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    Taming Your New Refrigerator: The Book That Should've Come with Your Refrigerator
    Taming Your New Refrigerator: The Book That Should've Come with Your Refrigerator
    Taming Your New Refrigerator: The Book That Should've Come with Your Refrigerator
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    Taming Your New Refrigerator: The Book That Should've Come with Your Refrigerator

    By Michael Dobos

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    "Taming Your New Refrigerator" is best read before you buy the refrigerator. It is meant to be an aid to anyone who is going to buy a new refrigerator or who has questions about one just purchased. It contains suggestions about what to look for as well as what to avoid when buying a refrigerator. People who would fi nd this book helpful include p

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBook Vine Press
    Release dateAug 22, 2022
    ISBN9781958678350
    Taming Your New Refrigerator: The Book That Should've Come with Your Refrigerator
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    Michael Dobos

    Mike Dobos has repaired appliances for over 25 years. He is pictured here giving a 70 year old refrigerator a refresher course. When he is not on the job he can usually be found working on some old item like a car an appliance or his house. He also likes gardening. The refrigerator in the picture is over 70 years old and still gets used when additional refrigerator space is needed like holidays or just after picking vegetables. He lives in Iowa. This is Mike's first book and it is an answer to many customers who have asked, "Why isn't that in the owner's manual?"

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      Taming Your New Refrigerator - Michael Dobos

      Contents

      Introduction

      Part One

      Preparing The House

      Buying The Refrigerator

      Warranties

      Delivery

      Part Two

      Getting To Know Your New Refrigerator

      How Does This Thing Work?

      Day-to-day Care

      Keeping Your Cool When The Refrigerator Doesn’t

      Handling The Service Technician

      When To Let The Old One Go

      What Did I Say?

      Helpful Diagrams

      About the Author

      Introduction

      Why wasn’t that in the owner’s manual? There should be a book about this stuff? What did we do wrong? These are questions I hear every day. The purpose of this booklet is to help you, the new refrigerator-buyer, avoid mistakes I see every day. It will also help you avoid unnecessary service calls. I run service calls nearly every day which would not need to be run if the customer were better-informed. You will find out the number one cause of first-year service calls, How to handle no-cool situations and learn a little bit about how a refrigerator works. I have been fixing refrigerators for over twenty years yet continue to see the same sort of mistakes in buying, installing and caring for refrigerators. This booklet will help you avoid them. This is not a how-to-fix-it book. In fact, though some refrigerators are much like they have been for 30 years or more repairing some newer ones require more knowledge and skill than the typical owner has. Furthermore the typical owner is not really interested in how to fix it as much as avoiding trouble to begin with. This booklet is geared more for that type of owner. I have divided it into 2 parts. Part 1 should be read before you make your purchase. Part 2 should be read soon after the refrigerator is bought. Because I am not all-knowing I can’t be responsible for omissions (there is a lot of technical information deliberately left out). Because I am not infallible I can not be responsible for errors (I have tried to avoid them and be as accurate as possible). I have had many customers say that someone should write a book about refrigerator care. This is my humble attempt at such a book.

      PART ONE

      Preparing The House

      Proper care of your refrigerator begins before you buy it. You must be sure the place you are putting it is suitable for a modern refrigerator. Even newer houses can have less-than-ideal places for the refrigerator. Some questions you must ask are, Will it fit?, Can I get it from outside the house to the place I want to put it?, What are the electrical requirements? and Will the icemaker water tubing hook up O.K.? Walls, floors, doors, cabinets, refrigerators and even people have been damaged trying to fit a refrigerator into its place. It can be a real challenge installing a large refrigerator. Often doors, handles and water tubing must be removed. One must be sure that all parts are put back on correctly. Make sure that doors open and close properly, handles are on tight and there are no water leaks.

      Sometimes after doing every thing possible a refrigerator must be returned and a smaller one purchased. One common reason for a no fit is the fact that the sides are not usually perfectly straight. They usually bow out slightly (about 1/8 inch) on each side at the center of the panel. This makes a nominal 30 wide refrigerator become 30 1/4 wide. If a carpenter has made the opening 30" wide either the cabinet or

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