my son just bought a house with a FORD
refrigerator....................
the refrigerator side opens VERY easily, will this be a problem?
it seems to be holding the cold in just fine.

thanks,
rosie

"rosie read n' post" wrote in message
...
my son just bought a house with a FORD
refrigerator....................
the refrigerator side opens VERY easily, will this be a problem?
it seems to be holding the cold in just fine.

thanks,
rosie


This is Turtle.

Yes, They were very popular years back but called Ford Philco but later on just
known as Philco. Ford Auto owned Philco and just put their name on it.

TURTLE

....
Yes, They were very popular years back but called Ford Philco but later on just
known as Philco. Ford Auto owned Philco and just put their name on it.

Philco was around independent far before being bought them...

Philco was the manufacturer of a line of high-end scientific-use
(primarily) computers in the early mainframe days along w/ their many
end-user products...

"Duane Bozarth" wrote in message
...
...
Yes, They were very popular years back but called Ford Philco but later on
just
known as Philco. Ford Auto owned Philco and just put their name on it.

Philco was around independent far before being bought them...

Philco was the manufacturer of a line of high-end scientific-use
(primarily) computers in the early mainframe days along w/ their many
end-user products...

This is Turtle.

I was only speaking of the Ford Philco when they were making refrigerators. Your
speaking total history which I don't really know about.

TURTLE

This is Turtle.

I was only speaking of the Ford Philco when they were making
refrigerators. Your
speaking total history which I don't really know about.


Turtle,

This isn't one of those REALLY old models that used the equivalant of
cyanide gas instead of freon, is it? Seems I recall reading somewhere
that there was a point in time when fridges were killing people if the
thing sprunk a leak.

Matt

Matt wrote:

This is Turtle.

I was only speaking of the Ford Philco when they were making
refrigerators. Your
speaking total history which I don't really know about.
....

A very brief overview which doesn't talk of the diversification beyond
the initial batteries, etc., into much more than radios, etc.

http://www.philcoradio.com/history.htm

Took a little longer, but here's a link to some promotional pictures of
the Philco 2000...similar to first machine I worked on out of school.
The particular one had 27(!) 7-track tape drives (this was before
even drum storage, what more disks...)

http://www.luminquest.com/HOC/PhilcoTransact.htm

I found in brief looking very little of the rest of Philco's product
lines in their heyday...

Matt wrote:
This is Turtle.


I was only speaking of the Ford Philco when they were making

refrigerators. Your

speaking total history which I don't really know about.



Turtle,

This isn't one of those REALLY old models that used the equivalant of
cyanide gas instead of freon, is it? Seems I recall reading somewhere
that there was a point in time when fridges were killing people if the
thing sprunk a leak.

Matt


Where do people come up with this crap. Old
electric refrigerators used ammonia and then they
switched to freon. And what does equivalent of
cyanide gas mean? Either they used cyanide or
they didn't. You really think anyone ever put
cyanide in a home product?

"Matt" wrote in message
ups.com...
This is Turtle.

I was only speaking of the Ford Philco when they were making
refrigerators. Your
speaking total history which I don't really know about.


Turtle,

This isn't one of those REALLY old models that used the equivalant of
cyanide gas instead of freon, is it? Seems I recall reading somewhere
that there was a point in time when fridges were killing people if the
thing sprunk a leak.

Matt

Ammonia...for starters..
Sulphur Dioxide...how about methyl chloride?
Its how R12 came about. Frigidare corp, (Thomas Midgley Jr) and DuPont in
the 30s came up with good old dichlorodifluoromethane...R12.

What you DO NOT want is the new refrigerant that is possibly going to be
introduced to replace R134a.
R152a....its safe..till your compressor burns out, or you spring a leak and
get near it with any source of combustion..like plugging in something near
it and you get a little spark, or its been leaking and your door switch for
the light arks...
POOF.
Ward Wells, a senior engineer at DuPont says, that in tests it has produced
"very forceful combustion" when ignited.
Here is the complete article:
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg15n1-samuel.html

TURTLE wrote:

"Duane Bozarth" wrote in message
...
...
Yes, They were very popular years back but called Ford Philco but later on
just
known as Philco. Ford Auto owned Philco and just put their name on it.

Philco was around independent far before being bought them...

Philco was the manufacturer of a line of high-end scientific-use
(primarily) computers in the early mainframe days along w/ their many
end-user products...

This is Turtle.

I was only speaking of the Ford Philco when they were making refrigerators. Your
speaking total history which I don't really know about.

Your post sorta' turned the history around...you said "Ford Philco but
later on just
known as Philco.". I'm pointing out it was the other-way
'round...Philco was around for a long time before being purchased by
Ford, so the name of Philco was common name long before there was a
"Philco Ford" branding...I was just trying to give you some historical
context.

Philco was sorta' like a smaller GE in those days....not quite as
diverse, but a major player in many areas.

I wonder if I could get a Chevy to go with my Chevy, good idea Ford
friges park it next to your Ford

TURTLE wrote:
"Duane Bozarth" wrote in message
...

...

Yes, They were very popular years back but called Ford Philco but later on
just
known as Philco. Ford Auto owned Philco and just put their name on it.

Philco was around independent far before being bought them...

Philco was the manufacturer of a line of high-end scientific-use
(primarily) computers in the early mainframe days along w/ their many
end-user products...


This is Turtle.

I was only speaking of the Ford Philco when they were making refrigerators. Your
speaking total history which I don't really know about.

TURTLE



Don't need to be too cautious Turtle. I don't
know, and don't care, if Philco was first
independent or first owned by Ford. And maybe the
Philco that made scientific instruments isn't even
related to the Philco that Ford owned. They might
have just bought the name.

Ford-Philco was the common name used for radios in
Fords and those car radios said Philco on them way
back when. Heck, in my garage I've got a lousy am
radio sitting on a shelf in my garage; took it out
of my 1973 F250. It says Philco. I imagine that
Ford either no longer owns Philco or sold the name
because some Ford radios just say Ford and some
have no brand on them.

rosie read n' post wrote:
my son just bought a house with a FORD
refrigerator....................

No, I had not heard that news.


the refrigerator side opens VERY easily, will this be a problem?

Magic 8-Ball says "Ask Again later"


it seems to be holding the cold in just fine.

That's weird. Usually refrigerators keep the heat out. Odd.


thanks,
rosie

You're welcome!!!!



Joe

thanks for the help guys!

PHILCO FORD has come up with a lot more hits when put in the
browser.