Website Tells You Age Of Your Refrigerator

[frigilux]

Here's something that might be useful to those of you trying to date used refrigerators.

http://www.kouba-cavallo.com/refdate.htm

 

[maytagbear]

Date a used refrigerator?

No, thank you.

I think I'll stick with dating men.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[frigilux]

Ba-boom-CHING!

You're a riot, Lawrence!

 

[joeinfl]

AGREED! Never dating anything so frigid again.

 

[sudsmaster]

The fridge dating site is nice, but it comes up blank for my '40's GE:

Model FD103-AA16
S/N 74-215-915

The site says it "does not conform to the rules for General Electric refrigerators".

So I guess that older (pre-50's) fridges are not covered by the website databank.

 

[whitekingd]

I'll try my Westinghouse. But it seems so COOOLLLDDD!!!!!!!!!

 

[thomasortega]

They don't have Electrolux...
Whatever... I´m not in the USA and I followed my refigerator "birth" in the production line...
It was born august 1st 1997 exactly at 8:42pm at Electrolux Guabirotuba (Curitiba) plant, line 3 team 11 and I did the last thing to be done (attach the electrolux logo).

The same happened with my freezer, one week later.

By the way, I would never date my refrigerator... "he" is too cold...

 

[beadsobleach]

Pretty useless

My 5 year old Sears wasn't in there....

 

[frigilux]

W-a-a-a-a-a-h!!

And here I thought I was going to contribute something cool and useful to AW.

Sorry, guys! Looks like the site is a bust.

 

[sudsmaster]

However, it is possible to call many of the mfg's and get the date information from their customer service line.

I was able to date my older 70's and 80's GE fridges that way. But haven't yet tried calling them about the 40's model.

 

[maytagbear]

Now, now, Eugene-

Chill out, dude.

I'm a little pressed fro time right now, but later this evening, I'll try it with the landlord provided Magic Chef. I think it's from the '80s....and I will post the results.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[maytagbear]

Tried it twice,

didn't work either time.

Model NNT 176 DA (and without the spaces).

Serial LL 336 128 29 (and without the spaces).

Didn't work. Great idea, but......

I'm thinking this box is probably too old, and probably from the 1980s.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[toggleswitch2]

~I'm thinking this box is probably too old, and probably

My mother's brown box was cleaned once a week like clockwork.
She said it prevented bad smells.
When she decided to give it away, no one could really tell its age based on the condition.

It was a bottom-mount Gibson replaced with a top-mount Amana.

 

[jaytag]

brand name issues

I had the same problem with my side by side Kitchen Aid, it is from 1990, I had to use Whirlpool, but my info came up.

Toggle Gibson...was that a bottom freezer and replaced with Amana top freezer? I have an Amana bottom freezer from 1983, replaced the compressor in 2001....I love that fridge. It has the HE emblem on it....High Efficiency. My Amana AC unit from 1989 has the same logo. Love that AC too....cold cold cold. They dont make them like that anymore.

 

[toggleswitch2]

yep bottom-mount (freezer on bottom) was replaced.

OOPSIE actually the brown Gibson became a brown Hotpoint circa 1975. (After two compressors were replaced). THEN the brown Hotpoint became a beige Amana circa 1991.

It was the brown Hotpoint that looked like-new when it was donated to a firehouse or some such place.

The beige Amana is doing well (1991 to present) after a condenser fan was replaced.

 

[joe89]

It doesn't work for my GE Model TFX22R Serial 224335

Worthless

 

[frigilux]

I repeat: The linked site is fairly useless! Don't bother trying. I didn't realize it wouldn't work for any refrigerator more than a couple of years old; And it seems to have a hard time recognizing brands, as well. Sorry!