LG 22.4 cu. ft. Bottom Freezer Refrigerator (LBC22520S) Reviews
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Rating Summary
“This refrigerator is noisy and runs a lot”
- Practical, looking for quiet
- Pros
- good, thoughtful, interior design, ample space
- Cons
- Noisy, runs a lot
LG 22.4 cu. ft. Bottom Freezer Refrigerator (LBC22520S) —
Just bought this and I am very disappointed. I know everybody's threshold for noise is different, and mine may be lower than most, but even my wife, who never complains about anything, has commented several times on how noisy this refrigerator is and how much it runs. It constantly puts out a loud, somewhat high-pitched, pulsing, whining sound when the refrigerator is running (which is a lot). We live in a very quiet house with almost no gadgets or distractions on to mask the noise; this refrigerator can be heard running in every quarter. (And I don't even complain about the "to-be-expected" knocking sound when it goes into defrost cycle.) Fortunately, after sending a repairman up to my remote location, my local Sears outlet (which is 70 miles away) has agreed to take it back--no questions asked. The repairman said, "yeah, it's pretty loud, but that's just the way they are." I spoke with him and also several other repairmen and retail salesmen. They all say the same thing--In today's refrigerators, compressors are smaller and designed to run for longer periods of time in order to meet Energy Star requirements. It turns out it's cheaper to run a small compressor all the time than it is to start and stop a large compressor. I'm told that compressors used to be one-quarter horse with one-quarter inch tubing. Now, I'm told, compressors are mostly one-sixth horse and are designed to pump the coolant through only one-eighth inch tubing. I'm told almost all compressors come from the same factory in Brazil (Embarco). I was also told (by a 30-year appliance store owner) that so called "quiet packages" and the like that are marketed for some models are nothing but a marketing ploy and that they really offer nothing of significance to quell the noise. It's the nature of the beast. And now, instead of allowing the condenser to cool passively (usually via the black grid tubing on back of some refrigerators), newer models (including this LG) now use a fan (which = more noise and more heat), to cool the condenser. So there you go. Making a quiet running refrigerator (at midlevel pricing) shouldn't be that difficult (just look how they've reduced the noise on dishwashers in recent years), somebody is missing a niche here. If quiet running is an issue for you, I'd pass on this one.
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