I'm thinking the LP gas refrigerator may have been something aimed toward the Amish population.
The Amish bakery I go to has all gas equipment, including freezers.
The Amish bakery I go to has all gas equipment, including freezers.
Amana Gas Refrigerator in Jackson, NJ
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"The Amish bakery I go to has all gas equipment, including freezers."
What about the mixers and bread slicers? Are they run from a bicycle-like power take off device? Honestly, I have never thought about that.
What about the mixers and bread slicers? Are they run from a bicycle-like power take off device? Honestly, I have never thought about that.
Amana GAS Refrigerator?
This is not a Gas Refrigerator, Amana NEVER made a gas ref, as several mentioned this guy is smoking some wild stuff if he thinks this runs on propane. His price would be good if it does.
The only modern frost-free gas refs ever made were made and sold by WP in the early 1960s [ remember the pair on the Beverly Hillbillies ? ] WP even had models with Ice Magic automatic IMs.
Gas powered refrigeration lost out due to its lack of cooling power under warm weather conditions, also its high cost of operation, excessive heat in the kitchen, and the refrigeration system took up too much space which took away too much interior space.
We recently got a pre-war restored Servel from a friend in Cleveland Oh. Jason and I fired it up and actually got it cooling, it smells awful but thankfully I am keeping it OUTSIDE the house, I may install it in my All Gas Kitchen that I am building on the screened porch.
First picture shows door emblem. 2nd picture shows a carbon monoxide meter on top of the ref, we were getting reading of more that 999 parts per million the maximum reading for this CM detector. I am sure I need to make some adjustments to the burner, but the flame looks good.
This is not a Gas Refrigerator, Amana NEVER made a gas ref, as several mentioned this guy is smoking some wild stuff if he thinks this runs on propane. His price would be good if it does.
The only modern frost-free gas refs ever made were made and sold by WP in the early 1960s [ remember the pair on the Beverly Hillbillies ? ] WP even had models with Ice Magic automatic IMs.
Gas powered refrigeration lost out due to its lack of cooling power under warm weather conditions, also its high cost of operation, excessive heat in the kitchen, and the refrigeration system took up too much space which took away too much interior space.
We recently got a pre-war restored Servel from a friend in Cleveland Oh. Jason and I fired it up and actually got it cooling, it smells awful but thankfully I am keeping it OUTSIDE the house, I may install it in my All Gas Kitchen that I am building on the screened porch.
First picture shows door emblem. 2nd picture shows a carbon monoxide meter on top of the ref, we were getting reading of more that 999 parts per million the maximum reading for this CM detector. I am sure I need to make some adjustments to the burner, but the flame looks good.
ovrphil
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hahaha
LP GAS, $595, smoking crack - no, inhaling freon frequently and has the resulting classic Schizophrenia - call him and he'll say you're going to be his Vice President of the USA, he's going to win the election.
Unless - there is a conversion to LP for this refrigerator? Never mind, I think I just inhaled to much CO.
Phil
LP GAS, $595, smoking crack - no, inhaling freon frequently and has the resulting classic Schizophrenia - call him and he'll say you're going to be his Vice President of the USA, he's going to win the election.
Unless - there is a conversion to LP for this refrigerator? Never mind, I think I just inhaled to much CO.
Phil
danemodsandy
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Hmm.
A conversion might not be out of the question. There is a company catering to the Amish market called Crystal Cold, which specializes in electric fridges converted to propane. I think they're using Frigidaires as the basis of their product line.
www.crystalcold.com
Not arguing with John combo52 about factory gas Amanas, but there's never any telling what the aftermarket will get up to....
A conversion might not be out of the question. There is a company catering to the Amish market called Crystal Cold, which specializes in electric fridges converted to propane. I think they're using Frigidaires as the basis of their product line.
www.crystalcold.com
Not arguing with John combo52 about factory gas Amanas, but there's never any telling what the aftermarket will get up to....
"Amana NEVER made a gas ref, "
Thank you Combo52. Was racking my fingers trying to search for an Amana "gas" refrigerator on the Internet and kept drawing blanks.
Thought perhaps since WP purchased Servel they slapped the "Amana" brand onto a line of such fridges, but Whirlpool only got that brand recently when they acquired Maytag.
Thank you Combo52. Was racking my fingers trying to search for an Amana "gas" refrigerator on the Internet and kept drawing blanks.
Thought perhaps since WP purchased Servel they slapped the "Amana" brand onto a line of such fridges, but Whirlpool only got that brand recently when they acquired Maytag.
ovrphil
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I contend - there could be an aftermarket LP conversion. If not, someone wake up the seller, he's not President and we're not his Congress.
Cristal Cold Gas Refs
Thanks Sandy for finding that site it gave me my appliance laugh for the day. I would love to see CRs tests of one of these refs, with no fans, no lights, no ice-maker and no Frost Free defrosting I can only imagine how poorly they would perform in side by side tests. And just look at the cost of operation based on their own gas consumption estimates, over a dollar to a dollar and a half per day based on propane @ $3 a gallon.
The only saving grace is that few people that will buy one of these refs will have air conditioning so they won't have to pay the cost of removing all the heat these refs produce from the house. However the only way these refs would probably work well in really hot weather would be if they were in a very well air conditioned house.
John L.
Thanks Sandy for finding that site it gave me my appliance laugh for the day. I would love to see CRs tests of one of these refs, with no fans, no lights, no ice-maker and no Frost Free defrosting I can only imagine how poorly they would perform in side by side tests. And just look at the cost of operation based on their own gas consumption estimates, over a dollar to a dollar and a half per day based on propane @ $3 a gallon.
The only saving grace is that few people that will buy one of these refs will have air conditioning so they won't have to pay the cost of removing all the heat these refs produce from the house. However the only way these refs would probably work well in really hot weather would be if they were in a very well air conditioned house.
John L.
danemodsandy
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John:
Crystal Cold has a less-than-stellar reputation, I understand, due to the very factors you mention. I'm sure that basing it on an electric fridge doesn't help.
My understanding about current gas fridges is that they work best in the smaller sizes, and are still marginal performers. I remember a Servel we had when I was very small. It wasn't that I was a budding appliance-head, it was that my mother absolutely hated the thing and said so, long, loud and often. That impressed itself on my memory. In later years I asked her about it, and she said, "It wouldn't keep stuff really cold, and forget about making ice."
P.S.: I'm wondering if you have some cosmetic parts for a GE J 757 range I recently acquired? My biggest need is for control panel glass.
Crystal Cold has a less-than-stellar reputation, I understand, due to the very factors you mention. I'm sure that basing it on an electric fridge doesn't help.
My understanding about current gas fridges is that they work best in the smaller sizes, and are still marginal performers. I remember a Servel we had when I was very small. It wasn't that I was a budding appliance-head, it was that my mother absolutely hated the thing and said so, long, loud and often. That impressed itself on my memory. In later years I asked her about it, and she said, "It wouldn't keep stuff really cold, and forget about making ice."
P.S.: I'm wondering if you have some cosmetic parts for a GE J 757 range I recently acquired? My biggest need is for control panel glass.
