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Yesterday our fridge died. Yay bye half the food! Yay [livejournal.com profile] androktone didn't take our fridges after all! We'll be seeing if it's repairable, 'cos it's huge. But gah.

This morning I visited [livejournal.com profile] rosefox and [livejournal.com profile] sinboy, who are over for the week. Then I got waylaid by the BBC, as noted.

Here's another Abi macro:

Original photo by [livejournal.com profile] nisaba.

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Date: 2007-04-12 06:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ciphergoth.livejournal.com
ditto (http://home.iprimus.com.au/cojoco/126-2634_IMG.JPG)

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Date: 2007-04-12 08:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] misterfallen.livejournal.com
That "top ten" is flawed and wrong, because it doesn't contain Ben Kingsley being a terrifying evil dream-rabbit in Sexy Beast

Fridge hacking

Date: 2007-04-13 08:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blixa23.livejournal.com
Hey, what's wrong with the fridge?

If the fan still blows air, but the compressor doesn't fire, there might be something wrong with the start relay/overload. If you're feeling bold, you pull manuals for your fridge down from teh internets, pop open the back of the fridge to get a view of the compressor, then pull the start relay and overload.

Shake the start relay. If it rattles, then it's dead. Which, better your start relay/overload dead than your entire compressor.

Happened to me after my fridge had accidentally been left slightly ajar during a weekender. After replacing the start relay and overload, the compressor fired up, and after about 30 mins, the fridge/freezer were nice and cool again. :)

Total cost for parts: Just under $50 USD, including postage and packing.
A replacement compressor would have cost roughly $150.
A replacement fridge would have cost $750+.

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