epixstar128
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my new ge refrigerator
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epixstar128
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In all i like the refrigerator but it is kinda small
So the hunt begins for the larger 18 cu ft model
Does any one have a electrical diagram or repair book for this model by chance
So the hunt begins for the larger 18 cu ft model
Does any one have a electrical diagram or repair book for this model by chance
What's the volume on that fridge? It looks fairly large in the pictures, but if there were capacity options for them, I'd want the smaller size. Too bad we don't live closer, because I'd buy that fridge if a larger one came along for you.
Just curious for anyone following this thread who may know -- are there later/improved versions from GE with this configuration that no longer have the exposed serpentine coil?
Just curious for anyone following this thread who may know -- are there later/improved versions from GE with this configuration that no longer have the exposed serpentine coil?
epixstar128
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This is the 13 cu ft model they also made a 18 cu ft model. The exposed coils are up high enough they really dont get in the way. They did make a later version with covered coils but tge smaller models have electric heat defrost and that system wad not as reliable
epixstar128
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I do like the fridge alot but with a growing familey it may get to small in the future
epixstar128
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Does any one have a picture of the butter dish
That came with this
That came with this
norgeway
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Made when!
People were PROUD of their products!!
People were PROUD of their products!!
I wonder if the original butter dish was aluminum or some other metal in order to better conduct heat.
danemodsandy
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Butter Dish....
Was heavy glass, rectangular, with handles on each of the short sides. I washed one more times than I care to remember! The exterior of the dish was slightly pebble-textured to improve grip and hide scratches; the interior was glassy-smooth for cleanability.
I see one feature on yours that I wish our '58 Combination had had - that ice service setup. Our fridge had the '57-'58 setup - a very badly-designed little shelf that was a particular nuisance at defrosting time. To wipe down and dry that space was a knuckle-buster - you found yourself wishing for a trained python or something. And you had to dry it - if you did not, your ice trays would freeze fast to it. Ask me how I know, LOL.
You can see the ice tray shelf in this shot of a '58, originally posted here by Ralph rp2813. It's the little shelf at the top of the freezer compartment:
Was heavy glass, rectangular, with handles on each of the short sides. I washed one more times than I care to remember! The exterior of the dish was slightly pebble-textured to improve grip and hide scratches; the interior was glassy-smooth for cleanability.
I see one feature on yours that I wish our '58 Combination had had - that ice service setup. Our fridge had the '57-'58 setup - a very badly-designed little shelf that was a particular nuisance at defrosting time. To wipe down and dry that space was a knuckle-buster - you found yourself wishing for a trained python or something. And you had to dry it - if you did not, your ice trays would freeze fast to it. Ask me how I know, LOL.
You can see the ice tray shelf in this shot of a '58, originally posted here by Ralph rp2813. It's the little shelf at the top of the freezer compartment:
epixstar128
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Well im glad i got the upgraded model. I really am loving this fridge tho tge longer i have it the more i like it
danemodsandy
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Not "Upgraded"
We're talking fridges of different model years, both of which were TOL at the time they were made. It's just that the state of the art was advancing very rapidly at the time.
We're talking fridges of different model years, both of which were TOL at the time they were made. It's just that the state of the art was advancing very rapidly at the time.
danemodsandy
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P.S.: Capacity
The 13-foot capacity might seem small by today's standards, but it was perfectly adequate at the time; our family of five did quite well on it.
The reason? Today's mammoth package sizes were nearly unknown at the time. It was possible to get a gallon jug of milk, but quarts and half-gallons were the norm. Pop came in single-serving bottles, not huge honking 2-liter sizes. Gallon ice cream containers? I never saw one then. Containers of cottage cheese, sour cream and the like came in what we today think of as "small" sizes. Frozen vegetables were in little waxed-paper-wrapped boxes, not huge polyethylene bags. You didn't have large boxes of family-sized frozen entrees, and frozen pizzas were a sometime treat, not an everyday staple. Fruit juice came in little cans of frozen concentrate for the most part, not enormous jugs.
