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Default chemical smell in home and freezer not as cold as before

Stormin Mormon wrote:
Turning the thermostat on a broken fridge, is like stomping
the gas pedal of a car that's out of gas.

Refrigerant is a generic name. Freon is a brand name, and
should be capitalized. Like Isotron, Genetron, Forane, which
are other brands of refrigerant.

Most refrigerants are odorless, or nearly odorless.


If I sniff it and it burns the hair out of my nose,
I tend to believe there was a compressor burn out.

TDD