Out with the old, in with the new

[foraloysius]

My old fridge/freezer was at the end of it's life. Slowly there was a gletscher building up inside the fridge. After twenty years it was time to replace it. Here are a few pictures of the old one from a while ago. It was a Marynen with bottom freezer.

 

[foraloysius]

Picture of the inside of the fridge.

 

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And a picture of the freezer with drawers.

 

[foraloysius]

Here's the new one, it's a Bosch KGN73E03. It's a No Frost model.

 

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And a picture with the doors open.

 

[gansky1]

Very nice - you are almost out of Coca-Cola, time to go shopping!

Is the new unit larger than the old one? It looks taller.

 

[foraloysius]

Hi Greg,

Yes, this fridge is indeed 20cm / 8 inches taller and 5cm / 2 inches wider.

BTW, what you can't see is that there is another bottle of coke on the back of the top shelf next to a full bottle of diet coke.

 

[whirlcool]

That refrigerator looks most generously sized. I remember the ones in the UK that just fit under the counter top. Very small capacity. Yours is almost the size we have on this side of the pond.

 

[scott55405]

Your Majesty, that is indeed a very nice addition to the Palace food preparation area! I like the drawers in the freezer in both the old and new! I wish for you many happy years of reliable service!

 

[mielabor]

What? No Liebherr?

 

[maytagbear]

Very nice!

Louis-

Me likey!

Hope it gives you many years of good service.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[ronhic]

I think....

....I'm going nuts...

But is that a bottle of Issy Miyake in the door of the old fridge next to the soy sauce?

 

[appnut]

Very nice Luigi. I have to say, drawers like that in the freezer have me curious how well they work and their purpose.

 

[foraloysius]

Allen, it's not really an American sized fridge but it will do fine for me. The size is 1.75 metres high and 60cm wide (5 ft 7 inches high and 23.6 inches wide)

Your Majesty, thank you very much for your wishes, we hope you are doing well!

Theo, I had a look at Liebherr fridges too, but they were either too small, too high or didn't have the no frost option. Perhaps I could have orderded one but it would have gotten more expensive I guess. This one was on sale for €499.-

Me likey too Lawrence!

Ron, well spotted!!

Thank you Bob, I find those drawers very handy. Since the freezer is at the bottom you can see better what is in the freezer, you don't have to stoop to see what's in there.

Louis

 

[toggleswitch2]

oooh it's gorgeous!
Much luck with it!

(Sorry couldn't find the Bosch website in Dutch)

Was the old one NOT frost-free?
Is the back smooth, or are there (heat-dispersing) coils?

Silly me, I thought all fridges were 60cm "standard" in width!

http://www.bestsellers.eu/product_info.php?products_id=19062&ref=vergelijk

 

[toggleswitch2]

Bosch.nl took me here....

oh well, I tried..



http://www.bosch.com/content/language2/html/index.htm

 

[mielabor]

How compares the energy consumption with the old fridge? I have an old one that is really wasteful, more than 2 kWh per day for a 50 cm wide table model! So I have been looking into the Liebherr range recently

I now use (temporarily) an absorption fridge that is very small, but uses only half of the energy of my old fridge.

 

[toggleswitch2]

niew

Enrgieklasse A+ ; Energieverbruik: 266 KwH/ jaar.

 

[foraloysius]

Steve,

The old one wasn't frost free. Twenty years ago that wasn't very common overhere. The back of the new fridge has coils at the back. I was surprised to see that because I've seen fridges with a smooth back in the past. I guess the ones with coils are more energy efficient.

Fridges are in several widths available here, 60cm is the most common size, 50cm, 55cm, 70cm and 75cm are available too.

Linky goes to the fridge on the Dutch Bosch site.

Theo,

I bet I'm going to save a lot of money! The old fridge's insulation had started to detoriate. It was running almost all day. About 8 years ago it got a new thermostat, temperature inside was rather low since then, even on the least cold setting.

http://www.bosch-home.nl/KGN73E03.html

 

[toggleswitch2]

If I may be so bold, I'd love to see your cooktop and that Bosch oven that sits atop the fridge, again please.

 

[petek]

Is that a bottle of Sambal Oelek (ketchup) or nasi/bahmi sauce I see there on the door. Middle shelf, left most green bottle. Looks like it's gonna need replacing soon as well. LOL

 

[tlee618]

Beautiful refrigerator Louis, I love the freezer drawers, such a great way to be able to organize things!! Does it have an ice maker?

 

[toggleswitch2]

Does Europe "do" ice in drinks to the extent that we use it?
I want to say I had a hard time finding iced-drinks on that side of the pond in the 80's.

 

[ronhic]

European fridge freezers rarely come with such things as icemakers...come to think of that, Australian ones don't have them either unless you pay lots and lots for an 'American style' side by side and even then they are normally on TOL models....

Louis,

Pleased I wasn't going mad (some may argue that point though). Just out of interest, was the old fridge made by part of the Electrolux group? It looks very similar to the Electrolux we had in the UK (bought second hand) which was a fantastic fridge and quite unusual. Ours was effectively an undercounter fridge and equivalent freezer that were one stacked unit. Even had two compressors....

 

[a440]

Very cool Fridge Louis!

Now you are Frost Free!
I bet you will see a dip in your electric bill!
Nice new Fridge!
Brent

 

[foraloysius]

Ice maker

Yes, it comes with an icemaker. This is it! LOL

Europe, at least the Netherlands don't use ice as much as people in the USA. A lot of friends find drinks with a lot of ice watered down. Where's ice there's no soda. But ice is better available than in the 80's. Lately I've seen even bags of ice in some supermarket.

 

[foraloysius]

Terry,

Freezer drawers are indeed a wonderful way to organize things in a freezer. All upright freezers for consumers have drawers AFAIK.

Brent,

I bet my electric bill goes down, the old one was an energy guzzler!

Ron,

The old fridge I had was a Marynen. Orginally Marynen was a Dutch brand until Zanussi bought it up. My old fridge was a Zanussi in disguise. At that time Zanussi was not part of Electrolux yet.

 

[foraloysius]

By special request...

A picture of my gas cooktop.

 

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And a picture of my microwave/combo oven.

 

[foraloysius]

Control panel of the combo oven. The upper part is for the microwave, the bottom part for the oven functions.