Frigidaire refrigerator what year?

[loried75]

I bought this refrigerator & cannot find any info on it , what year it is. The numbers on the plate are, FPD-144BN-R GN. Could someone please help me with this ?

 

[rp2813]

Looks like the same 1968 model in Louisville that was on FBM a while back.

 

[steved]

1968

It's a 1968 model.

 

[pulltostart]

Wow - very nice condition!

 

lawrence

 

[rp2813]

Find some ejector-compatible ice trays and that box will be 100% complete!

 

[goatfarmer]

FPD-144BN-R GN. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">F</span>rost <span style="text-decoration: underline;">P</span>roof <span style="text-decoration: underline;">14.4</span> Cu Ft <span style="text-decoration: underline;">B</span>ottom freezer <span style="text-decoration: underline;">N </span>1968 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">R</span>ight hinge <span style="text-decoration: underline;">GN </span>green

 

[rp2813]

Had Frigidaire stopped using the little resistor thing that caused defrost cycle failure by the time this fridge was manufactured?  This is a major concern for me with Frigidaires from the early '60s, so I'm wondering if/when they stopped using this troublesome component.

 

[combo52]

Little resistor Thing ??

Hi Ralph, Are you talking about a defrost drain heater ?

 

A drain heater is technically a resistor of course and almost all early Frost Free refs used drain heaters.

 

FD was a very reliable FF refrigerator as were other major brands, problem is very few are lasting 50+ years or even much over 30 years.

 

The only real exception are GE Hot-Gas defrost systems, which also use a drain heater.

 

John L.

 

[rp2813]

John, as I recall this was indirectly related to the heater and required removal of the freezer floor and/or other interior trim pieces.  I'll see if I can dig up an old thread about it.  There's more than one IIRC.

 

[rp2813]

Hi John,  I found the thread, and yes it's the drain heater (seen at front left in the picture).  Much more tear-down to get at the thing than I remembered.

 

https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?54668

 

[loried75]

Refrigerator

I have the ejector ice cube trays.

 

[norgeway]

The big problem

With the older frigidaire frost frees, is that the defrost heaters hang up and melt all the freezer plastic, so many were ruined by this.