Coldspot Supermart Bottom Mount (1957-ish?)

[rp2813]

I went back today and found that the fridge had been unplugged.  I was willing to bet that this would happen. 

 

I felt inside the fresh food section and there was moisture on the coil and the drain trough, and took a temperature reading of +46.  That was ten degrees cooler than it was two days ago.

 

I plugged the fridge back in and waited about 15 minutes.  Once again, the freezer coil cooled quickly down to -26 and there was a layer of frost on the integrated flat surface atop of the basket assembly that covers the coil.

 

I hung around for over half an hour and the fridge coil remained at +46. 

  Then I took a better look behind the fridge and measured overall depth.  It requires way more rear clearance than the average fridge with a passive rear-mount condenser.  It would be way too deep for my space.  I decided that this fridge was not for me. 

 

I guess this means that maybe one of these days I'll end up with a counter depth, forced draft GE Combo that has swing-out shelves after all.  There sure are/were a lot more of those kicking around than Coldspot Supermarts.

 

I wish I had better news.  The Supermarts were very well built, and like Hans said, they're virtually silent when running.

 

[turbokinetic]

Awe, sorry that it didn't work out for you. 

 

[goatfarmer]

You'll find one.

 

[combo52]

Sorry, this didn’t work out Ralph. It’s an interesting refrigerator, but even me a big whirlpool fan would probably rather have the GE combination from that time period.

The trick is finding a GE that had the compressor replaced as there’s almost no chance a late 50s GE with the original compressor is still working ok.

John

 

[turbokinetic]

Just saw a post on Facebook Marketplace. These are down to $25 each now.

 

[rp2813]

Now I'm Curious

Hey David, are those $25 ones from the '60s-'80s stash posted on the MT forum?  If not, can you provide a link?

 

[turbokinetic]

Ralph; it was the same one you were looking at from the estate sale. There was a Marketplace post but it was deleted today.

 

 

[rp2813]

Thanks David.  I don't do FB so didn't see it.  I noticed the CL ad was deleted within hours after I went there on Saturday. 

 

I'm betting the chest freezer still worked, but just getting either that or the fridge out of the house was going to be a problem due to door clearances from the basement.  When I saw the protrusion on the back of the fridge, I knew even if it worked properly, extracting it wouldn't be possible. 

 

I don't think the liquidators were going to get any takers even if both items were free, and they would have also had to get permission to mess with the doorways.  The house is up for sale and given the expensive area it's in will likely be gutted if it's not a total scrape job, but even so, they couldn't take any liberties that would leave the place unsecured.

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