I think it is.

It's a "four door" model with the drawer in between the fridge and freezer. Has 
the worthless display on the door over the ice/water dispenser.

It's a beast, I know that. Doesn't get delivered until Saturday. Glad we have 
double entry doors....

Dan

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On Oct 12, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Walt Zarnoch <zarnoch...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.  I think the "BS" suffix is particularly
>>>> appropriate.
>>>> 
>>>> Allan
>>>> --
>>>> 1983 300D
>>>> 
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