Can anyone advise on which year GE began making their "Combination" model refrigerators entirely frost-free? Did the completely frost-free models still have spinning shelves in the fresh food section like the mid- to late-50's Combinations?
100% Frost Free GE Combination Question
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I know my aunt had a 1959-ish GE Frost-free Combination, freezer on the bottom, with "Lazy Susan" shelves and automatic filling ice cube trays. These units had the "hot gas defrost" system (reverse cycle) with no electric defrost heaters.
Ken D.
Ken D.
Thanks Ken. I'm not familiar with how the hot gas system works or how reliable it was, but it sounds interesting. And the automatic ice tray filling would be way cool!
My uncle worked for GE in the nuclear division and got an employee discount on appliances. He had a coppertone bottom freezer model that was installed brand new in his 1962 home, but by that time I think the spinning shelves were history. He kept a meticulously clean house, and though I haven't been there in many years, I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear that my aunt still has that same GE fridge in place. He was as thrifty as he was a cleanfreak, and so is she. When I was last in their kitchen probably around 1990, everything still looked brand new.
My uncle worked for GE in the nuclear division and got an employee discount on appliances. He had a coppertone bottom freezer model that was installed brand new in his 1962 home, but by that time I think the spinning shelves were history. He kept a meticulously clean house, and though I haven't been there in many years, I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear that my aunt still has that same GE fridge in place. He was as thrifty as he was a cleanfreak, and so is she. When I was last in their kitchen probably around 1990, everything still looked brand new.
