I raised some eyebrows here 3 years and 2 months ago, talking about buying a refrigerator that cost WAY too much. Like 3 times too much. But that's what Unit wanted. There it is. A refrigerator. A mighty fancy one, at the time at least. They've gotten much smarter now, the refrigerators. They can even show you a picture of what's inside them, and make an electronic grocery list for you, whatever you're running short on.
About a week ago the thing stopped making ice. A bit of in-house troubleshooting, pull the auger bin out, the part that feeds the ice through a hole in the door like rich people have, the ice maker was caked over in ice like somebody poured a bucket of water on it. So, per all the recommendations we could find on the internet, melt all of that with a blow dryer. Put towels all inside it to contain the mess. Did that.
Ice maker still doesn't work. And today, this morning, there was a power "bump." The quickest on-off thing imaginable. Just enough to make all the clocks flash in the house. So I'm going around re-setting them all and there's the brainiac display panel on the fridge. Error code. Flashing E 14 something or another. Mocking us.
Worse, that whole dang thing was shut down. The fridge was no longer even running. Screw this, let's just go get a new one, a cheaper one, a REAL simple one like everybody else has. So we did, and we got back home. Delivery in a week. But the stuff in the fridge and freezer is thawing. Like, ongoing.
For whatever reason Unit got on the internet again and researched the error code. It was an ice maker error code. Yeah, no shit. So, to reset that unplug the fridge for 20 minutes and then plug it back in and then go through this diagnostic thing on the display panel. Heck with unplugging it, I threw the breaker for it in the garage. That worked just fine to get to the diagnostic screen. She did her learned magic and the thing started working again, the fridge part of it at least. Forget the ice maker.
Quick, cancel the purchase at the store for the new fridge. That's not easy to do. I've never cancelled a brick and mortar purchase before, and they're making it be as difficult as possible. Stop payment on the credit card is a brick wall. Unit's is running this whole transaction. As of next week, we'll have two refrigerators - a brand new one and one we have no confidence in.
Sue's on the phone. I've never un-purchased anything big before. She swears it's possible to do that. She's working mighty hard on it as we speak.
About a week ago the thing stopped making ice. A bit of in-house troubleshooting, pull the auger bin out, the part that feeds the ice through a hole in the door like rich people have, the ice maker was caked over in ice like somebody poured a bucket of water on it. So, per all the recommendations we could find on the internet, melt all of that with a blow dryer. Put towels all inside it to contain the mess. Did that.
Ice maker still doesn't work. And today, this morning, there was a power "bump." The quickest on-off thing imaginable. Just enough to make all the clocks flash in the house. So I'm going around re-setting them all and there's the brainiac display panel on the fridge. Error code. Flashing E 14 something or another. Mocking us.
Worse, that whole dang thing was shut down. The fridge was no longer even running. Screw this, let's just go get a new one, a cheaper one, a REAL simple one like everybody else has. So we did, and we got back home. Delivery in a week. But the stuff in the fridge and freezer is thawing. Like, ongoing.
For whatever reason Unit got on the internet again and researched the error code. It was an ice maker error code. Yeah, no shit. So, to reset that unplug the fridge for 20 minutes and then plug it back in and then go through this diagnostic thing on the display panel. Heck with unplugging it, I threw the breaker for it in the garage. That worked just fine to get to the diagnostic screen. She did her learned magic and the thing started working again, the fridge part of it at least. Forget the ice maker.
Quick, cancel the purchase at the store for the new fridge. That's not easy to do. I've never cancelled a brick and mortar purchase before, and they're making it be as difficult as possible. Stop payment on the credit card is a brick wall. Unit's is running this whole transaction. As of next week, we'll have two refrigerators - a brand new one and one we have no confidence in.
Sue's on the phone. I've never un-purchased anything big before. She swears it's possible to do that. She's working mighty hard on it as we speak.
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