cfz2882
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just picked up a 1977 kelvinator FF top freezer fridge-cools good,but needs a good cleaning...anyone know who made these or have a kelvy fridge of similar era?
who made '77 kelvy fridge
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Weren't these made by White Consolidated?
My impression was that they were made in the former Gibson Refrigeration plant in Greenville, Michigan. We had a White-Westinghouse branded fridge of that era that was probably the same thing with a different badge. The compressor gave out after about 10 years, though.
My impression was that they were made in the former Gibson Refrigeration plant in Greenville, Michigan. We had a White-Westinghouse branded fridge of that era that was probably the same thing with a different badge. The compressor gave out after about 10 years, though.
Had a new Kelvinator fridge in an apartment way in back in 1975. But it said it was a Kelvinator on the label, not a White Westinghouse or any of those other horrid brands. Worked fine but power costs to run were bad.
77 Kelvinator Refrigerator
By 77 they would have been a WCI- Gibson design, a so-so refrigerator, noisy, cheaply built refrigerator that sometimes actually worked for 10-20 years or more, but overall in 1977 would have been my last choice of an American built normal sized top freezer refrigerator.
By 77 they would have been a WCI- Gibson design, a so-so refrigerator, noisy, cheaply built refrigerator that sometimes actually worked for 10-20 years or more, but overall in 1977 would have been my last choice of an American built normal sized top freezer refrigerator.
cfz2882
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found a WCI label;probably was made at the Gibson plant-does have a cool looking emblem with the knight's head on red background.Evap fan was a little worn,so was going to use electronic"ecm"evap motor salvaged from a brand new fancy SS maytag fridge found at the dump in '04-that fan motor was found to be bad!-wonder if the new maytag was dumped because of a bad fan motor...Was wanting to use the ECM motor because they give off way less heat than shaded pole fan motor.Compressor in the '77 kelvy has no brand have but is rated at 1/4 hp-i'll see how much current the compressor pulls.
