I just bought a Chinese beverage cooler to take the place of a trash compactor at the Flagstaff house. It was that or a generic base cabinet I likely wouldn’t have been able to match the rest.
Because the space is only 15” I had a heck of a time finding something that would fit and wasn’t a small fortune. Home Despot had a couple, the one which I chose was the more expensive of the two but had over five years of reviews, all of which were good. So I rolled the dice. -D > On Apr 18, 2022, at 2:14 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I have a Sammy fridge too. First the bottom ice machine crapped out, was > still nerf warranty (I might have an extended I don’t recall) so a guy came a > fixed it with a plastic “fill tube” about 6” long that froze and broke. Duh, > a plastic tube filled with water in a freezer. Who knew. So that one worked > awhile but now it only works intermittently so I guess it’s not broken but on > strike for some reason. > > It has an upper ice machine too that has basically frosted up. I keep > forgetting to get a heat gun after it to get it working again. > > The machine is about 10yr old now and otherwise does it’s cooling and > freezing thing so I guess that’s a win. > > I’ve been through 3 undercounter wine coolers now. Each has lasted 2-3 years > I got the first one replaced for free. The second I think I paid shipping for > a new one. This last one they wanted about half of a new one which would have > been $600 or so, wholesale price I guess. The price on these things has > doubled in say 10yr. I took the first two apart and the thin aluminum > condensers both corroded and released the majick fluid. Outside these are > really nice machines but the cooling systems are total cheepcheep chinesium. > I talked to the vendor about them and they were very noncommittal, I guess if > they can keep selling replacements no worries to them. > > I do like my 40+yo and 30+yo and 15+yo Benzes though. > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > >> On Apr 18, 2022, at 1:34 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> New Samsung refrigerator looked great with nice features but the ice maker >> for the door ice continues to freeze up and get jammed. Gave you and simple >> don’t use it anymore. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
