What is this on the compressor (referigerator)

[combo52]

Defrosting manual defrost freezers

Will need to be done depending on usage and how much frost you’re willing to put up with inside the freezer.

You might need to defrost it every three or four months you might go five years it depends on how humid your home is how often you open the freezer door and whether you freeze a lot of items that are not tightly sealed that put off moisture.

Usually the best way to defrost is either a fan blowing room air into it or pans a very hot water, very good suggestion Lewis dry the inside of the freezer thoroughly before you start it back up any moisture you leave behind will just turn to frost immediately.

John L

 

[donprohel]

@foraloysius

"I don't think it has anything to do with the GDPR, why would the website of some stores be unaccessible and others not"

I cannot tell why not all the USA websites are not reachable from the EU, but you can take a look at the links below (just the first two that fell in my Google):

- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44248448

- https://reutersinstitute.politics.o...ut-out-us-sites-response-gdpr-never-came-back

 

[foraloysius]

Thanks, but those articles are mainly about news sites. I have no problems with those. When I visit available sites of American stores, most of them don't seem to fit the EU rules, on some sites I never get a question about cookies etc. So it looks like that is not the issue.

Most of the time I just close the link. If I'm really curious about the link I copy the link into my opera browser with VPN on, problem solved.

 

[donprohel]

A VPN solves the problem

If you use a VPN, foraloysius, you appear to be in another country, possibly a non-European country, and hence you are not blocked.

My understanding is that many USA sites simply do not know exactly what GPDR is about and do not want to bother: just in case, they block the access to prevent issues.

For shopping sites, blocking European visitors is surely not a loss of business

 

[mrboilwash]

I was wondering if GPDR is in deed the one and only reason for some US sites to block us out.
Additional site traffic also causes additional electricity costs for the owner of the site. Not much per click but it does sum up.
Not letting us window shop from EU counties because we won`t generate profit is a bit short sighted because many of us just want to be informed ahead of a visit to the USA. For my part I certainly wouldn`t spend any of my Dollars in a shop that blocked me out.

To OP:
Just in case this is your first fridge without a fan it might be worth noting that the bottom shelf is the coldest part and that`s where the most sensitive foods like raw meat and fish and so on should be placed.

 

[foraloysius]

Thank you donprohel, I know very well how VPN works, I've used it quite often actually. After free trials I decided not to pay for it because the Opera browser has a free service. But this doesn't work per country but per continent. So no free watching BBC programmes on BBC iPlayer. But it helps with online browsing American internetstores.

 

[brisnat81]

They're also blocked from AU and we're not natively covered by GDPR. So I'm assuming is just geolocation based, rather than legislative.