This is my latest acquisition. It’s going to go in the living room since I’m doing a mid-century modern look anyway.
These were designed by the design group of Herman and George Miller design firm.
Not sure of the exact age of it, but it was early 60s they were sold both under the RCA whirlpool name and the Sears Coldspot name, the smaller one without the side compartment was $400 in the Sears catalogue. I believe this one was at least $600.
It may have been one of the first commercial uses of thermoelectric refrigeration, when these came out, there was hope that this type of refrigeration system would replace compressors and refrigerant gases in regular refrigerators, but it was never efficient enough to do this.
In any event, it’s a beautifully built piece of furniture. It’s beautifully veneered with a teak exterior even the drawers inside and all are solid black walnut.
Has anybody ever seen one of these or have any experience with it?
This came from an estate in Baltimore where the guy passed away a year ago. He was a total Whirlpool and KitchenAid collector. I had met this guy when he was 17 or 18 and he worked his entire life selling whirlpool and other major appliance products or some of the larger independent distributors in our area.
I plugged this in and it does actually work although it does not get as cold as it should. It only got down to 39° in the refrigerator didn’t try the warming function.
John L
These were designed by the design group of Herman and George Miller design firm.
Not sure of the exact age of it, but it was early 60s they were sold both under the RCA whirlpool name and the Sears Coldspot name, the smaller one without the side compartment was $400 in the Sears catalogue. I believe this one was at least $600.
It may have been one of the first commercial uses of thermoelectric refrigeration, when these came out, there was hope that this type of refrigeration system would replace compressors and refrigerant gases in regular refrigerators, but it was never efficient enough to do this.
In any event, it’s a beautifully built piece of furniture. It’s beautifully veneered with a teak exterior even the drawers inside and all are solid black walnut.
Has anybody ever seen one of these or have any experience with it?
This came from an estate in Baltimore where the guy passed away a year ago. He was a total Whirlpool and KitchenAid collector. I had met this guy when he was 17 or 18 and he worked his entire life selling whirlpool and other major appliance products or some of the larger independent distributors in our area.
I plugged this in and it does actually work although it does not get as cold as it should. It only got down to 39° in the refrigerator didn’t try the warming function.
John L
