hairybadger
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Last year we had to replace our 10-year-old Bosch fridge since it was no longer cooling and parts of it (just inside the door) were getting ridiculously hot to the touch. We replaced it with another Bosch.
In this part of the world minipower-cuts lasting less than a second are not uncommon. I believe it is one of these (I heard the UPS alarms whinging) that killed the fridge: it no longer cools at all although it makes the odd clicking noise from time to time.
It's still under guarantee so is no drama but I've done a bit of research (banging a few terms into google counts for research these days, doesn't it? ) and it seems that modern fridges are particularly sensitive to dirty power, and that it wouldn't be a bad idea to put the fridge behind a surge surpressor *and* a delay, the logic for the delay being that when the power flicks on and off you don't want the compressor shutting down and starting up in rapid succession.
So: what to get to protect the fridge once the technician actually comes and performs the required rites to resurrect it? I'm having trouble finding something suitable. I'd be interested in hearing the views of others here (many of whom are competent enough to fix the fridge themselves with a soldering iron and a claw hammer) on the subject and likely sources for the device I'm after. I'd rather not have to put the fridge behind a UPS to smooth out the power, that would seem like massive overkill and sizing a UPS to handle current when the fridge sparks into life would be, er, expensive
In this part of the world minipower-cuts lasting less than a second are not uncommon. I believe it is one of these (I heard the UPS alarms whinging) that killed the fridge: it no longer cools at all although it makes the odd clicking noise from time to time.
It's still under guarantee so is no drama but I've done a bit of research (banging a few terms into google counts for research these days, doesn't it? ) and it seems that modern fridges are particularly sensitive to dirty power, and that it wouldn't be a bad idea to put the fridge behind a surge surpressor *and* a delay, the logic for the delay being that when the power flicks on and off you don't want the compressor shutting down and starting up in rapid succession.
So: what to get to protect the fridge once the technician actually comes and performs the required rites to resurrect it? I'm having trouble finding something suitable. I'd be interested in hearing the views of others here (many of whom are competent enough to fix the fridge themselves with a soldering iron and a claw hammer) on the subject and likely sources for the device I'm after. I'd rather not have to put the fridge behind a UPS to smooth out the power, that would seem like massive overkill and sizing a UPS to handle current when the fridge sparks into life would be, er, expensive