Mr Draper, your General Electric Frost Guard Refrigerator is here...

[ovrphil]

Even if today's refrigerators are loaded with electronic coolness(albeit questionably reliable) and energy efficiency...I can't seem to leave some of the 50's and 60's behind...and this GE refrigerator still stops me cold (ha), staring at it more now that I can see the details. Thanks for posting pics, and it's great, just great to see the enthusiasm. Your family is just missing out.

 

[aldspinboy]

Wow very nice Lou !

Loving the swinging shelfs.

Whats going in there ..

Darren k

 

[Ultramatic]

 

 

Oh wow Eric, I thought the shelve was a one piece affair. No Idea it had various pieces to it. THANKS!

 

BTW, cool KA dishwasher!

 

[Ultramatic]

 

 

 

Beautiful stove Eugene! What year was your bottom mount?

 

[Ultramatic]

 

 

Thanks Phil. Funny, now that it's working away, there has been a change of tune, now they LIKE it.

 

Thanks Darren! The shelves are my favorite feature. No more "lost" items!

 

 

 

[epixstar128]

Thank . Louie that's my kdI 19 i will keep a eye out for at thift stores for you for those trays.

 

[rp2813]

" . . . now they LIKE it."

Of course they do.  Sometimes it just takes some people a little longer to realize they can't find comparably nifty features on modern appliances that were offered on those manufactured 50 or more years ago.  What's not to like about articulated shelving and a butter conditioner, showcased with glamorous lighting effects?

 

[lorainfurniture]

I never did check the year, but it was the match to the stove, and the set of drawers. I just remember it looking exactly like the one pictured, with the crazy defrost system and all.

I really hope to find a nice top mount pink ref one day. Likely I'll just have to make one.

 

[norgeway]

I wouldnt care if it cost

Twice as much to run...it will keep food better and last 10 times as long as a new fridge will, and in the long run you will save money!

 

[danemodsandy]

Eugene (lorainfurniture):

I really like your pink Americana - it's one of the really early ones.

The Americana is a configuration that I've always enjoyed, even though I can't have one myself, because of the PyroKitty™ cooktop pushbuttons. My cat friend, Marty, would be romping and stomping on them before you'd know it.

 

[lorainfurniture]

I'm not a fan of the push button controls either, but the stove does sooooo much I can look past the bad design..

I would like to find the rotisserie attachment if possible. That would really be awesome.

 

[danemodsandy]

Eugene (lorainfurniture):

Rotisserie parts turn up on eBay, so if I were you, I'd set an automatic eBay search so that you'll get updates when they're listed.

By the way, Marty's middle name is Eugene!

 

[a440]

Who truly knows the in's and out's of these GE Refrigerators?
There is always speculations....but never any answers.
I am just curious.
The answers always seem "run-around".
B

 

[lorainfurniture]

I took it apart completely.

The defrost system is similar to some commercial equipment used today. There is a probe that attaches to the coils, when that is satisfied, it releases a solenoid to allow the hot liquid to circulate through the evap.

It's quite simple, but the problem is once you have a problem, you need to open up the system. In my case with my compressor failure, I couldn't even swap out the compressor. It is very specialized. All I could have done was convert it to a more modern system but I simply did not have the time to do all that.

 

[lorainfurniture]

A440;

Do you have any question about this unit? I am somewhat familiar with it

 

[Ultramatic]

 

 

I turned off the GE and I noticed later the interior had gotten quite warm. I touched the coils and they were very warm. Is this normal when you turn it off at the dial?

 

[rp2813]

It kind of sounds like the defrost cycle was happening even though you turned the dial to the "OFF" position. 

 

I can't imagine the defrost timer would override the cold control, but you never know.   The defrost timer does run independently of the cold control, so I suppose it's possible it could kick in the defrost heater even though the control was set to "OFF."

 

I don't know where the defrost timer is located on the GE, but if you can locate it, you can probably rotate it manually and see if it does turn on the coil heater even though you have the cold control at the "OFF" setting. 

 

If that's the case, you'd need to unplug the fridge if you don't intend to be using it for any length of time.

 

[epixstar128]

Was your butter softner turned to soft ? Its just a electric heater in the door and runs even with the thermostat turned off.

 

[lorainfurniture]

There is no defrost timer on this fridge. There is a defrost "probe", and a solenoid that releases the hot gas in to the evap.

Perhaps when you shut it off the solenoid deactivated and allowed some hot gas to migrate in. Those units are well insulated, so a little bit would keep it warm for a while.

Otherwise you might have shut it off while it was defrosting. I don't know much about how they operate because mine never worked. I did completely dismantle it, and I can tell you for sure, no defrost timer.

 

[epixstar128]

The hot gas bypass whould close way before it got too warm . I did the same thing when i first got my combo. Left the thermostat off and the inside got to 80 in my 65 degree basment. I felt the butter condisner and it was still giving off heat even with the thermostat off.