. Unfortunately it's been sat outside for said months. It is not faring all that well.

By coincidence, a day or two after you posted the companion fridge we decided to keep did a lovely fizz-crackle with flickering interior light. The magic smoke stayed in and it keeps things (beer) cold for now but its days are clearly numbered.

Can't complain given the previous owners left it for us when we bought the house almost 7.5 years ago.

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6620

Sir Taxalot wrote:

Squirt wrote:

Must be 30 years old.

Wait, what :'(

Yeah, but that's like 210 in Freezer Years

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Kern wrote:

The alarm is just a clip of Larry Grayson, right?

I bet they could sell a shedload of those.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Giphy "larry grayson shut that door":
https://media3.giphy.com/media/f9h5dnWqOHWc1TbBM4/giphy-loop.mp4

Not what I was hoping for.

Blimey, I didn't know this was a thing.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Sep 06, 2024 14:48

Well, that’s going in the wants list.

Grim... · **Posted:** Sat Sep 07, 2024 1:45

Squirt wrote:

You have to force a fingernail between the body and the seal at one of the corners and listen to it hiss as the pressure equalises.

Guitar picks are good for this.

Be Excellent To Each Other

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