On 2009-06-24, Bill Noble wrote:

"Gerald Miller" wrote in message
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I kept a 1968 Inglis going till a couple years ago, probably could
have saved it with another new start relay, but figured it was time
for a new one, I had replaced the condenser fan twice and the
evaporator fan once as well as the relay and start cap.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

I used a 1947 Fridgidaire that I fished out of the trash from the late 60s
through 1987, it died when some particle lodged in the lubrication hole for
the piston and the compressor seized up. So, that's 40 years of operation -
anyone top that?

Well ... at work I had a 'fridge made by International Harvester
in about 1951 IIRC, and it was still running fine as of 1997. It may
still be running if someone else took it over instead of turning it in.
Usually it was easier to keep it than to go through the paperwork of
turning it in. :-)

I had to defrost it using a pair of "slaughtering irons" (750
Watt soldering irons with 1" diameter tips). And I had to defrost it
rather too often, because the rubber gasket on the door was a bit
hardened with age.

I could have defrosted it more slowly, but that would have meant
staying after work or leaving the contents exposed to room temperature
for longer than I would like. (Contents were adhesives, RTVs and such,
not food.) But just opening the door, unplugging the fridge, and
plugging both irons in while they were in the freezing compartment (all
metal -- the plastic door for that was long gone).

Enjoy,
DoN.

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