A very expensive dinner
Jul. 22nd, 2025 04:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elizillaWe have a basic refrigerator with a bottom freezer. Twice in the last two weeks, the freezer has failed to close properly. The first time we discovered it relatively quickly, and only a few things seemed to be affected. But last night, we discovered it when everything was a squishy soggy mess. We ended up pitching almost everything.
The cleanup was exciting too. The evaporative tray overflowed and we had to sop up a lot of water from the floor, then open the back to sop up the water inside. At least we discovered it before the floor took any damage.
Then we went out to eat since our meal planning was hosed.
We could not find any damage to the seals or latches. We are hoping that after our careful cleaning and re-leveling, this won’t happen again. We have had this fridge since 2016 and never had this trouble before.
While cleaning up the evaporator tray, we discovered (and removed) a large reservoir of cat fur and other debris in a spot we hadn’t realized was trapping it. It seems to have quieted it down a bit and will no doubt save energy, so, yay for that at least.
The cleanup was exciting too. The evaporative tray overflowed and we had to sop up a lot of water from the floor, then open the back to sop up the water inside. At least we discovered it before the floor took any damage.
Then we went out to eat since our meal planning was hosed.
We could not find any damage to the seals or latches. We are hoping that after our careful cleaning and re-leveling, this won’t happen again. We have had this fridge since 2016 and never had this trouble before.
While cleaning up the evaporator tray, we discovered (and removed) a large reservoir of cat fur and other debris in a spot we hadn’t realized was trapping it. It seems to have quieted it down a bit and will no doubt save energy, so, yay for that at least.
