Bah. Yesterday we had a Sears guy in to replace the ice maker in our fridge. This thing broke about six weeks after we bought the machine and did so one more time before we said “Okay, we don’t like maintenance contracts ordinarily but this thing is a lemon” and bought one. We have not been sorry. The ice maker has failed at least six times in nine years.
Anyway. The tech replaced the component and then discovered the fuse for it was blown. I turned off the circuit breaker so he could work on the electrical connections. When he was done and tested the connections with his meter I tried to turn the breaker back on. No luck. It won’t go back into the on position and stay there. So we had to scramble through the Rolodex for electricians. We found one who’s worked for us before but he can’t come till Saturday.
He got here today and found he didn’t have the right size breaker to replace it, so he fiddled and got it to go back in the ON position. He’ll get the right size and come back tomorrow or Monday. But. Pushing the fridge back into place is gouging the vinyl floor, so he’s going to find some moving casters to slide under the wheels to keep it from ripping the floor.
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Meanwhile, I’ve got a fridge out in the middle of the kitchen. It looks like takeout for us tonight.
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I’ve never known anyone, ever, to have a fridge with a consistently working ice maker over any significant period of time. Are they all lemons?
I know ours stops working in the summer. Well, at first it just starts working less. And you think you’re just using more ice. But then it becomes clear that it stops working, and I’m filling up ice trays more & more.
Of course in our case, it seems to have a lot to do with condensation. At least that’s what my spouse says because he “fixes it” by defrosting it. Makes sense because it does seem to be a warm weather problem.
Anyway, cute kitchen cupboards!
At least you can walk around that monolith though… In our house if you pulled out the fridge, you would be barred from opening the darn thing, or entering the laundry room.
Everyone who comes in this house for the first time comments on how big it is. From the street it doesn’t look all that large, but it’s on a slope with a sunken living room and master bedroom suite. We added a breakfast room to the right of those counters, too.