You just didn't need as much storage. We also used a lot more canned stuff then, which doesn't need refrigeration, of course.
The 13-foot capacity might seem small by today's standards, but it was perfectly adequate at the time; our family of five did quite well on it.
The reason? Today's mammoth package sizes were nearly unknown at the time. It was possible to get a gallon jug of milk, but quarts and half-gallons were the norm. Pop came in single-serving bottles, not huge honking 2-liter sizes. Gallon ice cream containers? I never saw one then. Containers of cottage cheese, sour cream and the like came in what we today think of as "small" sizes. Frozen vegetables were in little waxed-paper-wrapped boxes, not huge polyethylene bags. You didn't have large boxes of family-sized frozen entrees, and frozen pizzas were a sometime treat, not an everyday staple. Fruit juice came in little cans of frozen concentrate for the most part, not enormous jugs.
You just didn't need as much storage. We also used a lot more canned stuff then, which doesn't need refrigeration, of course.
ovrphil
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Sandy - you just hit the nail on the head as to why smaller fridges were ok. I remember all the packaging you spoke of - things have grown exponentially in size. So have the grocery stores. Thanks for mentioning.
danemodsandy
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I Will Say....
....That a turkey or a ham (which had to go on the top shelf) put a serious dent in the space available in our '58 Combination.
Funnily enough, my parents now have a 25-cubic-foot side-by-side in the kitchen, and their old 21.5-cubic-foot GE Americana is their garage fridge. That's around three-and-a-half times the space we had when there were five of us; don't ask me what two retired people who eat out most of the time keep in all that cubic footage.
I remember when I was a kid and every time I said I thought we should have something bigger or better than what we had, my parents always jumped my butt with a lecture about how "nobody needs all that." Now, I remember all those lessons, but they seem to have forgotten them, LOL.
....That a turkey or a ham (which had to go on the top shelf) put a serious dent in the space available in our '58 Combination.
Funnily enough, my parents now have a 25-cubic-foot side-by-side in the kitchen, and their old 21.5-cubic-foot GE Americana is their garage fridge. That's around three-and-a-half times the space we had when there were five of us; don't ask me what two retired people who eat out most of the time keep in all that cubic footage.
I remember when I was a kid and every time I said I thought we should have something bigger or better than what we had, my parents always jumped my butt with a lecture about how "nobody needs all that." Now, I remember all those lessons, but they seem to have forgotten them, LOL.
epixstar128
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I guess my generation is just spoiled then lol
Either way this old fridge has a new home
Either way this old fridge has a new home
danemodsandy
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Not Spoiled....
....Just a different time, and we used things differently.
Just one example - catsup. We would pour a bit on top of a hot dog. Today's kids squirt out a half-pint to go on their Easy Fries. By their standards, they need a huge bottle - the little classic glass Heinz bottles we grew up with would last two kids through one meal now.
Ah well - at least the little darlings are getting their lycopene.
....Just a different time, and we used things differently.
Just one example - catsup. We would pour a bit on top of a hot dog. Today's kids squirt out a half-pint to go on their Easy Fries. By their standards, they need a huge bottle - the little classic glass Heinz bottles we grew up with would last two kids through one meal now.
Ah well - at least the little darlings are getting their lycopene.
is nothing new in the appliance world
Beautiful fridge swing out shelves,porcelain liner and,I am surprised-the only 50's,60's bottom freezer fridges I have seen had swing out freezer doors-never knew pull out drawer was a recycled idea-even GE tried to give the impression of all new when they introduced their Handi-Hite 18 cubic foot bottom freezers here in Canada around 2000.
Beautiful fridge swing out shelves,porcelain liner and,I am surprised-the only 50's,60's bottom freezer fridges I have seen had swing out freezer doors-never knew pull out drawer was a recycled idea-even GE tried to give the impression of all new when they introduced their Handi-Hite 18 cubic foot bottom freezers here in Canada around 2000.
