Cat Lady Kydia Music 🇺🇦Apr 2, 2024

So besides Doots March Madness and the Song I've Been Working On, I’ve been researching refrigerators.

I'm 95% sure of the oven we want, but having more trouble finding a fridge/freezer combo that will
1) be reliable
2) be 36” wide
3) counter depth
4) French door
5) panel-ready
6) good customer support IN THE U.S.

And why are all refrigerators nowadays so muscle-y looking? This is another reason I don’t want stainless steel. 💪

Anyone have input/experience with a recent fridge purchase?

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Also most fridge/freezer combos that fit these requirements are 84” tall and our ceilings are only 91” tall and the Miele sales rep said we couldn’t have a 84” tall fridge as a result because of how far you’d have to tip it to get it thru the door and installed …? Something about the compressor couldn’t tip that far or something. Anyone know if that’s true across the board?

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Apr 2, 2024 at 2:46amWeb
Show threadSluether  Apr 2, 2024

@KydiaMusic any appliance with a compressor should be kept upright because of the oil in the compressor motor. My understanding is that tipping it too far could cause the oil to accidentally drain into the coolant lines.

I would think it'd be fine if you let the unit sit upright so the oil drains back, but I don't actually know. Every appliance I've seen with a compressor (AC, dehumidifier, etc.) is adamant about keeping it upright. I've seen plenty of people with window AC units sitting on their sides in a narrow window, so maybe it depends on the appliance?

Show threadNerviest InitialApr 2, 2024
@KydiaMusic
They had to practically disassemble our fridge to get it through our kitchen door, so that sounds bogus to me. Pretty sure they tipped it on a dolly too. Also, the height of your ceiling has no bearing on how high your door is, which is what would dictate how much they'd have to tip the fridge. Most people's doors are going to be 80 inches, so an 84 inch fridge is going to have to tip to get through them no matter how tall the ceilings are. But I'm not a fridge installer so I may be missing something.
Show threadEliseApr 2, 2024

@KydiaMusic We got a new Frigidaire, but nothing like that design. I can say that we had a Whirlpool freezer conk out after only a few years (right after the warranty expered, ofc) so if their refrigerators are the same way, that's not ideal

Huh... only thing that comes to mind is its diagonal height - if they can't carry it in upright and it has to tipped, standing it up might be an issue? 🤷‍♀️