reviewer 2009 Friends Circle
FMMICRO
Hamden, CT

QUIET and cools fast

5 star rating

all about design, budget conscious, a DIYer
Pros

    quiet, cools fast

Cons
    thermal couple mounts

NOV
4
2009

 

This refrigerator replaced my old one from he 70's decade and believe me it's great! A lot less noise, my old unit had a loud 60 cycle hum where's this unit just makes a hissing sound and my old one when reading the freezer compartment area reads about 20 degrees F with an Inferred thermometer where my Kenmore unit reads -6 degrees F and below my thermometer's range.

  The door to the freezer came off when the Ice formed and I would get a loud popping sound just after the unit turned off and also had to run the thermostat up higher. The Ice build up also reduced the efficiency of the refrigerator. But just after removing all of the Ice the unit would get cold quickly with the -4 degree temp and as far as replacing the door I left It off with no problem at all for frozen items.

  One other note to mention was that the mounting of the thermal couple is mounted with a small plastic piece which snaps onto the freezer plate and came loose, so as to be very careful when allot of Ice forms not to break this thermal couple element and the instructions says to defrost when your at about ¼ inch of ice! But other that that's it's the best refrigerator I've seen it cools down fast and is very quiet. 

I remounted the thermal couple element with a heavy paper clip to the back plate and the temperature sense is fine but am now at 4.5 on the temperature thumbwheel. Not bad -7 degrees F,  but would't try to crank the temp control all the way up!!!



I_thumb_up Kenmore 2.7 cu. ft. Compact Refrigerator is recommended by FMMICRO

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