Death of Whirlpool (was "Death of Amana")

Post by **Dale** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:05 pm

My 4 year old 25.3 cubic foot Amana side-by-side with the water & ice thing in the door was found dead today in my kitchen. Based on the core temperature of the corpse and the condition of various tissues within it, I'd estimate the time of death as about 36 hours ago.

Lights are still on (but, I think, only when I open the door). So, I'm going with failed compressor as cause of death.

And, of course, I discovered this upon returning from my neighborhood grocery store. So, I found a couple of ice chests, bought bags of ice, and will try to extend the life on some of the perishables. Gave away a bag of chicken still pretty firm and icy to the neighbors and cooked two other bags. We have a freezer downstairs. I'm hoping nobody gets salmonella behind this deal on account of the suckiness of that.

Hm... Repair or replace. I'm figuring a $300 repair job and I'm seeing a similar unit at Sears for $999.

Darn it.

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:12 pm

Dale wrote: ..
Hm... Repair or replace. I'm figuring a $300 repair job and I'm seeing a similar unit at Sears for $999.

Darn it.

Ah ~ a case of "Amana A Mano" huh?

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:21 pm

When I read the title of this thread I thought that the Amana Society had ceased to be!

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:22 pm

How sad. It's always sad when such a cool character passes on.

Post by **Dale** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:29 pm

Ok. The person who makes the stupidest joke buys my next fridge.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:43 pm

Amana Anna His Fridge - the expurgated version

djm

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:31 am

Amana of La Mancha-Too cool to be true!! Stone cold say the critics!!

Post by **Dale** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:34 am

Let's see. If I charge you guys $25 a joke, a long would it take for me to raise the $ for the new fridge?

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:17 am

No joke, I'm almost envious. That's a big enough fridge, alright, but somehow in the painful, protracted context of putting a kitchen into our house (thus replacing the 1958(?) version,) we got a good deal on appliances. I mean a really good deal. So we have one of those stainless steel, shallowish but w-i-d-e monsters (no special dispensers on the door, though,) and it fits into its own special shallowish but w-i-d-e space between a cabinet and a load-bearing wall.
Last year when it was acting up I priced new ones. It appears that I might be able to get a workable replacement for roughly $5K. Nevermind. It's fixed. We're nice to it.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:33 am

Dale wrote:Ok. The person who makes the stupidest joke buys my next frig.

Buy you a frig, eh?
Duder, if you're going to use the 'f' word, go for the gold, buddy.

DCrom · Post by **DCrom** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:04 am

Tyler Morris wrote:
Dale wrote:Ok. The person who makes the stupidest joke buys my next frig.
Buy you a frig, eh?
Duder, if you're going to use the 'f' word, go for the gold, buddy.

I'm pretty sure that buying a frig is illegal in every state except Nevada. And heavily regulated there.

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:39 am

How old is the refrigerator? It may be an energy hog and replacing it might even save you money in the long run.

Edit, Oops didn't see that it was four years old. Only about one third the normal life time of a refrigerator. Is it off of the warranty?

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:40 am

Walden wrote:When I read the title of this thread I thought that the Amana Society had ceased to be!

Me too!

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:58 am

Amana ma na
doo Doo doo doo doo

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:04 am

Four years old and it dies?? Man, that sucks. I have to go home to check what Consumer Reports says about Amanas, but that would discourage me from buying one. And we are close to getting a new refer.

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