Question please, How did the upper twin doors seal in 1966? I can not tell from the photos, if there was a plastic flap between the doors like a modern French door fridge or was it more of a "gasket to gasket" design? Thanks. Arthur
Sundberg-Ferar French door refrigerator Tucson
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Thank you, Arthur!
No kidding! That was my first thought when I saw this. TEP would have gotten weak in the knees if we dragged this home.
Go solar? Ralph!
Fern, you're too kind! ;-) We have a modern Whirlpool top-freezer unit of some sort. I suspect based on the last thread it may actually be the valve; I need to start there and work up. We have great water pressure; the fridge came with the house and it spits out the cubes into a pile in the bin, coated in water, so they freeze into a gigantic block. Great for ice-sculpting; bad for iced tea.
If the valve yields no love, I'd gladly take you up on that offer. Heck, we should all do lunch sometime up in Phoenix, for that matter! Or, if we keep up the Fern and Gladys thing, we could do each others' nails...
No kidding! That was my first thought when I saw this. TEP would have gotten weak in the knees if we dragged this home.
Go solar? Ralph!
Fern, you're too kind! ;-) We have a modern Whirlpool top-freezer unit of some sort. I suspect based on the last thread it may actually be the valve; I need to start there and work up. We have great water pressure; the fridge came with the house and it spits out the cubes into a pile in the bin, coated in water, so they freeze into a gigantic block. Great for ice-sculpting; bad for iced tea.
If the valve yields no love, I'd gladly take you up on that offer. Heck, we should all do lunch sometime up in Phoenix, for that matter! Or, if we keep up the Fern and Gladys thing, we could do each others' nails...
funktionalart
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Whirlpool Icemaker...
I have one new in box which I *presume* to be compatible with my '97 JennAir side by side. I bought it in case I ever needed it. I'll cross check the number and see what it tells me for various applications. I may never need it as I've never bothered to connect my fridge to water supply.
As for our nail party, see if you can get 'hold of Madge so we can pre-soak in Palmolive
Hope that ANCIENT reference isn't lost on your young self...
I have one new in box which I *presume* to be compatible with my '97 JennAir side by side. I bought it in case I ever needed it. I'll cross check the number and see what it tells me for various applications. I may never need it as I've never bothered to connect my fridge to water supply.
As for our nail party, see if you can get 'hold of Madge so we can pre-soak in Palmolive
Hope that ANCIENT reference isn't lost on your young self...
Sundberg-Ferar also designed a couple of models for Sears in the 80's as well, possibly a little better energy consumption but then you'd have plastic and honey oak panels to contend with.
Gladys, if you're done with that nuclear reactor don't set it out at the curb quite yet. I know someone that would love to have it - they do make nice gifts.
Gladys, if you're done with that nuclear reactor don't set it out at the curb quite yet. I know someone that would love to have it - they do make nice gifts.
Our 66 coldpot had overlapping thin gaskets to seal the middle of the 2 doors. They lasted the life of the unit as well. I loved that refrigerator.
Palmolive and enriched uranium
Fern, Madge was still soaking away in the early eighties from what I recall. At least, her bits were on TV at the time. As a young child, I wondered what on Earth Palmolive had to do with your hands and beauty tips. Young minds don't dwell much on manicures.
Greg, I'll be sure to keep a reactor on-hand for you. Do you have a preference for Westinghouse or GE? All the motors turn to crap on the former, and the latter changes the cooling water six thousand times per cycle. ;-)
Fern, Madge was still soaking away in the early eighties from what I recall. At least, her bits were on TV at the time. As a young child, I wondered what on Earth Palmolive had to do with your hands and beauty tips. Young minds don't dwell much on manicures.
Greg, I'll be sure to keep a reactor on-hand for you. Do you have a preference for Westinghouse or GE? All the motors turn to crap on the former, and the latter changes the cooling water six thousand times per cycle. ;-)
twintubdexter
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I have been contemplating solar since more and more of my neighbors are having it installed. The companies I've contacted have all given me prices that range from $280 to well over $300 MORE per year than I pay Southern California Edison. This is for a 20 year lease with no initial payment. My home is ideally constructed for solar panels with a huge south-facing roof area. Frankly I don't like the idea of signing a 20 year lease for anything (I should live so long.) If I sell my home the new owners will have to assume the lease which gives them a big bargaining tool, especially if they're seasonal buyers that would only be here when the weather is cool and electricity use is at a minimum. Solar is big business here in the desert so I'll have to continue to explore more options including buying the system outright.
And concerning condensers on vintage refrigerators, I assume the back-mounted type saved the life of many a compresssor. I saw dozens of dead boxes with clogged and filthy bottom mounted condensers, especially those beautiful GE models like June Cleaver had...after Ward replaced her Servel gas fridge.
I have been contemplating solar since more and more of my neighbors are having it installed. The companies I've contacted have all given me prices that range from $280 to well over $300 MORE per year than I pay Southern California Edison. This is for a 20 year lease with no initial payment. My home is ideally constructed for solar panels with a huge south-facing roof area. Frankly I don't like the idea of signing a 20 year lease for anything (I should live so long.) If I sell my home the new owners will have to assume the lease which gives them a big bargaining tool, especially if they're seasonal buyers that would only be here when the weather is cool and electricity use is at a minimum. Solar is big business here in the desert so I'll have to continue to explore more options including buying the system outright.
And concerning condensers on vintage refrigerators, I assume the back-mounted type saved the life of many a compresssor. I saw dozens of dead boxes with clogged and filthy bottom mounted condensers, especially those beautiful GE models like June Cleaver had...after Ward replaced her Servel gas fridge.
ovrphil
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Solar here: I met someone at a show who installed solar in a location in the mountains (near Dahlonega, I believe) that wasn't near the grid. Cost to install was $25-30K for this particular size home/cabin. It's structured so that the extra electricity available or that was being generated and either stored or actively used was sold back to the Georgia Power grid, effectively providing a credit. I remember this at a home show we attended in 2007 or so (forgot the exact date). The R.O.I.....was, I think at that time for the type of solar heating provided, was more than ten years - I wish I could accurately remember the ROI, but it was at least 10 to 12 years. If the grid will credit your bill and no bs is issued at billing time to make that credit effectively nil or worse, meaningless....that would be a bigger incentive. My overall dream since 1967 was to see suburbs with either individual solar and maybe wind-supplemented (small vanes and lots of gearing) energy generation. Or, I was hoping to see a single source station supplementing grid-energy home and business needs. That's asking to replace the current grid solutions with smaller alternate energy solutions, but I would like to see it happen at the individual home level. Recently, I read there's something possibly coming(we'll see, tech news is always a July 4th celebration before the event), where the construction of solar cells will not be silicone derived, but from other materials. I forgot the specifics, but beyond the cost, there's much more involved to get the grid to contribute back for any excess energy a family home, cluster of family homes(thinking subdivision credit), or business becomes a promise, in every state. Just my non-engineer thoughts here ..so I understand that others have more on-hands knowledge on the subject.
Coldspot66, thank You! I opted for the bottom freezer with both full width doors top and bottom. I know folks with smaller kids that loathe the French door design. They somehow manage to get them closed incorrectly leaving one door slightly ajar. I have not seen it, but I have heard about it. Sounds like vintage was ahead in the game again. Arthur
