If it's a "twin cool" Samsung, make DARN SURE it's level! If not, when it's humid, you can have a nasty ice-up problem on the cooling coils in the back. That's fixable with a hair dryer and leveling the fridge.
Great fridge other than that gotcha, the freezer keeps Vodka at -4F all day every day. Walt On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > We had a kitchen full of GE Profile appliances in our last house. While most > were good and trouble-free, the icemaker in the fridge was a PITA. > > The one reoccurring problem I had was the chrome plated auger in the > icemaker. When we moved in, it was pitted and rusted, something we attributed > to the place being unused for nearly two years prior to our moving in. > > I ordered an OEM replacement and installed it. > > Within a month the replacement auger was rusted and pitted as well. Rust > particles would end up in our drinks as a result, too. > > I talked to GE, and since the appliance was out of warranty they pretty well > blew me off. > > New house has all new Maytag appliances the seller put in. We bought a French > door Samsung fridge because the side by side Maytag they have is less than 20 > cubic feet. The Samsung is a behemoth.... > > Dan > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 11, 2011, at 11:30 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I happily ditched my ~30 yr old (came with the house) GE refr a couple of >> years ago and bought a kenmore with the condensor coils in the back (hard to >> find). So far, the icemaker in the kenmore has performed flawlessly, and is >> easy to turn on/off. The GE icemaker seldom worked. >> >> #1 Daughter bought a used GE side by side (maybe 2006 model), with ice and >> water in the door. It makes ice, but overfills the ice bin and jams the >> dispenser. It also refuses to dispense cubes, and always grinds the ice. >> When the ice bin is overfilled, the bin won't come out without taking out >> everything above it; both things stored and refrigerator parts. Really >> irritating. >> >> yeah, I actually have a few things from snears that delivered reasonable >> value! The refr was pricey for what it is, but no worse than anyone else's >> (Major US brands) No Chinee cheapos of the normal size when i was looking, >> but they are selling lots of washing machines and dryers in the US of >> Wallyland. >> >> I never trust anything with "General" in the name. Electric, motors etc. >> >> If you bought it form a local dealer, ask them to fix it. If it came from a >> big box, that is most likely futile. After the big box turns you down, see >> if you can get the local tv station to display the problem. That might >> embarrass the store into providing a cure. >> >> When I look for a new refr, I look for one with the coils in the back, >> because they are much less likely to plug, and cause the compressor to fail. >> Most now have the condensor under the refr, with a forced air fan. This >> brings 2 problems. 1. Additional motor to fail 2. Bottom condensors and >> the fan conspire to blow dust/hair etc into the coils, obstructing the >> airflow and leading to premature compressor failure, and higher electric >> bills. This is exacerbated in a house with animals inside. I had to >> clean the old GE every other year, and I should have done it more often, and >> this is without animals in the house. PITA. >> >> >>> The accursed GE refrigerator I bought about 5 years ago has developed a >>> new problem. The main sore point has been that the water line to the >>> in-door water dispenser will freeze up whenever the ambient temperature >>> is below about 78 degrees. This is due a design defect: the water line >>> is routed too close to the interior side of the freezer door. As the >>> door is filled with expanding foam insulation, rectifying this is >>> impractical/impossible. >>> >>> Now, the new problem is that the ice maker fill inlet is freezing over. >>> When this happens, water pours down the back side of the refrigerator >>> and onto the floor whenever the ice maker goes through its dump- >>> ice/refill cycle. >>> >>> I'm wondering if there might be a heating element in the water inlet >>> that has failed. Anyone know anything about these? It's a model >>> "GSL25IGRE BS" if that helps. 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