I have a refrigerator that has been uncovered outside in rain and snow
for a month and its about 20 out now, I brought it inside where its
warm and wonder how long it should sit and dry out, would 24 hours be
enough.

ransley wrote in news:0e517a4e-433b-4db3-ad49-
:

I have a refrigerator that has been uncovered outside in rain and snow
for a month and its about 20 out now, I brought it inside where its
warm and wonder how long it should sit and dry out, would 24 hours be
enough.


Never really know until it's plugged in unfortunately. For all you know, if
water wasn't splashing near the electrical parts and not sitting in a
couple of inches of it, it may be fine as is. If you're not desperate to
use it why not just leave it for a week.

If the motor/compressor area is accessable, maybe putting a hair dryer
under there for a while would reduce the chances of Ka-boom.

How about plugging it into a GFCI outlet for a bit. If something is goofy,
GFCI can kill the power a lot faster than you can.

Just random thoughts.

ransley wrote:
I have a refrigerator that has been uncovered outside in rain and snow
for a month and its about 20 out now, I brought it inside where its
warm and wonder how long it should sit and dry out, would 24 hours be
enough.

Are there any places mice could hide at the bottom? It might
not hurt to have a quick look.

Dean Hoffman wrote:

Are there any places mice could hide at the bottom? It might
not hurt to have a quick look.

Definitely good advice. We have a mini fridge on the deck 9 months out of the
year and every month or so we have to clean mice nests out of the underside.

On Jan 6, 6:49*pm, Dean Hoffman wrote:
ransley wrote:
I have a refrigerator that has been uncovered outside in rain and snow
for a month and its about 20 out now, I brought it inside where its
warm and wonder how long it should sit and dry out, would 24 hours be
enough.

* * * *Are there any places mice could hide at the bottom? * It might
not hurt to have a quick look.

Its been 0 out so the roaches and mice are inside.

On Jan 6, 6:04*pm, Red Green wrote:
ransley wrote in news:0e517a4e-433b-4db3-ad49-
:

I have a refrigerator that has been uncovered outside in rain and snow
for a month and its about 20 out now, I brought it inside where its
warm and wonder how long it should sit and dry out, would 24 hours be
enough.

Never really know until it's plugged in unfortunately. For all you know, if
water wasn't splashing near the electrical parts and not sitting in a
couple of inches of it, it may be fine as is. If you're not desperate to
use it why not just leave it for a week.

If the motor/compressor area is accessable, maybe putting a hair dryer
under there for a while would reduce the chances of Ka-boom.

How about plugging it into a GFCI outlet for a bit. If something is goofy,
GFCI can kill the power a lot faster than you can.

Just random thoughts.

Actualy this tenant left it outside since September so it has been
soaked with water but not in a puddle, a tenant needs a new frige so a
week is long but it gets me worried.

ransley wrote in
:

On Jan 6, 6:04*pm, Red Green wrote:
ransley wrote in
news:0e517a4e-433b-4db3-ad49-
:

I have a refrigerator that has been uncovered outside in rain and
snow for a month and its about 20 out now, I brought it inside
where its warm and wonder how long it should sit and dry out, would
24 hours be enough.

Never really know until it's plugged in unfortunately. For all you
know,
if
water wasn't splashing near the electrical parts and not sitting in a
couple of inches of it, it may be fine as is. If you're not desperate
to use it why not just leave it for a week.

If the motor/compressor area is accessable, maybe putting a hair
dryer under there for a while would reduce the chances of Ka-boom.

How about plugging it into a GFCI outlet for a bit. If something is
goofy
,
GFCI can kill the power a lot faster than you can.

Just random thoughts.

Actualy this tenant left it outside since September so it has been
soaked with water but not in a puddle, a tenant needs a new frige so a
week is long but it gets me worried.


Think Microsoft...Plug & Pray

On Jan 6, 8:11*pm, Red Green wrote:
ransley wrote :





On Jan 6, 6:04*pm, Red Green wrote:
ransley wrote in
news:0e517a4e-433b-4db3-ad49-
:

I have a refrigerator that has been uncovered outside in rain and
snow for a month and its about 20 out now, I brought it inside
where its warm and wonder how long it should sit and dry out, would
24 hours be enough.

Never really know until it's plugged in unfortunately. For all you
know,
if
water wasn't splashing near the electrical parts and not sitting in a
couple of inches of it, it may be fine as is. If you're not desperate
to use it why not just leave it for a week.

If the motor/compressor area is accessable, maybe putting a hair
dryer under there for a while would reduce the chances of Ka-boom.

How about plugging it into a GFCI outlet for a bit. If something is
goofy
,
GFCI can kill the power a lot faster than you can.

Just random thoughts.

Actualy this tenant left it outside since September so it has been
soaked with water but not in a puddle, a tenant needs a new frige so a
week is long but it gets me worried.

Think Microsoft...Plug & Pray- Hide quoted text -

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MS vista for me was plug and replace everything that wasnt compatible,
plug and crash - waste cash.

On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 18:17:37 -0800 (PST), ransley
wrote:

Think Microsoft...Plug & Pray



MS vista for me was plug and replace everything that wasnt compatible,
plug and crash - waste cash.

Build the box first that will run the OS.

I run Win2K on a machine ready for Win7. The transitions will be
harmful.

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:25:38 -0800, Oren wrote:

On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 18:17:37 -0800 (PST), ransley
wrote:

Think Microsoft...Plug & Pray



MS vista for me was plug and replace everything that wasnt compatible,
plug and crash - waste cash.

Build the box first that will run the OS.

I run Win2K on a machine ready for Win7. The transitions will be
harmful.

'harmless' I meant.

--
"Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens
constantly."

ransley wrote:
I have a refrigerator that has been uncovered outside in rain and snow
for a month and its about 20 out now, I brought it inside where its
warm and wonder how long it should sit and dry out, would 24 hours be
enough.

If it doesn't have any fancy electronic controls and just the basic
t-stat I'd try it in 24 hours. Maybe point a small heater at it in the
rear facing the compressor area.

On Jan 6, 11:31*pm, Tony wrote:
ransley wrote:
I have a refrigerator that has been uncovered outside in rain and snow
for a month and its about 20 out now, I brought it inside where its
warm and wonder how long it should sit and dry out, would 24 hours be
enough.

If it doesn't have any fancy electronic controls and just the basic
t-stat I'd try it in 24 hours. *Maybe point a small heater at it in the
rear facing the compressor area.

I'd at least use a meter to take an ohm reading between the hot wire
of the plug and the metal casing first

Effenpig1 wrote:
On Jan 6, 11:31 pm, Tony wrote:
ransley wrote:
I have a refrigerator that has been uncovered outside in rain and snow
for a month and its about 20 out now, I brought it inside where its
warm and wonder how long it should sit and dry out, would 24 hours be
enough.
If it doesn't have any fancy electronic controls and just the basic
t-stat I'd try it in 24 hours. Maybe point a small heater at it in the
rear facing the compressor area.

I'd at least use a meter to take an ohm reading between the hot wire
of the plug and the metal casing first

You may be surprised at how poorly rain water conducts electricity,
besides, that's why the metal is grounded. A few micro amps to ground,
no problem. Or to be really safe, plug it into a GFCI outlet.

It is not uncommon around here for people to have freezers that are kept
outside due to lack of room. They plug them in and run them in all kinds
of weather.


--
Dymphna
Message origin: www.TRAVEL.com

Dymphna wrote:
It is not uncommon around here for people to have freezers that are
kept outside due to lack of room. They plug them in and run them in
all kinds of weather.

some freezers don't work well, or at all, when it's too cold outside of the
freezer.